La Salle ACHIEVE questions

[soraji]

Hi guys, currently I'm deciding between accepting offers from La Salle's nursing ACHIEVE program (night classes) and Drexel's ACE program. Both have their pros and cons for me, so I just thought I'd ask more about the Achieve program since there are tons of threads about ACE, not so many for Achieve. :)

Questions:

1. La Salle classes are held twice a week in the evenings, right? I notice it says that Saturdays are clinical days. Is it EVERY Saturday or only some Saturdays?

2. What is the average age of a student in this program? I'm 23, so I'm probably going to be on the young side if I do attend. :) I'm just curious.

3. Are you able to make connections through your clinical experiences to get jobs after you graduate? I've heard the market's tough in this area!

4. What is the yearly cost of the program? I think La Salle's site said something about $27k, but I wasn't sure if that was per year or the entire program.

Much thanks in advance. :heartbeat

[DragonflyLady17]

Curious as to the score of 126 mean? Do you know what score LaSalle is looking for? I had the interview, exam is this saturday. Can't wait for the fall to begin :)

[cbreslin]

Hey phillygirl, I am not really sure what the score means. I took mine back in 2009 when I was trying to get into an associates degree program. My paper with my scores on it says that my composite score is 126 which it explains is my overall performance on the test. It ranges from 0 to 200. It says the average is 100. Hope that helps! Good luck on it, it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be when I took it.

I can't wait for the letter saying whether or not I am starting in the Fall. It has been a month since my interview and I still haven't heard anything.

[DragonflyLady17]

Hey phillygirl, I am not really sure what the score means. I took mine back in 2009 when I was trying to get into an associates degree program. My paper with my scores on it says that my composite score is 126 which it explains is my overall performance on the test. It ranges from 0 to 200. It says the average is 100. Hope that helps! Good luck on it, it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be when I took it.

I can't wait for the letter saying whether or not I am starting in the Fall. It has been a month since my interview and I still haven't heard anything.

Thanks....I took it today...exam went better than I thought. Should hear back by the end of this month. Anxiously waiting....hopeful :)

[soraji]

I hope we all get in! :) Did you guys do your CPR training already? I haven't done mine yet.

[cbreslin]

I haven't done my cpr yet either. I was going to do it in may so that it will cover the full spring semester. I hope we all get in too. I just wanna know now do I can relax and work on getting everything ready to start.

[DragonflyLady17]

I hope we all get in! :) Did you guys do your CPR training already? I haven't done mine

yet.

I had my cpr done from last year. They last for 2 years. So I will just get one next year again when it expires.

[Leemy4Me]

Hello everyone. I'm waiting for acceptance into the achieve program for this fall as well! I took the NLN and had my interview around the middle of Feb so it's been a month.. I'm assuming I'll hear any day now since it's almost April! I want so badly to begin planning for the fall but first I need that letter of acceptance (fingers crossed).. Good Luck to all of you .

[soraji]

Leemy, good luck to you too! There are 4-5 of us who are awaiting our fall acceptances! :) Hope to see you in the fall too!

[DragonflyLady17]

Did anyone hear back yet from Lasalle? It has been 2 weeks and admissions said they will be sending out letters this week Maybe it will come on Monday. Good luck you guys! I am extremely nervous.

[cbreslin]

I'm still waiting to hear too, I feel like I am running to the mailbox everyday only to be disappointed when it is not there. I hope everyone gets in! I just want to know either way, waiting is killing me.

[DragonflyLady17]

I totally know how you feel- running to mailbox. The mail came today but nothing from LaSalle. Ahh the torture

[Leemy4Me]

I'm glad I'm not the only one running to my mailbox everyday! I went out of town 2 weeks ago and made my dad go to my house just to check it until I got back! Lol, this is driving me crazy! Def torture!