St. Pauls- Cannot convey my dissatisfaction enough

[2bnursegirl111]

Here is the honest opinion of a current nursing student at St. Paul's School of Nursing. IT IS THE WORST DECISION I HAVE EVER MADE. My experience there has made a significant negative impact on my life, not related to my love of the nursing field. Where to begin. Well, to start, many people I knew in semesters before mine have not been able to find jobs. The school will pound into your head that they are accredited by the state, which they are. But that does not mean anything. Most hospitals are looking for NLN accreditation, which the school does not have. Hence, why many have not found jobs yet.

Also, the tuition has risen a great deal for incoming students- why would you attend a school where you will waste your money and not be able to find a job afterwards to pay it back? Not to mention you are NOT getting what you pay for. You will be entering into a place where your teachers will be wondering which classroom the days class will be held, because they do not coordinate accordingly. The tuition department consists of one woman for the entire school, who barely knows what she's doing. Also, the school seems to think it's ok to not bill their students and expects them to know when to pay. There were several cases where my fellow students had their midterm grades held back because they did not pay, yet they were not notified of when to pay. Very unprofessional.

It's funny how the school has ample admission staff, yet the staff that deals with the current students seems few and far between, and well under equipped.

Do yourself a favor, anyone applying here- TALK TO CURRENT STUDENTS. Ask their opinions of how the school is really run, and you will definitely want to take your business elsewhere. It is worth it to be on a waiting list for a community college in Jersey. The teachers are unhappy as well, as most of them were teachers there when is was still part of St. Vincent's. Funny how a lot of them left when it changed to St. Paul's. The new teachers that have been hired DO NOT TEACH- they read off powerpoints printed from the textbooks. You might as well sit home and read the textbook- many students do not believe they benefit from class time.

Bottom line, please, it breaks my heart to see people attend this school. The reason I am still here is because I am so closed to completing my degree, it would be taking steps backward to start over. If I could transfer to a REAL school and finish my "degree" on time, I would do it in a heartbeat. Nursing school is difficult in general; I do not want other future nurses to deal with the stress that I have dealt with here, and I know there are others to back me up when I say-

St. pauls is really just a disgrace to the nursing profession.