Need advice please!?

[renae24]

So im torn right now on deciding what nursing school to go to?! Either it is Fortis college cons: not nationally accredited, more money pros: have weekend only classes but it would take me 3 years instead of 2, no waiting list and no pre requisites

Then there's my local community college which is far less money buT has a 21/2 year waiting list to get into the nursing program and you have to pass tests and have pre requisites done before you even go on the list...HELP!!! WHAT TO DO??

[mindofmidwifery, ADN]

I'd say go with the community college. I've heard of long wait lists but I've also heard of people bypassing them because of good grades and whatnot. The pre-reqs are designed to help you succeed so any school that does not have them sound like a waste of money, not to mention it is not nationally accredited..big red flag.

[nlitened]

Couldn't agree more with mindofmidwifery

[pmabraham, BSN, RN]

Good day, renae24:

Unless money grows on trees for you on demand, and you don't give a hoot about further education, then go to the non accredited school. If you do care about education down the road, and money does come out for you on demand, then avoid non accredited schools as if they had the most infectious contagious disease around.

Thank you.

[Miewn]

Rather you strive for something that`s accredited instead, dont risk it

[wildearth]

Personally, being unaccredited makes a school out of the question. If you want to further your education down the road, you're past work counts for nothing basically. I would wait and do the CC program. Maybe get your BSN prereqs out of the way while you wait? If you want to go that route.

[goddess9]

If it were me, I would never consider a school that is not accredited.

[NICU Guy, BSN, RN]

I went to my state's BON monthly meeting to watch the schools and nurses that have cases in front of the board. Every single school that was there was a for-profit school. Most had monthly meetings with the board for many months about their poor pass rates.

What is most likely to happen to you is that you will spend a lot of money to take the short-cut to nursing school, graduate and spend the next year trying to pass NCLEX. Don't end up in a few years being one of the many posters on this site with the headline "I failed NCLEX 3 times HELP!!!" because their school didn't properly prepare them for NCLEX.

I am curious how many new grads that have posted on this site that they have taken NCLEX numerous times have come from a for-profit school.

[NurseGirl525, ASN, RN]

No one will hire you if you go to a school that is not accredited. So basically it's a waste of money.

[LadyFree28, BSN, LPN, RN]

Community college....non-accrediting schooling will get you NOWHERE in this market.