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Again, I understand that an institution has the right to change their policies at any time. What I don't understand is how they can hold me to a policy that was NOT in place at the time of my application. It's like false advertisement. It's like ordering a $20 shirt online and being sent an invoice for $30 because the price changed AFTER you ordered it, without the option of cancelling the order (they are not reimbursing my admission fee). There's no way this is fair. There is nobody at the school I can make an appeal to, and I really wouldn't even know where to start. I guess maybe I dodged a bullet and should look elsewhere. It's too bad the other programs are so expensive or not accredited. Back to the drawing board.

Thank you, klone, for your post. However, at the time when I applied, the website DID NOT say that. It has been updated. Had it said that, I would not have spent my money and time applying. I understand that some people do not do their due dilligence when applying for school, but I did, which is why I don't believe it's fair that they changed the requirements AFTER I submitted my application, yet they still want to hold me to the NEW rules.

Hello all! I wanted to share this information for anyone interested in applying at WGU, or anyone who has come across this same issue and has been able to find a way around it. I'm an RN-finished school in March 2012 and passed my NCLEX in July 2012. Like a lot of new grads, I've been applying to any RN posting within 100 miles of my home and have not had any luck-not even ONE call. I figured pursuing a BSN would make me a more marketable candidate, so I started looking into online programs, being that I work 40-50 hours a week and I'm a single mom. After much research, WGU seemed like the way to go and I was very excited to start the enrollment process. After paying the $65 application fee and paying my 3 colleges/universitied for transcripts, I received a call from my admissions counselor. He asked me what I did for a living, and I told him I'm a Human Resources Administrator. He asked if I recruited nurses or healthcare professionals, and I truthfully said no. Then, he advised me that WGU had adopted a new policy "about a week ago": admission cannot be granted to any applicants who are not currently working as an RN, or at the very least in a healthcare-related field (medical assistant, CNA, etc.) I was very disappointed, to say the least. Has anyone applied within the last week or 2 and come across this problem? Thank you.

From your mouth to God's ears! I hope you're right because having to prepare for this test again would make me go postal LOL.

Congrats, RN!! You must be so relieved. I take my test on Saturday and I'm a ball of nerves. I only started studying about 2 weeks ago (lifelong procrastinator) with Kaplan and I'm about halfway through the tests. I also read a few chapters in Exam Cram and did some questions with the Saunders book. Diagnostic: 68% QT1: 73% QT2: 56% (almost cried) QT3: 60% (almost cried again) QT4: 66% QT5-7: Not completed yet Readiness: 67% Q Bank: 62% with 41% of questions completed SATA questions are my weakness. I pray I don't get too many. I graduated form a truly accelerated ADN program and I feel like I just memorized a lot of the info for the tests, and once I was done with the class, I purged my brain for the next class. We learned memorization more than we did critical thinking, so I feel like that will put me at a disadvantage for the NCLEX. I keep seeing all this information about the Pearson Vue trick and it seems to work for everyone. I hope I get that good pop-up, too. Until then, clorazepate and loperamide are my 2 best friends lol

I don't mean to rain on your parade, but you're in for a real shocker at DMC. I graduated from their Miami campus a few months ago (taking my NCLEX next week), and I can tell you they lied to us from day one. As of now, the school is not accredited. This means you will not be able to transfer your credits to another institution toward a BSN or MSN if the school is not accredited by the time you graduate. If the school receives accreditation AFTER you graduate, you are not grandfathered in. Soooo after 60K, I am now left with a degree I can sit for the NCLEX with, but not transfer to a traditional University/College for the completion of my BSN. The school will receive accreditation once a certain percentage of their graduated pass the NCLEX. I'm not sure what that percentage is, but follow this link and you can see what the school's pass rates are: Education Information - Florida Board of Nursing - Education Information not good. In addition to that, you will have clinicals at any time of the day, regardless of your class hours, you will not know your clinical schedules until the last minute, half your teachers won't speak English (at the Miami campus-not sure what the rest of them are like), and you will have to do a LOT of studying on your own, as the classes are very condensed. I had a handful of great teachers, but many of them didn't teach us squat! You will mostly be taught by looking at PowerPoint presentations. Again, I don't want to burst your bubble, but just want to let you know exactly what you're getting into. I wish someone had warned me about DMC. Some students withdrew, went to Florida National College, paid less and were happier with that experience. I didn't go there myself, so I can't give you any information on that. So they only require a 60 on the TEAS now? When I started, they required a 75 for the RN program and a 70 for the LPN program. Why LOWER requirements, especially on a test that's so ridiculously easy? That's insane. Well, that's my 2 cents. Good luck.