hiddencatRN, BSN, RN 3,408 Posts Feb 4, 2010 Just so you know' date=' this isn't uncommon. At our school, we had a similar condition except that we used the ATI, not the HESI. And yes, if we didn't pass we were disenrolled... kicked out, without any chance at re-entry or continuation.[/quote']We need a minimum HESI score regardless of our average as well HOWEVER- this policy is made well known to us up front and is in our handbook. I find it really problematic that OP's school didn't.
jessi92116 1 Post Feb 26, 2010 I totally agreed with this post. The instructors are rude not all but most of them. They make you feel stupid when you have a question. They put you down, also some instructors tell you one thing and then another tells you another thing. So you never get a straight answer. You have to go and search for your own answer. They change the days on you with short notice. They make you panicked about the hesi's you take. Also like the post said really good students have fail and have to repeat the whole class because they fail hesi why? because they panicked and trust me it's not cheap to repeat. If you are able go to another school, I highly recommended going to another school. Also very important they never tell you when there getting you exited about enrolling in the school that you have to take a hesi to exit every nursing course.
caliotter3 38,333 Posts Feb 26, 2010 For me the HESI test after every nursing course is as much of a turn-off as the $132,000 price tag!
AcousticFoodie 90 Posts Feb 27, 2010 For me the HESI test after every nursing course is as much of a turn-off as the $132,000 price tag!A BSN at WCU cost $132,000??? It that just tuition or does it include books, room and board factored in and etc?
Ivanam 7 Posts Feb 27, 2010 It is tuition and required books and some supplies. There is no room and board. That is up to you. Hope that helps.
AcousticFoodie 90 Posts Feb 27, 2010 132K for a BSN seems pretty pricey for even private school tuition. The local private school here that I'll be attending this fall has an accelerated BSN program that is around 65-70K for tuition which is already considered very pricey.
Ivanam 7 Posts Feb 28, 2010 I don't know where you are but maybe it's like this because it's in California. Most of the private schools in So. Cal. are pretty expensive, like over $100,000 for a bachelors, 4 year program.
girl86 5 Posts Mar 7, 2010 I do not recommend west coast university to anyone.......I'm not sure what's the point of going to school to pay thousands of dollars and not being taught anything... When asked for help all they say is that its in the book. If they really want us to succeed they would truly help us.. I would totally understand if it was a public school. BUT WE ARE PAYING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AND BEING TAUGHT NOTHING.!! And on top of that when we asked to see our exams to review what we got wrong they said no because of a cheating scandal going around. I think thats a issue they need to deal with... I am also the first batch of BSN student. And I can tell you that 100% of the students in my class is not satisfied by the program. IT IS VERY unorganized. To LADYNURSE....How was the hesi?? I will be taking it in 3 weeks. I'm so nervous right now..I'm not sure how to prepare since you said 80% of the content you covered in class is not even in the book. Thanks....
iyanno 2 Posts May 13, 2010 i know i talk to a lot OF PEOPLE IN THIS PROGRAM AND IT IS NO GOOD! for those considering it how about talking to the students actually in the nursing program.. thats what i did and none of them recommend this school..... "its a lot of money and its a money eating school.. i feel bad for students who actually think they will have a better future.. not after coming here.. the hesi will mess you up even if you are doing well..... the only thing people care about this school is your money not your success" so i've been told by so many of the students
micknotanrn 1 Post Sep 3, 2015 I went to West Coast years ago. I never got to finish because it was so expensive. I couldn't get a loan. I got half way through the program and had to drop out for over a year! I figured out another way, but only got enough funds to cover a semester. I dropped out and went back a few times. I was only 2 semesters short of graduation when I finally lost hope and gave up. I dropped out for good. I'm $130K in debt for a degree I couldn't finish and a job I can't do. They are criminal! I would NOT go to this school. All they cared about was getting their money, not the success of their students. RUN, do not walk, away from this school!!!
Jdj595 23 Posts Jan 8, 2016 Hi! Sorry you've been going through that. I am going into my sophomore year at west coast and they've been pretty good. The student handbook says we might have an exit exam. We don't have exit exams after each term like some schools do. We do ATI, not Hesi. So far the professors have been very knowledgable and very willing to help the students. I heard tuition is over $100k in California but everything is high in California. They lowered the tuition here in Florida. It's the same as Barry university and less than university of Miami. Everything has been good. We all got our Oxford invites. And I've learned more here than I learned at the other school I was at. So far so good. It still is expensive but doable. It's easy to complain about a nursing school. But try going to a different nursing school. It's the same or worse. Nursing is just hard period. You have to respect the schools that demand a little more because as nurses we will have lives in our hands. No one wants the bad nurse who doesn't know anything. Do I complain. Of course. Who doesn't. But it's a general complaint. The school has been good to me and I love my professors.
