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Let me preface this by saying, I am a 33 year old single mother of two kids ages 5 and 9. I graduated high school back in 2005 and since then have been off and on again with school. The college I was going to BEFORE ECPI gave me no real direction on the classes that I needed to take for my career and I ended up wasting money on classes that were not needed for my degree or would not transfer. I decided to give ECPI a try and I have to say, it has been a GREAT experience! I have learned a lot through the classes... Read More I have taken. Originally I only signed up to get my Associates degree and I just achieved that this past December with full honors and Magna Cum Laude. The internship that I got was at Novant Health doing End User Computing, and I just landed a full time job with them. I loved the education that I got with ECPI so much that I have went ahead and re-registered into the Bachelors degree program. The teachers were all very knowledgeable and helpful. The academic and career advisors were always ready to help. They all responded very quickly to any emails that I have sent to them. All of the courses were directly related to my degree, so I didn't take any unnecessary classes. If I wanted to transfer to another university, I could do so very easily. I am not a veteran, however, I have seen and heard from my friends who are that ECPI offers great programs for them. I have been telling my little brother that he should come to ECPI once he is out of the military in a few months. Yes, I got a virtual degree. However, they are sending the hard copy in the mail. So, I will have a physical copy in my hands soon. They do their graduation ceremony twice a year, so mine will be in June. I love that they did the virtual copy of the degree during the pandemic. Because I am able to show proof of my degree right away and not have to wait on the mail. If I could get practically straight A's, land an amazing job through the school, all while taking care of my 2 children who are also doing virtual school at home, then I can't think of an excuse for anyone else. This school offered so much help and guidance throughout my time with them, and they would to anyone else....you just have to be prepared to actually pay attention and follow the guidance! I would recommend this school to anyone, whether you are freshly out of high school or you are like me, a single mother trying to juggle everything life throws at you!

I was so happy to pass my TEAS and get into nursing school. It had long been a dream of mine. Things started out well, I did my pre-reqs and started regular classes. I knew it was an accelerated program but the amount of material that they cover in 5 weeks is insane. Tests on 13 chapters every week. It's crazy. There was zero consistency in leadership. Teachers came and went so fast. A new DON was brought in who could care less about students. We were never informed about any changes in staffing. Teachers... Read More were there and then they were gone. Terrible communication. The new DON started at the ECPI campus in Richmond in the middle of the term. She decided that grades and the amount of quizzes we were taking weren't enough and was worried that if the state came and inspected things the school might get into trouble. So rather than be honest, she added quizzes and gave students 0's so it would look better for her without telling students. This brought GPA's down and some people ended up not passing the class. I was fortunate enough to have a high enough grade in the class so that when she started changing grades I didn't fall so far that I didn't pass. You don't tell a student what is expected of them at the beginning of the class then come in at the end and change everything. Talk about UNETHICAL and DISHONEST! The DON never returned calls or emails. She would treat you like you were a bother. You would get your class schedule literally a day before classes started. Sometimes they weren't even ready then. It's ridiculous that there isn't enough organization to get the schedules done in a timely manner. I felt like I was always being treated like a second class citizen. Online classes were a joke. The teachers just read from power points for 5 hours. Due to the reputation the DON got, hardly any hospitals would allow us to be there for clinicals. The equipment in the SIM labs was very inadequate or not even there. A lot of the hands on information you need to learn never got taught to students. I was asked to give a shot to a patient in a clinical setting and I had no idea how to do it. There's no reason why anyone should go into a clinical setting and not have the basic nursing skills needed. They were just never taught. We were constantly having to do care plans even though you will never, ever do one on paper in the real world. I understand learning how to do them and doing some but we we constantly having to do them rather than doing more beneficial things. We had projects/papers to do that were a complete waste of time when you are in an accelerated program. There were constant changes to the handbook and you pretty much had no choice but to sign them. Then the grading of tests changed. You overall grade in the class could be passing but if you didn't get a combined test score of 80 you failed. I saw several instances of outright cheating by fellow students, reported this and nothing happened to them. They passed the classes and moved on. This school cares about your money and that's about it. The sad part is that they don't take more of this money that they get from students and put it back into the programs. I would never recommend this program to anyone. It was a HUGE waste of time and money. Please, please consider another school. What you need to know to be a good RN you will never learn here.