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Starting out at this school, I was so excited to get into nursing; an accelerated program at that. I passed my TEAS tests and was ready to go. When I started, I knew it would be stressful; I mean it's an accelerated nursing program, BUT I didn't think the instructors and staff would make it even harder to get through. If you went to talk to the DON, she always belittled you, made smart remarks, and just simply did not care. Halfway through 2 of my classes, I've had professors leave (because they couldn't stand... Read More being there) AND get fired (over nothing), then came in the following day to my DON teaching the class (which I simply failed once she came in); and mind you, the DON is supposed to be in her office doing schedules, making phone calls, and being in there in case a student has a problem they need help with. Also, the DON is more worried about interrupting class to call out students wearing jackets/hoodies rather than worrying about the job she has to do. Like I am sitting in a class for 8 hours, a whole workday, I am not going to freeze just because you care more about the dresscode than your job. The assistant DON has actually been teaching a class for two terms now, because of the lack of instructors. Moving on, the instructors do not care about your education. They do not care to teach the correct material. They do not care if you are struggling. I had ONE instructor for two terms who was the only one who seemed like she had her stuff together, and the only one who cared about teaching you the things you need to know. Another one of my instructors was teaching to three students and completely ignored the rest of the class. If the rest of the class was asking a question, she would either cut you off mid question or just make you look dumb in front of the class, after ASKING us to ask her questions. Moving on to clinicals. My clinicals got cancelled for two terms because they could not find an instructor who wanted to instruct ECPI students at the hospital. Therefore, we got told we would have to find time on the side (preferably Saturdays) to make those clinicals up when it was totally out of the students control. Moving on to failing a class. If you fail a class, you are required to sit out for five or more weeks until you can retake it. I was told I was not a priority and couldn't be promised a spot at first. You also can only fail three classes before having to restart the entire program over again, which in my opinion is complete bs. Also, we got offered tutoring, but the tutoring is most of the time either out of town or late at night and for the people who feel they need tutoring but live over an hour away (ME), it's totally unfair. Most instructors do not care to do tutoring after class, and when they do, they belittle you the entire time because you're either failing or struggling to understand things. We also got offered free counseling (yes, crazy right...) but the counseling isn't even free, you have to pay extra. So, these students like me who feel they need counseling because of this, can't even get what they got told they would get because they are broke nursing students who can't even make time to work anymore because they are worried about how they are going to get through it. The school is just simply all over the place. It made me not want to pursue my education to become a nurse; I actually just withdrew from the school. It's pretty discouraging when a school makes you want to give up your dream to find something else to do that makes you happy. I understand nursing school is difficult, but the nursing students deserve the correct material they need to know, they deserve that support group at school (like the DON's, instructors, and staff), and they do not deserve to feel belittled and like they have no help when they need it. If you are reading this and you currently attend ECPI or are planning to, I truly wish you the best and I hope your experience is better because you deserve it. And I apologize for the "rant review".