West coast university help!!!!!!

Nibbles1 · Mar 16, 2015

Without having your pre reqs done you are looking at 130,000 or more. If you have that kind of money, go to Yale.

Psata · Mar 17, 2015

I just stringed a bunch of your comments together to highlight how dangerous For-Profit Universities can be and specifically, one of the most expensive of them all, WCU. Based on your own accounts (being a current/graduate of their program), they take in anyone, even [very] marginal candidates they know stands zero chance of completing their BSN Program and intentionally, weed out *numerous* (you word, not mine) so that these *Bad Apples* will not make it to the finish line and effectively, do not distort WCU's true NCLEX pass rate.

In other words, the milked a large part of their student population of high tuition for 1 - 2 years, leaving them marred in excessive student loan debt and then kick them to the curb to face a lifetime burden with Student Loan Debt that could possibly exceed over $70K - $90K (estimated), with no degree and zero prospect of getting a job. In other words, the vast majority of WCU Entering students, end up existing the program in worst financial shape than when they enter. Why would you defend such a school is beyond comprehension. To compound the problem is all those parents and extended family members who get suckered into co-signing for these high interest rate, un-subsidized student loans and are left holding the bag when these marginal students get booted from WCU program, with no possibility of paying back these massive loans.

As far as accepting anyone, yes I completely agree.
As far as not failing anyone, I absolutely disagree. Based on my experience with WCU, I saw numerous amount of students fail class after class. The university has a policy that after two fails you are dismissed. Therefore, if you are able to keep up with the school work you will be fine, if you choose to attend.
This policy lead to weeding many of the "bad apples" out thereby increasing the NCLEX pass rate.

Smara · Mar 17, 2015

Psata- I agree with you 100% on the danger of attending a for profit university, as you made some great points. I just wanted to show the original poster that although the risks are high, as it the tuition, it works for some students. I defended the university to show a different point from what everyone is saying. Not that any of those things are not true, because they are, but there are other things that he or she could factor in.

Red Kryptonite · Mar 17, 2015

You can lead a horse to water.....

Nienna Celebrindal · Mar 20, 2015

I think WCU makes great nurses. I have worked with several new grads and was impressed. But I almost died when I hear their student loan payments. It's crippling.

alex321ab · Mar 26, 2015

Does someone know if west coast university California fully accredited

Smara · Mar 26, 2015

Yes, it is.

NurseNHowell · Apr 9, 2015

I am actually in Stanbridge's first ADN cohort and there are a few exWCU students who for whatever reason were not able to finish. They still have that $130k in student loans without anything to show for it. One student had a health crisis and that is why she had to leave but yet no option to jump into a later cohort. Any school that does that is blatantly money hungry and does not have students' best interest in mind. Not that I'm saying they should walk away without paying for classes but to foot the bill for classes they never got far enough to even begin? Nope! Shady shady shady!

Our cohort's cost is about $65k then minus any of the associate degree requirement classes like sociology and such but we all had pre-reqs required. I've been told the 2nd cohort is the same but the 3rd it includes all pre-reqs with an increased price to $79k. The price is word of mouth so don't quote me.

Honestly do your pre-reqs at community college and save yourself about $25k. Also if you do full time classes at community you can have them done quicker than WCU would have them done.

SimpleNewGrad · May 13, 2015

Please don't bash WCU