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My best advice is...study before you go. I did well without having any idea I was going to be tested...but..I could have done better if i had known. its the TEAS...study. I would rather live in Virginia Beach Area. Va Beach is more expensive rent wise...but I wouldn't want to live in newport News..but thats just me..Newport news has some really bad crime areas..dangerous areas..

The RN program at MCI is tough. In va beach..the last class to graduate had 98% nclex pass rates, and 98% job placement. It is a small private school and offers very small classes with alot of individual attention. Everyone knows you and They want you to succeed. The failure rates aren't as bad as it may seem. I had concerns about the pass rates myself. If you research their graduation rate it seems low because alot of students do not graduate on time. The classes are only 5 weeks opposed to 15 week sememsters. If you don't pass a class because you get sick and miss a week, or you fail a class but almost passed, they will let you retake it with the next "batch" of RNs( so long as you stay in close contct with the school)...a 3 month wait.The first classes are hard to retake because they have less room..and they probably figure if you can't handle microbiology you should consider LPN... So students that aren't graduating on time are officially counted against the graduation rate. The program is hard to get into .....sometimes averaging 150 applicants...25 accepted for days....25 for nights...This program takes complete devotion, 600% dedication. I noticed that alot of the negative posts about mci's rn program are from people who do not go there. The most important thing is that you do well on your admissions tests. You will take them during your first applic. interv....I am only familiar with VB.

The only reason that MCI seems drastically more expensive is because the tuition includes all your text books and uniforms/required med. supplies. the only thing it doesn't include is your basic school supplies ...paper..binders....in my opinion, not having to worry about text books each semester is a big plus.