Saint Joseph's College of Maine

I am going into my last semester of the FNP program. If you are considering SJCME for a graduate degree, look elsewhere immediately. This program is an absolute joke. Each semester is just copy and pasted from the semester before. There are SOME good instructors but overall, the rest are pretty horrendous. The instructors don't even make the quizzes they test you on and unfortunately are made up by a "higher up" individual who uses her 25 years experience as rationale compared to evidence based practice.... Read More If you are good at reading through 30 pages of textbook to study without ppts, you may benefit from this program. Also keep in mind, there are no weekly meetings just "discussions" which are as useless as the basic ppts that are clearly from the text. I just want to put on the record I am doing well in this program, I just think overall this program is an abomination to medicine and would have quickly transferred if I knew it would have been this bad. This program needs a serious revamp.

Being a full-time employed student and finishing my degree while being pregnant created a stressful environment to say the least. I was able to complete my degree within a reasonable time with the help of the instructors. The one and only time I was on campus was for my graduation and I felt so welcome. It was nice to be able to put faces to the names I had seen so many times. The online experience is great with being able to start your classes on the first day of any month and having an open curriculum.... Read More Plus, my advisor was a great help with it all.