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Has anyone here taken the LPN/LVN to RN-BSN birdge program a the University of Phoenix? If so, please explain your experience and if you could do it all over again, would you choose to go there?

Which online program or which school?

I was a student at the university of Phoenix here in Arizona. First, I will say be careful in what you get yourself into. It sounds all good when they are enrolling you until you hit a few bumps and they will drop you like a hot potato after you have invested thousands of dollars in federal student loans. They have no student body to serve your interest. They have change their ATI testing system many times. When they make theses changes, they will still hold mistakes you made in the old system against you. I have seen many LPNs with many years of experience dropped out of the program when they are almost at the end of the program. My advice is that get your RN somewhere else and you can go there and do your BSN online. Their ATI testing system will determine if you finish the program. They require you to score 74% or better to move on to the next class; sounds easy until you have a bad testing day with the ATI or your child is sick and your score is low in the class you end up with a 73.5%. Most of the instructors are BSN RNs who are burnt out on the clinical floor on their jobs and they go on this power trip on the students. They are for profit, they do not serve your interest. They want your federal student loans. Do your home work before you make a decision. They have a 15% graduation rate, look it up. They attract you because of the adult learning environment and the one night a week class. Most of your time is spent on writing papers instead of them teaching you about the ATI testing and NCLEX materials. They do not teach about the ATI at all, you do it at your own time, they don't even go over it in class. Do your home work.