Opinions on Rivier University for BSN?

emetzler24 · Jun 17, 2018

Did you end up going there? I am thinking about applying as a transfer student and would love more insight into the program.

laschai · Jun 17, 2018

Did you end up going there? I am thinking about applying as a transfer student and would love more insight into the program.

I did end up going there, yes. I finished my first year, aka the prerequisites, May 4th (that was the last day of finals).

I'm starting Nursing 101 w/ clinical and lab and Microbio w/ lab in the fall.

I've seen the sim lab, it's very good and pretty high tech, especially for such a small school.

From what I've heard from older students, it's a very good program. It's also quite difficult, but nursing always is.

Campus is beautiful, I live on campus during the year. The food from Dion (the dining hall) isn't bad, I swear it got better from first to second semester. As someone who's not used to regular home cooked meals when home, it was awesome. I genuinely miss it. If you're used to home cooked meals 3 times a day every day, you'll probably find it to be less satisfactory. This is based on conversations with friends with varying backgrounds regarding food at home.

They're building a whole new science building too, the current one is a bit old. It's separate from the nursing building, which won't be under construction this upcoming year I don't believe. It got some external updates this past year.

I'm afraid since I haven't started nursing classes, I can't tell you much about the actual nursing program. The school is known for nursing though, and they've brought their NCLEX pass rate way up over the past few years, it used to be kinda crappy but now it's above average. They definitely improved the program in that way. Can't remember the exact pass rate now but I know it's good.

Good luck!