West Coast University DALLAS 2018 NEED INFO

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Hello! I am considering West Coast University for the BSN program. I am having a difficult time finding anyone in the Fort Worth area that has even heard of this place. I want to know how the hospitals feel about this school. I've heard some places wont even hire from Dallas career colleges. I am a military spouse and have very limited time in one location. I want to be an oncology nurse but am very concerned about credits not transferring out of this school. Also, if the accreditation is from the west coast, will I get a job on the east coast? So many questions, so little time! Haha! Any other military members have any experience here?? Any WCU graduates here that can answer some more questions? :)

Hello all!!

I have been stalking this thread for a while now and decided to finally post. Looking into WCU after looking at other schools for a while and feeling overwhelmed with other programs entry requirements/competitiveness. I’m currently at TCC taking science pre reqs and will be done with A&P 2 next semester. I have a lot of the other req’s knocked out (psych, math, English etc) I think I’m just worried about the drive and the short semesters. Planning on going to the campus to take a look around. I appreciate everyone who has commented on this post because I couldn’t find any other information anywhere.

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Hello everyone I was thinking about to apply to west coast. I went to the information session and I liked it but the program I feel is a lot of money and there first time pass rate is 86. I wanted to start in Jan but Im very nervous.

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I know this thread is old but I am Dallas Nursing Institute Grad 2018 (LVN program) i know my alumni gets lots of bad reviews but in all honesty you get out what you out in. I had to repeat a class but it was all due to being distracted and unorganized. Me and my friends finished the program and immediately starting work one at parkland, one in LTC and i do pediatric home health. (And i did the program with 2 kids)

I’m now doing the LVN-BSN program at West coast University starting in April 2020 I’m so excited, I will be using my spouse GI Bill to pay for 2 of the 3 years so I’m really happy about only having to pay 12k for a 99k program. Hopefully ill meet some of you ladies. Good luck to all :)

On 12/14/2019 at 3:38 AM, Sierra18wilson said:

Hello everyone I was thinking about to apply to west coast. I went to the information session and I liked it but the program I feel is a lot of money and there first time pass rate is 86. I wanted to start in Jan but Im very nervous.

Ill be starting in April, January was a little to sudden for me, go for it girl

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On 12/22/2019 at 5:28 PM, Itsfinechina said:

I know this thread is old but I am Dallas Nursing Institute Grad 2018 (LVN program) i know my alumni gets lots of bad reviews but in all honesty you get out what you out in. I had to repeat a class but it was all due to being distracted and unorganized. Me and my friends finished the program and immediately starting work one at parkland, one in LTC and i do pediatric home health. (And i did the program with 2 kids)

I’m now doing the LVN-BSN program at West coast University starting in April 2020 I’m so excited, I will be using my spouse GI Bill to pay for 2 of the 3 years so I’m really happy about only having to pay 12k for a 99k program. Hopefully ill meet some of you ladies. Good luck to all ?

Ill be starting in April, January was a little to sudden for me, go for it girl

Yes I got in and will be starting in Jan. I’m excited!!

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Yay congrats I'll see you in april ?

12 minutes ago, Sierra18wilson said:

Yes I got in and will be starting in Jan. I’m excited!!

Yay congrats see you soon lol! I'm excited too

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Specializes in PICU.

Welcome everyone! I’m at the end of the program. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Lol! It goes by so fast. Good luck, y’all!

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Congratulations!!!!

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12 hours ago, CrunchyEvenInMilk said:

Welcome everyone! I’m at the end of the program. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Lol! It goes by so fast. Good luck, y’all!

Omg congrats I cant wait lol everyone says it goes by fast.

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On 11/18/2019 at 7:56 PM, diannsong said:

Hello everyone! I will be attending WCU of January 2020! if anyone is looking for roommates please let me know, preferably females.

Heyy I will also be starting in jan its so exciting!!!

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21 hours ago, CrunchyEvenInMilk said:

Welcome everyone! I’m at the end of the program. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Lol! It goes by so fast. Good luck, y’all!

Congrats do you feel prepared? Can you share some things about it? We’re you evening/weekend program?

thank you in advance

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Specializes in PICU.
On 12/25/2019 at 11:11 PM, Sierra18wilson said:

Congrats do you feel prepared? Can you share some things about it? We’re you evening/weekend program?

thank you in advance

Sorry I'm just now replying to this! I've been a bit busy. I am in the traditional program. I work full-time nights at a hospital, and I've managed to keep a pretty high GPA. The best advice I can give is to not listen to people ahead of you. What others think is difficult may be easy for you, and what they think is easy may be hard. Take their advice with a grain of salt. Clinical is what you make it; some of the sites aren't necessarily the best (I'm looking at you, Encompass). Take the opportunities you're given and find ways to create more opportunities to learn. Ask questions and try to tie in the things you're seeing with the things you're learning in lecture. It'll help immensely. One thing I can't stress enough: LEARN THE MATERIAL! You're not just studying for next week's quiz; you're studying to learn to provide patient care and intervene appropriately. Each class builds upon the next, and they all lead up to the comprehensive predictor you have to take at the end of the program. You have to pass this test in order to graduate, and anything in ATI is fair game. It will make your life easier if you learn as you go rather than having to try and cram at the end, then fail and remediate. This is not an easy program, and toward the end it can get demanding (Remember this when you get to public health). But it if you're willing to work hard, you can be successful. Good luck to all of you guys! Update here and let me know how you're doing!

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