Simmons University Reviews of Master's in Nurse Practitioner (Family)

This has been the worst experience of my life! They have double standards for themselves vs. students. Their clinical placement team is a joke! They have no heart and don’t give a crap about their students all they care about the students, nor the blood sweat and tears they put into their work. They are less than forthcoming and will say and do anything to keep you from leaving until you are trapped. I feel like I’m a number and not a person! Some major hospitals chains refuse to take Simmons University... Read More students. They don’t care about your life, your situation. Sometime find myself wanting to cry because I was excepted into so many wonderful and highly rated FNP programs and I turned them down because I believed the lies. I you have other options, go elsewhere! Run for the hills. Their curriculum Is rigorous and I respect that, however, their teaching methods could be updated because they don’t understand the first thing about what a reverse classroom means! Don’t fall into their trap or believe their lies.

This program is absolutely terrible. The asynchronous work is outdated and the mandatory 2 hour weekly synchronous sessions are a waste of time. Only about 50% of my instructors seemed to know anything about practicing as an APRN. The course leads could care less how you do and at times it seems they hope a few students will fail because they are only interested in taking your money. Also, the most difficult courses in the program are only 2 credits which is absurd. When you begin Advanced Health... Read More Assessment you find out the first day that you'll need to spend between 8-12 hours of studying and writing SOAP notes and that you should consider going part-time at your job or just not work altogether. They don't give you any heads up prior to the class starting that it will take over your entire life. PLEASE LOOK ELSEWHERE! I'm actually considering switching to another FNP program.

I recently graduated and passed FNP/AANP boards within 3 weeks of graduating. I will be the first to admit that I was overwhelmed with the learning and I had to struggle to keep up at times but it was all necessary information. I chose a program that was accelerated on purpose so that I wouldn't spend the next 3-4 years in school- because it was condensed then the workload was fairly heavy. I worked part-time and school full-time. I am a single mom, depended on financial aid and studied hard. I graduated... Read More on time and didn't fail. I have been a nurse for about 10 years and in my opinion any online school will require you to know a certain amount before even getting accepted. New grads who come into an online class and expect it to be similar to their BSN etc... which it is not. You must be self-motivated and stay on-task. I did not have a dating life, social calendar, or much sleep for that matter... lol... but I passed and now I am an NP. That is the end goal and I'm happy to have gone to Simmons. I made friends due to live class sessions. The videos were long but ALL necessary info- it was either for clinical practice or for testing reasons. I watched them any time I had 5 mins. I would watch them 2 times- once for class and once for the test... again I passed all the classes even though one class was CLOSE! Whew- thank goodness for studying. Please consider this school. I have friends at other schools who are now jealous... I started after them and have completed before them (they are in 3.5 year programs, part-time), I have passed boards and now FNP... I would have student loans no matter what so just getting done was first priority! Good luck to everyone!

Please stay away from this school. The videos are poor quality, you have several to do in one sitting and the technology is the worst platform I have encountered. The videos to do homework stop in the middle and this means you have to get out and start all over again. In some cases, you have up to 65 slides to view. Not good. I have complained about it to the tech support and they make you feel as if it is your problem or an isolated case then come to find out there is a Simmons FB feed where students... Read More are talking about it. I mention this to my student support your student advisor they say they will do something but it's not fixed. This in itself will take you an additional 1 hour to just get through the slides aside from trying to accomplish your homework. Just be aware of this school they are charging a lot in tuition for something that is not working efficiently or effectively. This school is not worth your money. The instructors have emergencies they have to tend to then you are backed up with two weeks of work. It is okay for them to do this, but if you are late on your assignment with the synchronize (aka online quiz assignment) they knock off 50% with no hesitation. In all my life of thus far having a good academic education, this has been the worst! If I were you stay away from this school. I should have seen all the red flags from the beginning it started when I put myself on the wait list and it was not moving for weeks, I was down to one week before classes. I had to get answers from faculty in admissions to assign me. The registration is backwards you cant register for any courses while on the waitlist. otherwise, the first term I would have been left out now, I wish I would have been left out and not wasted my money on my first term!!! I am not going any further with the second term, not worth it! You should have second thoughts and research other schools that do not charge high tuition for c***** service!!! This school will shatter your dream!