GG,
Just a warning about PCC... I hate to step in and say this, but I too have a friend who attended there and ended up leaving because of the policies there (i.e., she had to be in her dorm room with the lights out 10pm-6am, they had floor leader/monitors follow you *off campus* to make sure you followed PCC rules off campus, etc.).
In addition, make sure you check out out the unofficial newspaper started by alumni from there at
http://www.pensacolachristiancollege.com/
Finally, the
most important thing to know is that PCC is
not accredited ([SIZE=-1]www.
pensacolachristiancollege.com/StudentDisclosure.htm)[/SIZE]. They will tell you Yale and Harvard are unaccredited as well, however this is
absolutely false! (
http://www.yale.edu/accred/ and
http://www.harvard.edu/siteguide/faqs/faq114.html).
Accreditation is
the most important thing to look for in a school if you expect your degree to be worth more than the paper it was printed on! Without accreditation no other school (and few employers) would ever accept the education you've received because you're too much of a risk --
especially in medicine!
Of course..it's possible Missy's friend got a job near PCC at one of the few places where a PCC grad would be accepted or because of the extreme need for nurses, but try calling a few local hospitals in your area and, after giving them the information I just gave you, ask what your chances of being hired would be! Just a thought! You don't want to spend all the money and then end up having to start all over again! (Because no other school is going to accept those units as transfer credit either -- once again, it's too high a risk!)
