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@Jonesp75 I hear you. I think that they could use Knoxville ACNE since its one of their satellite schools. Its all under the same umbrella. I went to a school like this back home where the main campus had the accreditation and all the other schools were ok. I have a good feeling about South College. How is taking your pre-reqs there? I have to take patho and chem there. Trust me you are better off staying away from Cumberland. They take money from you in every way possible. Plus you do not get what you pay for.

@Imb2016 Awesome Congrats!

Thank you! I appreciate it.

No I do not work at Hughes. Do you go to Cumberland right now?

You are smart for doing that. It seems like where you are going to go will be way better for you. I know the price of tuition and being set up to fail is a horrible feeling and hopefully my post can help others avoid going through this type of situation that myself and other students are currently facing. Thank God that this semester will be over next week. And a new chapter will begin at a new school in January.

Really? That just goes to show how unorganized they are. Trust me, you dodged a bullet. It is a blessing you do not have to deal or possibly have the same experience I did there. There are plenty of schools out there. You will get into one when the time is right. Let me know what you decide on.

Here is a copy of their grading policy if anyone is interested.(I had to copy and paste it) "Per School of Nursing Policy: "Each student will have a minimum of a 76.50% exam average to pass the course. A 76.5% will round up to 77%. A score of 76.49 will round down to 76%. Math, KAPLAN Tests, KAPLAN Exam, NIVATE, Papers, Projects, Care plans, forums and Presentations that are part of the course are NOT averaged into the grade until the 76.50% exam average is achieved. A grade for a paper, project or presentation may help your grade, but it will not pass you if your test scores are not 76.50%. Alternatively, if you have a 76.50% or > test average but score poorly on assignments you could fail the course."

I am in the day program. I am not sure how the night class runs. Trust me, they will accept you as long as you have a pocket book. Honestly I would explore other options but if not, make sure you all your pre- reqs done before starting so you do not get over whelmed. For what you are going to pay for tuition each semester, I would look into a place that has brand new or decent equipment. Like I said before, their equipment is very old, outdated and hand me down from Aquinas. Take a tour and you will see what I am talking about. If you are looking for options , South College has great brand new state of the art equipment which you will actually use in a real hospital setting. And its actually less expensive than Cumberland. You know that saying, you get what you pay for. Well with Cumberland, you don't. I hope that helps. Let me know if you have any other questions.

Thank you! I am just trying to help others out who are considering going there and for them not to make the same mistakes my classmates and I made with going there.

Where do I begin? First off let me start by saying that Cumberland University Nursing program is designed to weed people out so they can maintain good NCLEX pass rates. The reason I say this is because they overwhelm you with classes in your first semester. And just before you say anything, I know its nursing school and its suppose to be hard and challenging but they Do Not set you up for success there. The fact is that they will allow you into there pricey program even though you do not have your pre reqs done. Which means you are finishing up your pre reqs while taking your core nursing classes. I have a girl in my class for example who is taking her nursing core classes which consist of Nursing Foundations, Dosage Calculations, Health Assessment and on top of that she has Pathophysiology and 2 history classes all at the same time. Most people there are taking one or two pre reqs while taking there core nursing classes which is crazy! At first I did not think nothing of it since I was excited to be in nursing school but then the reality hit me, that myself and a majority of others were overwhelmed and not able to keep up. I am not a stranger to hard work but when you talk to your professor one-on-one, have tutoring sessions and study 3 to 4 hours a day and still are not successful in a class then the problem lies with the school and professor of that subject. Its terrible to see my classmates stress because a majority of them are not passing a class or two because of the over load of classes on their schedule. I can sit here and write a novel on how horrible this school is for nursing. It might have been a good school in the past but has gone down the tubes. Basically on top of the course work over load, you have extra Kaplan test which if don't score well you have a possibility of not passing the class and there is no way to study for the kaplan test by the way. You have to maintain a 77 or better in order to pass your class. And lets say you are on the border of 77 and do not score well on Kaplan then you pretty much failed the class. A 77 sounds easy to maintain but when its all lecture and barely any hands on. Its rough. Then you have to deal with them being unorganized when it comes to labs and the best part is, you have to watch a youtube video on how to do something and are expected to know how to perform it properly for check offs! With little hands on instruction! And FYI, the classrooms are old and the lab is a dump. All used equipment that they received from Aquinas when they shut down recently. There is not enough equipment there for people to practice especially when you are paying 12 thousand dollars a semester! They have the money to renovate and provide top notch equipment but they choose not to. I am just trying to warn you! Explore your options! I would not recommend this school to anyone. Stay far, far away! If your going to spend the money then invest it in a better place where they will help you succeed and not fail. This is my first and last semester there. I am transferring somewhere else after this semester is over. I wish somebody would have told me these thing prior because I would have waited and got all my pre reqs done first then shopped around for schools. Please let me know if you have any other questions.

Yes I did apply. I am just waiting to see what happens. Have you applied AB051982?

There is more math questions than science questions.

Hi rbueso, I actually was in the same spot as you. I applied for TSU's nursing program and did not get accepted by the horrible advisement that I received there. Honestly you are better off not going there. They are very unorganized and bias. I regret every going there and spending my money for their classes especially since I moved 2000 miles away to go to school there think I was going to be excepted into their program. I had a 4.0 and scored a 86 I believe on the Hesi. Well to answer your question, I am currently pursuing to go to Cumberland for nursing school. I just took the Kaplan test for the second time today and still was unable to pass the science. I am sure though if your GPA is above a 3.0 and you do well on the test you should get accepted. Just some advice though. Do not use the Kaplan as your study resource for the science portion. It is useless. Use other resources to review the science portion like crash course on Youtube. It actually helps and the resources that people on here have posted. Let me know if you need to know anything else. Good Luck!

I just took the Kaplan Nursing entrance test for the second time today. I passed all the subjects except for the science. Its very frustrating because I mainly studied the science portion and still missed it by one question for a passing score. Do not use the Kaplan book for the science portion because it is useless. Your best bet is to review what people have put on here and I found some videos on Youtube called crash course. It is a very good resource to refresh your memory on the science part of A&P. I consider myself pretty smart when it comes to school but I do not know what it is about this science portion that keeps messing me up. I remember it asked about the "what increases you basic metabolism?" I think some options were lack of sleep, stress, starvation and I forgot the last one. It also asked about what lobe of the brain was responsible for thoughts. I picked frontal lobe. I am not sure if that was right or not. I am trying to get into Cumberland University here in Tennessee. After the test I explained to one of the ladies my situation and they said I should still apply. I dont know if I will get in because of the science portion of the test. Other than that my GPA is pretty good and I have ten years worth of medical experience as a medical assistant so hopefully they take that into account. Any suggestions for retaking this test for the science portion and maybe other schools to look into? Thanks!