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They called to reschedule my interview for Monday. I will let you know how it goes. Hopefully it will go well for both of us and we will be classmates!

Has anyone heard back from the Psychiatric (PMHNP) program yet? Any interviews and/or letters?

I know there have been several questions regarding the Everest Graduates and what has happened since graduation. 100% of our class passed the NCLEX on the first try. From my experience, and everyone I spoke to, we all passes with the minimum number of questions as well. I was hired in the field I wanted to work in before the ink was dry on my license. I will say it again. Everest in Phoenix was an excellent nursing school. The faculty was exceptional. I have few complaints aside from the initial stuff we put up with as a new program. I applied for many positions and not one of them had an issue with the school I graduated from. I am still receiving job offers 6 months after I graduated and 4 months after I started working. I hope all of you that passed judgement on me and this program have found your place in the world. As for me, I am an RN, applying for a Masters program that again, isn't discriminating against the school I got my RN at. All of my classmates are working, some of us making upwards of $42 an hour. The second lass at Everst has graduated and are waiting to take the NCLEX. If anyone has serious questions about the program, PM me and I will try to help. For the rest of you...good luck!

Another believer! The trick worked for me! Payed to check this morning and got the official, unofficial results. Good luck to everybody out there!!!

Just took mine this morning in Texas. I will let you know if it works for me

since you want to personally attack me on the thread and not pm me, here it goes: as for my accomplishments, i have a bachelors degree from a top 25 university. i spent 10 years in the business world where i was in management of a large nationwide company. my passion has always been the medical field so i left my high paying job to pursue nursing. i decided on a private school becuase i could have my degree while the rest of you are still doing your prereq's. i already had my prereq's and just needed nursing classes. everest, unlike other private schools, let me tranfer in all my prereqs and not choose only a few and retake the others with them to collect cash. this let me know they were not in it to squeeze every penny out of me. as for the 90/10 thing, you obviously have information i do not. all i know is that everest is still cheaper per credit than asu is. ccs are cheap, but taxpayers have contributed to pay for those programs. i will get my bachelors with 26 credits after i finish at everest. i will do it at the same top 25 university that i have my other bachelors. they will accept my credits, i have asked. i defend my school because others do not. my vested interest is the reputation of my school's nursing program. if there isn't anyone on these threads defending it then all that other potential students read is the negative information that other, non informed people post. i want people to have the facts. if i was posting negative info about your school i would expect you to respond. i want people who are looking into programs to get all of the information they can to choose a program that is right for them. when i was looking into programs i found that there was a lack of concrete information and an excess of this type of random, incorrect information floating out there. i know my school doesn't give out info when you call on the phone. that frustrated me as well when i was applying. so i am trying to demystify it a bit and give good information. you can talk to other people on this board that have pmd me. not everything i have to say is great, but i keep my personal issues off of the public forum, at least i did before you attacked me. that is why i am defending my school even when i am getting what i want out of it. my question is why are you trying to tear down a school when you have no reason to. what are you getting out of it? let other people find out information. let people who actually attend these schools tell their stories. if i have questions about your school i will ask you. let others ask me. i will not participate in any more of this banter. it is nonproductive. again, i ask people to not speak on subjects that they are not informed about. if anyone wants real information from a student that goes to this school, please let me know. several people have contacted me. they know my name. some of them have even begun attending the school. they see me in the halls. they know i am not an employee. i hope they too are proud of their school. good luck to you.

You are incorrect, at least about Everest. There is no "first come first serve basis." A nursing school's accreditation is based on how well their students perform on the NCLEX exam at the end of the program. for that reason alone it would be stupid for them to admit anyone who applied without carefully reviewing their academic performace leading up to admission. You also go through an interview process. Again, as i have stated before, once you have your RN license you are able to attend other RN to BSN programs. The only tranfer issuses are with non-nursing classes, and you may have issues with those classes from any college or university. I was hired from the site that we had our clinical rotation at and have already been offered a job as an RN there once I graduate, so I also believe you are wrong in saying that we get hired last. Dental assisting and RN programs are completely different. I get so frustrated at people putting these programs down. Again, if anyone has real questions about the Everest program I urge them to make an appointment to speak with the director of the program (she is also a member of the AZ board of nursing), or a current student, and not people on these boards that are just passing judgement without actual knowledge.

I PM'd you for specifics since your response was to my previous PM. I do want to post that I believe you can find students at any college or university that have complaints about their programs. Yes, some of these programs can be misleading. People need to do their homework and make sure they know what they are getting themselves into. No doubt that people have been burned when they sign up for things that they have not completely researched. However, Everest's nursing program is not one of these programs. I encourage anyone seriously looking into the program to talk to the director, the instructors, and students that are actually in the program and not get their information from consumer affair websites or from people that are making judgements from afar.

i assure you that I am not an employee of Everest. i am a student, half way through the program and one year away from running, not walking to a *REAL* degree. I would put my education up against any other in the area. Although the cost of my education is expensive, I have been on the waitlist at the CCs for over a year and will probably still be on it when I graduate. By that time I will be making REAL money as an RN. Cost analysis tells me that I made the right choice. Please, save your judgement for someone else and let others make their own decisions. If anyone has REAL questions about the program i am happy to respond and tell them the positive and negative aspects of the program.

For those of you still looking into Everest they do let you transfer in as many non-nursing classes as you want as long as your grades were C or above. That does cut down on the $$$. I am at the end of Block II now. Just a few weeks before finals. There have been ups and downs. Some of them associated with the problems of it being a new program, and some of them I believe you would have anywhere. All in all, I am glad I chose this program. I am almost half way through and my education, which is what is important, I feel has been top quality! I cannot say enough about my instructors. If any of you have ?s, let me know. I am happy to answer as many of them as I can.

Clinicals are great!! We have such great instructors, so we have a lot of 1 on 1 attention. The program is going well. There have been a few hiccups, but I expected that with a new program. Overall things are good. Classes are getting more difficult and we just came off of 2 weeks where we didn't have a day off, and then we had midterms last week, so I am fried! I can't really give the program as a whole a rating, because there are so many factors. One of the things i would give a 10 is the fact that the administration and instructors are open for our suggestions and feedback, and even seek it out. The issues that we have are primarily the same ones you would find with any program. there were people who were able to finance 100%. Others are paying monthly payments without interest. There were many options, but I would make sure you checked into the grants and loans yourself, so you are not relying solely on the financial aid dept to do it for you. If you have more specific ?s, send me a PM. i will be happy to give any info I can.

I feel your pain! I'm a Carolina Girl all the way! Currently living in Phoenix and hating EVERY minute of it. I have family in charlotte. Great place! I never lived there, but grew up in Chapel Hill, lived in Durham and Greensboro. You will absolutely love NC, wherever you move. So much better than this sweatbox. I am in nursing school and will be moving back to the Tarheel state as soon as I graduate! Good Luck!!

The NCLEX pass rates at PMI are great! Even better than those at some of the CCs. Check out the AZBON website! Just goes to show you that other programs are out there educating great nurses!

It depends on how many credits you transfer in. Each credit hour is $366. If you start from zero without Algebra, English, etc., it could be pricey. But if you are like me and transfer in almost all of your non-nursing credits then it is not that bad. Some schools limit the number of credits you can tranfer in. Everest does not. They also have several Financial Aid options that include no intrest programs. I chose the "pay-as -you-go" option that allows me to pay all of what is not covered by FAFSA loans in equal monthly payments without interest. Out of pocket I am paying a little less than my car payment each month. I already have a Bachelors degree, so I am not eligible for grants, but many of my classmates received grants as well, so some of them are paying even less. For me there is no question that it is worth it.

There is no wait list at Everest. They do require higher scores on the HESI than the other programs, but as of now, there is no wait list for the program that starts in July because they have not started advertising it yet. I do appreciate the hesitation people have about the private colleges because those that you mentioned had bad NCLEX pass rates. However, there are other private schools that have NCLEX passing rates higher than those of the community colleges. Check out the AZBON website for quarter 4 of last year and you will see how everyone did for the entire year. PIMA medical institute had a 90% while some of the CCs only had 70-80%. I just ask that people not put down other programs or tell people to "stay away" from other programs that they may know little or nothing about apart from the price tag. For me the private route was the way to go because I will have my degree and be on the job before I would have been off the wait list at the CCs. I factored that in to the price of the education and my time IS valuable. And Everest has been a great program for me. I cannot imagine a program taking more interest in the success of their students. It's a shame that people lump ALL private schools together and give them a bad name.

Things are going well. I am pleased with the program and really do not have any negative comments. It is far for me, but several of us carpool from the East Valley, so it makes things much easier. The school even has a carpool incentive that they give to each group of carpoolers. They increased it from $20 per month to $30. It may not sound like much, but at least they are concerned that the price of gas is increasing and felt the need to help us out a little more. We have finished midterms and are gearing up for finals and clinicals which start later this month. I am GLAD that I made the choiceto start this program instead of continuing to wait! Good luck to all of you!

I am in the first class at Everest and would be happy to give you any info on the school from my point of view. Just let me know what info you are looking for!

Chapel Hill is going to be as expensive, if not more than Brier Creek. I lived in Durham for 7 years as a young adult and wondered why it got such a bad name. I loved it. If you look around Duke you can find some great neighborhoods that are bieng renovated and probably get a great deal on something. I love the charm and character of all of those old neighborhoods. Start on 9th street and work your way out. I'd give anything to be back there over where I am now (Phoenix). Good Luck!

The program total is 108 hours, but you can tranfer in all of your non nursing credits (math, composition, literature, etc.). I transferrred in 38 hours, so that reduced tuition quite a bit. The program is going well. Because it is an accelerated program it is a lot of work, so they keep us on our toes. Right now our classes are Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. They will change each 12 weeks. We start clinicals in July, so I am not sure what those hours will be. Someone said Thursdays from 6:30 am to 2:30 pm, but I am not sure that is set in stone. I am not working, and I think it would be difficult to shuffle a work schedule with this program. Some of my classmates are doing it though. Overall, I am very satisfied and would recommend it to anyone who is tired of waiting.

I live in Gilbert and I carpool with 2 other girls from Queen Creek. The school actually gives you a carpool incentive. I am glad that I chose this route as opposed to still being on the waitlist.

Have any of you thought about Everest College in Phoenix? I too went to all of the info sessions at PIMA and ended up going to Everest. They do not have a limit to the number of hours that transfer and they charge per credit hour so you can save alot of $$$ if you have prereqs to transfer like I did. Tey are regionally accredited so you are not stuck going only to UofP for your BS. The program is new, and they don't give info out on the phone, but I am in Block 2 now, so if any of you have any questions I would be happy to answer. The program so far has been great. I just read the thread and you guys sound as if you are where I was a few months ago. I was happy to find a program like Everest that seemed like they were interested in my education, not just my $$$$.

...your husband, who gets home from work at 3am, wakes you up to ask you to clean your textbooks off of the bed so he can go to sleep. Then he politely points out that you may want to change your clothes too. (He's the best!)

I am in the end of block one. We take our final exam on Thursday. I have found the school to be everything I thought it would be. I have received everything I was promised. They were upfront about everything including the price. I am not sure about the previous poster, but since I am in the first class ever and no one from my class started and dropped out, I think this person must be mistaken about which program he/she was in. My instructors have been extremely qualified. The program thus far has been great. No complaints from me.

I have not taken the NET. I have heard some people say it is harder and some say it is easier than the HESI. There is a time limit on the HESI, but it is 4 hours for the entire test. I finished fairly quickly. Can't imagine using all 4 hours. I didn't have a problem with it. There is a study guide available. If you look over that, you will be set. Most schools charge for the HESI. Everest does not. I am not sure how many classes they will be taking each year. I just know of the one that starts Feb 25 and the one in July. I looked in to Grand Canyon, the CCs, and PMI.

The only prereq for this semester is A&P 1. You have to pass the HESI with an 80% and also the compass if you do not have a degree. Cost is about $366 per credit hour. Total credit hours will vary depending on how many classes you transfer in. I was also very impressed with the director, the facility and the faculty. During my interview they were extremely thorough, making sure that I was the right fit for their program, and that I had thought out completely the decision to become a nurse. Also, they are the only private ADN program to have an agreement with Banner for clinicals. That says something as well. I am excited to be starting, hope to see some of you at orientation!!