Xavier College?

**SKM-NURSIEPOOH, BSN, RN** · Jan 14, 2008

well...which xavier college are you referring to? if it's the xavier college in arizona, melbourne victoria or gawler, australia then no i don't know anybody; but i do know of somebody who attend xavier university of la. then there's xavier university of oh or st xavier university in chicago.

i guess xavier is a popular university name as it seems there are universities/college around the globe with this name...lol!

cheers :cheers:,

moe

pumpkin1984 · Jan 15, 2008

Xavier college in Stockton,ca!

**SKM-NURSIEPOOH, BSN, RN** · Jan 15, 2008

:smackingf oh snap :jwdrp: !....mannnnnnnnnnnnn...that's way too funny ~ lol :lol2: !

well...to that i have no other recourse but to say....nope...don't know anybody there either....lol!

thx for the laugh though ~ cheers :cheers:,

moe

plaza · Jun 11, 2009

pumpkin - did you find anything out about Xavier? I'm also considering going there in January 2010, and would really like to speak with someone who has been there/going there currently.

dischickwidTLC · Jul 2, 2009

hi plaza,

i'm also thinking of going to xavier in jan 09 so if u find some information about this school i would highly appreciate it if u share to me..thanks

Di Deanna · Jul 8, 2009

xavier college in stockton,ca!

wow, nursiepooh gave you a response and that's how you reply? hmmm :rolleyes:

anyhoo..it's not that hard to look up the website:

http://www.xavier-college.com/program.html

as far as personal experiences go, it looks like you will have to wait on that.

if you have any major concerns, the obvious thing to do would be for you to call

the school or go in to speak to a counselor.

xaviergrad · Sep 18, 2009

i went to xavier and graduated this past may and i passed my boards in august and am now working. I liked the school it was great.

what questions do you have ?

plaza · Sep 18, 2009

xaviergrad - how were the instructors? do you feel you got an adequate education to go out and work? how were the clinicals? where were they (what facililties)?

I've applied to kaplan in stockton but xavier is still a consideration. the timing is better for me. their next session starts in january.

and congratulations! well done...

JustMe · Sep 18, 2009

Just my bias, but I teach for Delta College. We also have an LVN program that costs a lot less than Xavier charges. Yes, our program goes a little longer, but you won't be so far in debt when you finish.

Just my :twocents:

plaza · Sep 18, 2009

justme - Believe me, I'd rather go to Delta, but last fall when I tried to get admitted to the college for spring semester pre-req work, I couldn't get any classes.

When applying for admission, I discovered, much to my dismay, that registration priority/appts were based on educational, socio and economic disadvantage, and other factors. If my memory serves me, I got about 10 minus points for having a BS.

Plus points were given to applicants who had kids on aid, for ethnicity, for being a vet etc.

My appt for registration was scheduled for mid-Dec (general registration opened sometime late Nov). Every class I needed was closed, as were the waiting lists. Going through Delta would take years, and that is definetly not an option for me at this point in life.

So I decided to shell out the money and go to private school. Xavier is about $21k and Kaplan is about $6k more. Hopefully, I'll be able to get financial aid for part of Kaplan.

What do you know about either school?

xaviergrad · Sep 20, 2009

i also tried to get into delta first the rn program then the lvn. so i decided to go private. Xavier was the cheapest and i knew some people who graduated from it and liked it.

Clinicals are good. we start out at a few nursing homes in the area like Good Sameritan rehab center, Wagner, Beverly Manor. we were at those places for about a month then we go to county hospital for the bulk of our clinicals. we go to med-surge, peds, ob at county, we also go to st. josephs and we go the respiratory, oncology and med-surge floors there.

I enjoyed the teachers, they are fun and very knowledgable. Many of them have extenive nursing backrounds and many areas. The Dean of the school was head of the nursing dept. at the veterans hospital in New york.

The only downside is that is is privatley owned, so it dose not have the money that schools like kaplain have and western career do so you dont get the nice dumbies they use for lab practicals but on the other hand you get great hands on experience.

i got my first job about 3 months after graduating from the program and skills wise i dont have a problem working. I feel i was well prepared.