St joseph hospital school of nursing.

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Hello everyone, I am new allnurses.com. I am glad to see that there is a site where I can communicate with nurses from all over. I have a question. I recently applied to St joseph Hospital school of nursing located at 8th girard ave in philadelphia, PA. It is an accelerated one year RN program. I am somewhat concerned because I don't know much about the school. They don't even have a website. I wm currently working on prequisites to start the program in november. It is fairly new and just opened up about three years ago. I would love to get the input of someone that knows about the program or has graduated from it...thanks a lot.

:twocents:Hey ladies i was a student from the first class, any new school will make major mistakes yes only 11 have passed out of 20 but the other will pass i know i was in class with these people. I love what St Jospeh's School of nursing have done for me. I'm a RN and no one can take that from me, for many years i was waitlist after waitlist, this school gave me the chance and the change that i needed now look at me a proud RN, so to those of you who are in the program keep your head up and for those who will be attend GOD will make away for you to get your funding. God Bless all.:nurse::nurse::nurse::nurse::nurse::nurse::nurse::nurse::nurse:

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Thank you for the information and insight. I am taking in what you revealed. Some of this information I was aware of. Thank you again and good luck to you. :nurse:

Keep your options open for nursing schools and please check out the schools nclex scores, because that will give you an ideal with how many nurses that has been succesful with their program. Also, it will reveal rather the school is fully accreditted, in order for you to be able to receive state grants and loans.

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I changed my mind a while ago. I narrowed the choices to ccp, roxbor, frankford. Thank for the info, I will definetly pass it on.

You are making a good choice. Stay focus on your goal. I wish you the bestwith your endeavor.

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Has anyone heard anything new?

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Well, I completed an application with Sallie mae with a cosigner and was not approved...I contacted financial aid for assistance...I was told they offered no scholarships and no other form of aid...I wish there was more support from the school in helping students find funding...Most other schools I have come across offer scholarships and other help to get your tuition paid..The feeling that I get from St joseph is that you have to fend for yourself... nothing we can do for you... I hope other people are getting better results that me!

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For those who haven't received funding for St. Joseph's program, consider yourselves fortunate. The program accepts close to sixty-five students, knowing that they will only graduate about twenty students. What I'm saying is the program is being paid for by the sweat of the greater numbers.Give this program time to iron out the pitfalls, check the nclex pass rate only 25%. Savvy students check these important things out before accepting offers, I didn't. The CEO and the administration have incorporated a plan that students can't get ahead,thus changing policy mid-semester, why not most students are students of color who cares? Students are under the impression that if they work hard ,they will be RNs. The program doesn't provide the supports to graduate good competent nurses. Many of the teachers are first time teachers and there aren't any seasoned teachers like other one year programs offer. Tutoring was implemented about ten weeks ago with a tutor who has told students that perhaps they aren't RN material.The lecture content and objectives do not match putting students behind the eight ball. Labs are locked all of the time, there are 5 computers that may work. Education has become a hussle for some people to get ahead and the agencies involved turn their heads, while all this happens. I am an Afro-American student who doesn't want to see other students that are like me ,try to improve their lives but are taken for a long and miserable ride.:bluecry1:

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You are right, count your blessings for not being able to receive funds, because that is to much money to be wasted. You may not understand it now, but God is trying to save you from a mistake. You need to reconsider and make every effort to attend a school that is accredited, because you will be able to get state and federal funds without any problems. Just to add a extra note, why do you think the Cfo is leaving and his father is the President of the school, it just do not make any sense to go to a traditional job when you have everythiing going for you.

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You are so on point with your comments, funding is important! Sallie Mae's interest rate is 11% which is too high. This is the major loan that's offered at St.Joseph's Hospital School of Nursing.

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Sallie Mae is not offering loans easily to St. Joseph's Nursing Students, which is not the students fault, because students invested in the program with the intent to become an RN. However, the administra(ors and staff is not fulfilling their obligations by making sure they produce qualified nurses so this might be contribuiting to the difficulties that individuals are having with obtaining a loan, because would you invest in a school with a 25 percent pass rate(high risk). I heard that some of the return students who had Sallie Mae loan before is not being approved. Count your blessing and move on to another nursing program.

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I think that has more to do with the tightening credit industry than the school itself. I've never been asked what my major was when applying for private student loans. And the fact that it's not accredited means that not a lot of lending agencies will provide loans to those students in the first place.

My DH went to paramedic school, and Sallie Mae was the only place that would do a student loan for that program. That program has no records I can find on attrition/pass rate, and all Sallie Mae seemed concerned about was his credit and that he had a cosignor.

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AES use to provide loans for the school and they are not doing that now, which is a much cheaper interest.

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