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I had a good experience. I graduated last month and took my Nclex . Passed in 75 questions first try. Credits do transfer to BSN programs also. We take HESI just like other schools. The same exit hesi as established schools. People pass and people fail throughout. It's just a NEW school so it takes a certain number of people to pass Nclex before it will be accredited in all areas but that's coming soon. It has a bad rep. It isn't 50000 dollars either. I had pell grant and that cut it down to 20000. Oh well I'm an RN. My license looks the same as accredited schools exactly . It doesn't say your school on your license. It's all good and worth it. Once it becomes accredited fully it will be just another nursing program. It's coming. Teachers are excellent. It's hard and demanding as any nursing program is. They use the same up to date textbooks and editions. This is only my experience but I tore up the Nclex so it taught me a lot. It has an extremely high Nclex pass rate. It's a normal nursing program. It's unorganized as they are still doing trial and error but it's a good school all in all

well if u look at the applications from reputable hospitals, they only want grads from schools with regional or SACC accredidation, which here at Breckinridge we have neither. good luck with the job. wish i went to your campus ours sucks.. i guess our 57% pass rates for two years reflects that..

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most hospitals here want bsn

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I attend ITT now, it's a hard program, very hard. We have to average at least a B (79.5% is the bare minimum a student can get to pass the class, with the exception of dosage calculations, which is an A). My school also has some of the top NCLEX pass rates in Ohio, actually better than a local 4 year university, which is now on probation with a waiting list. This is possibly due to that damn HESI I'll have to take when I'm done, but if it helps me pass the NCLEX, I'm all for it. The program is new, so I can understand the concern regarding the program. I know other campuses do not do as well as mine, which is a shame because the program really is excellent. Yes, you can transfer credits to other schools. For personal reasons a few of my classmates have transferred to another local university, and aside from their nurses courses, the gen ed courses transferred. Yes, you can get your BSN at a few select schools, but there are options. As for cost, I received a scholarship that covered half of the tuition. Out of pocket, with books, fees, whatever, I'm paying $24k. Which is worth it to me because if I waited and went to another school, I would be on a wait list and out a year or two of nursing salary. Yes, I can sit for the NCLEX, the same NCLEX everyone else sits for. Most importantly, I will have a job at a hospital, as a RN, waiting for me. Which I can use to transfer to another hospital down the road when I choose to move. I am very happy with my choice to attend ITT. Off to study my butt off for Med Surg 2 :(

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This is possibly due to that damn HESI I'll have to take when I'm done, but if it helps me pass the NCLEX, I'm all for it.

The HESI doesn't do anything to "help (you) pass the NCLEX" -- it helps the school weed out students less likely to pass, which enables them to keep up their NCLEX pass rate.

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Specializes in ICU.

Where I'm at, if you go to ITT, your degree means pretty much nothing. Every hospital job opening says you must graduate from an accredited school. And I would like to know what 4 year colleges accepted your credits or are you getting your BSN from ITT. Because absolutely no reputable school in this area accepts their credits. I don't care how hard they make the program seem to you, it's not worth accreditation apparently. And they have nothing but used car salesmen in their admission office who promise people the moon and steal their money. Then at the end tell them they owe $1500 and they can't get their degree. I think you actually work there and are trying to recruit people.

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Specializes in Hospitalist Medicine.

$24k for an associate's degree is absolutely ridiculous!

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Kent State University accepts ITT credits. As for my BSN, I'm looking into getting my BSN through Western Governors University online program.

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Oh, and no, I do not work for ITT lol. I work for a LTC facility.

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Specializes in Mental Health, Public Health.

ITT Breckinridge School of nursing does not have good NCLEX pass rates. The pass rate in 2015 was approximately 56% overall with some schools showing much lower rates (17% at one campus!). States require schools to maintain an 80 or 85% first time NCLEX pass rate. Schools that have poor pass rates are eventually shut down by the state boards of nursing. Breckinridge nursing programs have shut down in the past. Word to the wise before enrolling in a nursing school: check the pass rates! These are posted by state boards of nursing on the internet.

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A DC insider tells me that the Department of Education is trying to figure how to transfer the many thousands of students affected by ITT Tech/Breckinridge "teach outs."

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Specializes in ICU + Infection Prevention.
A DC insider tells me that the Department of Education is trying to figure how to transfer the many thousands of students affected by ITT Tech/Breckinridge "teach outs."

What does that mean?

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That means that the school is giving students are certain time to graduate before the school closes. The amount of time can vary. 18-24 months is a common period.

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