University of Missouri at Saint Louis Rankings Based on Salary

I cannot recommend this school. The nursing administration is a chaotic mess. First, the advisors told me that classes would transfer from the community college that didn't. Then, I was sent a letter saying that I didn't get accepted because my GPA was too low. It was a 3.90, and people under a 3.0 were getting in. When I asked about this, I was informed that I was sent the wrong from letter; they no longer use that one, and I truly did not make the cut. Three weeks before the semester started, I was informed... Read More that I was in. They have started a new concept based curriculum, but still teach the same way and give the same tests from previous years. More than half the class is failing, including those that typically get straight A's. Also, mid semester last year, they changed all semester enrollments to a lottery system. You now have no idea if you will be in night classes or day classes until the computer assigns you based off a random drawing. For many this is stressful, we no longer have any control over our schedule, but we can't transfer completed classes to another nursing school. They try to use the excuse, "The hospitals want you getting used to all shifts." However, when you accept a position at a hospital, you know if you are taking day, night, or swing shifts. And when we signed up for nursing classes at UMSL, we were lead to believe that we could pick what schedule worked best for us. Any time a student tried to talk to the staff about the chaos and inconsistencies, we are met with irritation. Half of the time, the top level of the parking garage is closed and students are left with nowhere to park. The list continues. Think hard, and ask current students questions before committing to UMSL.

I am a student currently in the nursing program. I am just completing my first year, and unfortunately, I cannot with good conscience recommend this school to anyone. I am a VERY passive person. You could spill a glass of water on me, I would immediately be assuring you "It's okay, don't worry about it!" But dealing with school has been a horrible experience, and by this point my nerves are completely shot. Had I been paying attention, I would have seen the warnings: I applied for the school months ahead of... Read More time. FIVE days before the deadline of applying to the nursing program, we all received an email saying that they were now requiring two letters of recommendation, more essays, and other requirements that everyone was scrambling to finish in time because, again, there were only five days left. I thought it was a fluke, but it was actually a warning. I can say with full confidence and disappointment that the staff that 'helps' with the nursing program is in fact the least helpful group of people. There are constantly mistakes with scheduling. This is obviously not their fault, but the way they handle this problem IS. Last semester, there was a mistake in which a lab was listed as being on a Wednesday, when really it was on a Friday. First day of lab, this group was told: "You're actually on Friday. Sorry for the mistake, but figure a new schedule out because you can't change it." Now, once again, the classes are displayed incorrectly but this time, we cannot register at all because of it. It has been a week since we were supposed to be able to register, so students are wondering what to do. Those who are supposed to be helping us, who haven't fixed their mistake yet, are yelling at the students now. I sent an email asking what I should do, and I received an email telling me my questioning was inappropriate (when nobody had given me a sensible answer yet), and that nurses are 'supposed to be flexible.' The staff is demeaning and unhelpful and quick to anger, when students are just trying not to stress over an issue that they created. Not to mention just the basics: some of the professors have no idea what they're doing. In my Fundamentals lab this semester alone: One teacher told us that IV nutrition was called "Peritoneal nutrition" (It's not) another professor repeatedly explained how the small intestine began with the "juodenum" (it doesn't) the teachers constantly started half an hour late because they GOT there late and then wondered how to start class, another professor began to demonstrate how to insert a NG tube by putting it down the mouth (spoiler alert: that's not where it goes), and nine times out of ten, for skills, we were told to "Just pretend you're doing" such and such because there were no resources to ACTUALLY do it. This school is frustrating, half the staff don't understand what they're talking about, and the staff that are supposed to help you talk down to you constantly and get defensive when they are the ones that have messed up. I could keep going about this nursing program, which has been a largely negative experience for me. But this review is getting long enough as it is. Honestly, I am only here because of how cheap it is. And even THEN, they rarely give out scholarships.