Chamberlain University College of Nursing - Troy

"Amazing"

"Because of my horrible experience at this school—I needed to make this review to warn any future students. First off I’ll list the one positive they offer: they’re willing to take you into their school right away, given you have a high school diploma. Apparently they usually require the Hesi test, however this is waived due to COVID-19. That’s the only positive. Let me explain. I have a previous degree in Biology so I had taken many of the required pre-requisite courses. 54 credits to be exact. They only let me transfer half of those credits. My degree was specialized in Anatomy, I taught anatomy for 2 semesters at my university, on live cadavers. They refused to take Any of my anatomy credits, even though I spent over 3 semesters in those classes and got great grades in them. The academic advisors are not there to help you. I asked multiple times about these credits, they weren’t able to make any accommodations. They told me I could take placement tests out of these courses for a fee—but had no information on what was going to be on these tests. The worst part—I got extorted out of $200 and till now, I am unable to get this amount back. I got accepted to the university and before I could even get a breakdown of my classes or schedule or anything, I got an email from the admissions advisor saying “in order to secure your admission we will need a $200 fee for your background check and fingerprinting to hold your spot. If we don’t get this by 4 pm TODAY you are not eligible for classes and admission cannot be granted.” I paid the fee solely because I was scared I was going to lose my spot. After thinking about the incompetence from the advisors, the cost of tuition (SO EXPENSIVE) & their unwillingness to take my classes that I’ve already taken, I felt that this institution wasn’t for me. I told the advisor I wanted to defer and have the $200 that I paid go towards the next semester’s background check and fingerprinting fee—I was told the service is only valid for 1 month!!! And I couldn’t get this money back!!! It was non refundable! I don’t regret not going to this school— I regret every single second I wasted talking to these people that wouldn’t help me! I talked to multiple advisors and even people that were high up in the institution and no one had any answers for me. Blind leading the blind. SAVE YOURSELF AND GO SOMEWHERE ELSE!"