I've been meaning to post my review of this dump for a couple of months now. I honestly didn't know where to even start. If you're reading this, it means you're researching which is smart! Being an adult learner is a challenge on its own, I didn't need the added stress. You just don't know what to expect, in general. You don't have to worry about fitting in or getting along with classmates, mine were amazing and supportive. The ones you should be worried about is the faculty. Most of the instructors at ECPI are nurse practitioners, or have some form of higher education and let me tell you they make sure you don't forget that they are better than YOU and will certainly put in your place which is on the floor with their foot on your neck. ECPI is poorly run by incompetent faculty and the leadership is a complete joke ( LPN program director of nursing and her goon squad) is even worse, A JOKE! These people are do not care about students they are NOT there for you and they aren't there to teach you, they are there for their paychecks NOTHING MORE. My first week there I was taking an exam and the assistant director of nursing proctoring the exam. He was chatting with an other instructor in my presence and other students were in the classroom at the time. I could NOT believe my ears he was bashing another student and thought it was funny. Just When I thought it couldn't get any worse, it did! I cringed after he said "We always talk sh*t about students like this!" Then he moved on to bash another faculty member that wasn't present either. I was in complete disbelief, it was beyond unprofessional and nauseating.If I had problem the last person I'd go to was my DON, she allows it. It was common for her to change rules when she felt like it and if there was an issue with students it didn't matter if you were right, she favors the instructors every single time, it was pointless since she's buddy buddy with her staff. I can't count the number of times I heard the Assistant Director of Nursing drop the F bomb while giving lectures/teaching SMH. When I failed a class, he treated me like POS, It was disheartening to say the least. To be fair I'm only mentioning instructors I had for my courses and I am NOT mentioning faculty names. The point of this review is to save others from making the mistake I made along with many others. They are rude and dumber than they think LPN students are, they wouldn't be able to find their rear end if they had both hands in their back pockets. During my acute care course while the instructor was teaching (countless times throughout the course) students had to correct the instructor because she was teaching the wrong information or the right information with the wrong answers. How does a nurse with a NP degree teaching wrong info? She was always as confused as a fart in a fan factory. That brings me to unfair grading practices. Most instructors create their own exams… she was teaching the WRONG information/material and that only meant 1 thing, she was marking correct answers wrong on exams. Total BS, She was unapproachable! The times I did reach out to her she was rude and nasty, I saved every single email, this instructor isn't meant to teach PERIOD. She spent more time in the faculty lounge doing god knows what during class-time that I paid for! It got to the point that I repeatedly asked myself if I made a mistake going to nursing school. They are there teaching because they couldn't cut it in a hospital and that's the truth. I had a burning desire to care for others, I wanted to become a nurse, but that all changed at ECPI. I'm well into my 40s and I remember during grammar and elementary where I felt sad when I saw teachers pets get treated like royalty, no matter what I did I couldn't compete with that. ECPI is no different, instructors pick their pets and glorify them, reward them with passing grades no matter what. Giving undeserving credit for answers that are clearly Wrong. It's hurtful unfair, said instructor always made it easy for her favorites to approach her. It was repulsive and crappy not to mention how she humiliated me and looked at me like I was an insect when I went to her for help. She looked at me like I disgusted her and I don't know why. I never got out of line her or any faculty member or students I was pretty quiet. I always demonstrated professionalism, too bad she couldn't reciprocate. As I stated above… incompetent, unfit to teach, and unprofessional after I failed a course, I was offered the opportunity to retake it. However, I specifically asked the gentlemen in financial aid how much the class retake was going to be and HE DIDN'T KNOW! How does Financial aid NOT know? That blew my mind! I wouldn't step foot in this less than mediocre dump of a school if they handing me my nursing degree on a silver platter. During my final week at ECPI I sat with my LPN director of nursing and her assistant to discuss my future (after I failed my class) I felt like a parasite, they both looked at me like I was a diseased nuisance. It was such a demeaning and painful experience. She shooed me out of their office like I was bothering and inconveniencing her. I felt so low, they made me feel worthless and dumb, like I didn't have what it takes to be a nurse and like I didn't belong there. I couldn't sleep, I couldn't eat, I constantly cried. I couldn't enjoy my family, I was distraught, and felt lost. I couldn't even muster up the will to make to church on Sunday's. I was so depressed that my church leadership had to visit me at home on a regular basis just to pray with me. I dedicated myself to school because I had a dream, only to be left with a huge financial debt and no nursing degree. Please please please listen to the previous reviews you deserve better, you deserve a real educational experience at a real university with a faculty that cares about you and is 100% supportive. I deserved to walk across the stage and collect my diploma because I earned it, and so do you. DON'T waste your time at this institution you will regret it for the rest of your life, I already do. PLEASE enroll in a real school, if circumstances require you to move or transfer schools ECPI'S credits are NOT transferable what does that tell you? PLEASE run in the opposite direction!

... And now I am spending most of my days trying to report this school and implore everyone I can NOT to go. I was warned not to go to this fake university by an employee who worked at Thomas Nelson. I didnt listen to her because I thought she was just trying to make me go to Thomas Nelson so she could look good. I SHOULD HAVE LISTENED TO HER.

FINANCIAL AID SHAM: My experience at ECPI has damaged me financially and professionally. For one thing, the guidance counselors LIED to me about a parent plus loan. The urged me and urged me to apply for it because they said "Even if you dont pass, the fact that you apply for it will lower your tuition rate/payment plan."
LISTEN TO ME: I applied and NOTHING happened. So while Im in class Financial Aid employees knock on the class door and take me out of the class and tell me I am no longer able to continue my education because I am behind on payments. When i ask them about the Parent Plus loan and why the payments are still high they are SILENT. In order to remain in class i have to take out ANOTHER loan. It seemed like each five weeks was another heavy loan just to remain in class. It gets worse so hang on... During my last year I missed out on one semester due to finances (mind you, Im working a job on a grocery store and can barely afford the payment plan), yet while Im at work I discover Ive been dropped from the entire program due to my attendance because SOMEONE HAD REGISTERED ME FOR CLASSES EVEN THOUGH I WAS TOLD I COULDNT TAKE ANY CLASSES FOR THAT PARTICULAR SEMESTER. So then I have a long, heated conversation with Superiors, the dean of the school and the rude financial aid b*tch who insulted me everytime she had to update me about my financial aid status. The most important thing you need to know is A DENTAL ASSISTING PROGRAM DOES NOT COST $18k! New Horizons Adult Training Center has the same program for ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS and there are other Dentists willing to train you for FREE! Look into their other programs as well. I wish I had known this two years ago

INSTRUCTOR SHAM: There were several HORRIBLE, unqualified nimrods disguising themselves as professors or intelligent. More specifically an Anatomy "teacher" who called herself a doctor (BY DEGREE ONLY) but when it came to teaching us, she didnt know WHERE certain body parts were or what their functions were and she had to refer to the textbook herself. She also murmured and mumbled for a whole 5 hours, showing us slides and then when it came time for the exam she actually changed the exam THREE TIMES WHILE WE WERE TAKING IT because she put a bunch of errors on the exam sheets. I failed her class twice because her teaching and testing methods were pure nonsense. Other instructors were lazy and had us watch movies all day, passed students who didnt even do any work, or had really terrible attitude problems bc they didnt like YOUR learning method (slower, fast-paced, etc). Many students in core classes got left behind bc the instructors honestly didnt care ab their comprehension.

CORE CLASSES SHAM: 4 out of like the 18 people in my cohort are dental assistants. No one else could get a job bc they were unprepared OR bc they realized the career is not that satisfying. The core classes will teach you OUTDATED METHODS that you will not practice in real clinics. We spent an ENTIRE FIVE WEEKS learning about old school printers, x ray units, dark rooms, and angle methods when most offices are using Digital or Nomads for xrays. We spent only ONE-TWO DAYS on these modern methods. "Every office is different," they said, "They'll train you for their methods." This is proven to be untrue because each job interview I've gone to was unsatisfied because I was not up to date with THEIR method and employees no longer care to train anymore. They EXPECT you to KNOW. We also spent 1-3 days on office etiquette, scheduling and billing which really messed me up because I realized I wanted to work in the administrative side in order to be well-rounded. I was promised this position was in demand and I could choose this position as my speciality during Externship...

EXTERNSHIP SHAM: Before going off, the program director told me she would help me review all procedures so I would be ready (yet how df can you be ready when each dentist is different and uses modern technology and methods?). When I arrive to the building for the review, she isnt even in the room. A Dental Assistant book is left open and thats it. I take some x rays and then leave. She doesnt even know or care that I arrived or left. I practically bomb the two months of externship just like most of my cohort has done because we are OUTDATED AND UNPREPARED. The crabby career director (Mrs Harris, is it?)lady is upset with me because I asked for an administrative position for experience and then the office I go to extern at doesnt want me in their administrative side because "we are too busy" so they send me to the clinical side where I barely do anything except a few cleanings and extractions and I think one filling.

I am now $20,000 in debt working two crap jobs to make a living and I have to go back to school because Ive been scammed out my pockets. I would like to know who I can contact to report this school for being another "private school scam" They trick you with the nice ipads and uniforms and fast-paced way to success. They prey on people looking for better lives and skills. There was a lawsuit about how they treated Veterans and current military students back when I attended and the school has lost accreditation multiple times. I implore anyone reading this NOT TO GO HERE. I started out with a 3.8 GPA and graduated with 3.4. I wasnt a crap student. Either way, this school and its officials DO. NOT CARE. DO NOT be deceived!