Breckinridge School of Nursing @ ITT Canton, MI

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I am excited. I was accepted into the ADN program at ITT this week. I start in the middle of September. Despite all of the negative feedback about the school, I will decide for myself and make the best out of my situation. Anyone else atteneding ITT this fall for the Registered Nursing Program?

Specializes in Trauma, ER, ICU, CCU, PACU, GI, Cardiology, OR.

Keep us up to date...good luck....Aloha~

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Specializes in Nephrology.

Thank god you guys found that out I was so stressed about that I started to make myself sick so I decided that I would wait and cross that bridge when I got there.

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Hello everyone. I was excepted to ITT in Canton as well. I will be starting in September also. I'm so very excited and anxious to get started. I have my financial aid appointment tomorrow.

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Specializes in Nephrology.

Congrats @ALM1002 how did your financial aid appt go?

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Specializes in Neonatal ICU, Med Surg, Endoscopy.

Congrads to all, I currently attend ITT Nsg. School, im n my 3rd qtr. I like the program, cant wait til 4th qtr. We start our clinicals :-)

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Specializes in Nephrology.
Congrads to all, I currently attend ITT Nsg. School, im n my 3rd qtr. I like the program, cant wait til 4th qtr. We start our clinicals :-)

@scc1975 what advice do you have for us incoing NS?

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Specializes in Neonatal ICU, Med Surg, Endoscopy.

My advice is to be organize your schedule, its alot of studying, but its fun, all those books you got, you will not used all of them in the first qtr. the main books would be, your Contemporary Nursing Book, your Medical Term book you may go up to the 4th chapter, at least we did. your NCLEX Book is a good source if your Fulltime at work, you may want to drop your hours...lol...its so much to explain, but organization is the key...Dont wait to the last minute for any assignments you will get very behind. any other questions let me know...

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Does ITT Canton have a waiting list, or is is super competitive?? What did you ladies have to do to get accepted?

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Specializes in Nephrology.

The school was not super hard to get into all you do is call and ask to have your name placed on the list for orientation that they only have 3 times each semester(3times in spring 3 times in fall) you take the HESI(grammer, reading comprehension, math, and vocabulary) and whoever has the top 30 scores enter the program (my score was a 83.66% and I got in). My prior classes trasferred over(the pre-req are include in the program which is good for people just starting over) and it saved me at least $15,000. Hope you try to get in because I love it so far I'm so glad I made the choice to go to ITT Tech but im only in my 4th week ask me after my first quarter

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Specializes in Postpartum, Mother/Baby, Comm. Health, Geriatric.

I was going to ask did they accept any pre-reqs. Sounds good. I just called and placed my name on the list...waiting for a call back. I was going to attended Oakland univ -riverview institute lpn program for approx $9500, but would still have to cont. for my rn...so I'm praying this the best move for me.

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Specializes in Nephrology.

It has been said for years, "If it's too good to be true, it probably is!" These so called colleges prey on those who may have had difficulty being accepted at a state college or University. Think before you spend your money!!! Ask yourself,"Why does Virginia College, ITT, Sanford Brown, etc, charge 50K while my local community college charges

Lastly, remember what it takes to obtain national certifications! Nursing, for example, has only two national accreditation agencies in the US. Most hospitals, and higher learning institutions will only honor your education if you obtained your degree from a program carrying the NLNAC or AACN certification. When investigating this school several years ago for someone I worked with, ITT had been denied accreditation THREE times!! To date, they don't appear on the NLNAC's roster as a candidate, provisional, or full accreditation lists. Although your individual state can give approval to any nursing school allowing you to sit for initial state license, don't expect to continue on with your education past an associates nor get hired at a magnet or teaching hospital!!

DO YOUR HOMEWORK!!! FIND OUT WHAT YOUR EMPLOYERS OR POTENTIAL HIGHER DEGREE LEARNING INSTITUTIONS WILL ACCEPT BEFORE YOU SPEND YOUR LIFE SAVINGS!! Be a WISE consumer!!

Best of luck to all of you!!

http://www.nlnac.org/home.htm

http://www.aacn.nche.edu/

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Specializes in Nephrology.

Well for me my GPA was a 3.77 at OCC and I still didn't get accepted bcuz they were retaking classes so what's the difference? I repay and end up paying more money to go to a community college? No I did what was best for me. My mother is an RN and she was the first graduating class from HFCC accelerated program and they were not accredited bcuz they had no graduating class yet. You only get accreditation by having a certain percentage pass rate for the NCLEX. My mother a RN has been a working RN and she was able to sit for her NCLEX with no problems. I also know that just like her many students that graduated from ITT Tech are already working in hospitals. So really it's all about what you want to do.

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