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This doesn't sound like a great idea for the U.S. system. Students would have to pay tens of thousands of dollars and spend many precious months for an experie
by jtbigwoo 11y ago
This doesn't sound like a great idea for the U.S. system. Students would have to pay tens of thousands of dollars and spend many precious months for an experience with a 90% failure rate. I have a hard time thinking that anyone with other options would accept that proposal. On top of that, even if you're in the select 10%, you're attending classes where almost all the other students are failing. I can't imagine that class discussions are going to be helpful for you.
If this school was free or very cheap, maybe it's an option for some, but with the way things work in the U.S., this seems more like a scam than a college.
- iambateman 11y agoI agree. The University of South Carolina (and maybe more) has a nursing program. They let you into "lower division" for 2 years before giving you a test to gain admission to "upper division." Fail that test and you just wasted 2 years. Worst is that there are limited spots, so qualified people still get cut.
- tenpies 11y agoIn many ways this sounds identical to the process of becoming a medical doctor. Fail (to either perform or get lucky enough to get a slot) at any stage and you wasted X years + Y amount of money.
- superuser2 11y agoThis is already the case at an ordinary large state school. Not 90%, but around 50% will wash out before sophomore year. It is the very good private schools where the percentage of freshmen who will go onto graduate in 4 years is in the 80s and 90s.