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I am not the original poster, but I finished a three-year Bradley FNP program this summer. To say that they charge the maximum fee and provide the minimum help is an understatement. Even the help and information they're supposed to provide is sometimes wrong and incomplete. The school is extremely disorganized and cannot support students due to being understaffed, so they cut corners wherever they can. The additional credit hours are absolutely not worth it since they involve theory classes where students read textbooks and write papers. There's no input from any faculty and no professional development of any kind. Just a money-maker fir them. The worst part is having to find preceptors with absolutely no help and deadlines imposed for finding preceptors that make it unrealistic and an extra burden on the students. One student had a preceptor cancel just prior to the deadline which was 2 1/2 months ahead of when clinical started. She was asked to wait out a semester instead of giving her additional time to find a preceptor. I have often had preceptors agree to precept then due to technical issues such as their practice is being bought out, they were unable to precept. Bradley does not look at the reality of students situations, just intent on charging the maximum rate of tuition possible. It feels like a money making venture with a line of willing students coming out the door to go into debt to get this minimal service. The helpdesk ( which is outsourced to the same company that does the marketing) just keeps sending emails instead of actually providing answers. When they don't have answers, which is often, they refer you to the director of the program who does not have answers either. It was actually kind of comical if it wasn't so frustrating. During the last semester, they did not even have the courtesy to send an email with minimal info on what we need to do to get transcripts and when our graduate certificate would be mailed out. What kind of school provides zero communication or emails to students prior to graduation? Signing up for this program and completing it felt like I was in the upsidedown. Happy to get out and I would urge anyone considering Bradley or other schools to look at the COMPLETION RATES And not listen to the outsourced marketing department which answers your calls. (The company that the marketing is outsourced to gets a large chunk of the tuition. This is why they can't pay preceptors.)

I would advise all prospective students to ask to speak to an existing student about the technical platform, lecture vs Powerpoints, instructor response time, schedule etc and get a live demo of the software. If not, buyer beware! Even if the reputation of the school is good, they outsource it to companies that are for-profit and that are staffed by folks whose job is meeting the enrollment quota. Once you enroll, not many winning options if you are in a difficult environment.

Yes that's why I joined the program, the problem is that most of my interaction is with the third party company - basically a lot of marketing professionals.

So different than what I imagined grad school to be This is a brand new program, first FNP program that Bradley has done ever and they chose to do it online. The are outsourcing the program to a company based in Arizona so you deal with third party folks who are not very knowledgeable. Lots of beta testing. Do most schools do this?