West Coast University-Child Care

I haven't started yet. I chose this school because i found out the waiting list at the community colleges to get into the program is so long. At least one year to finish pre-reqs, then at least a 2 yr. wait to get accepted into the program, then another year for the program. So, at a minimum of 4 years to get an ADN. Forget it. I'm not getting any younger. I will complete this school in 18mos. and be working. I'll deal with transfer credits and pursuing a bachelors after I get my RN. It was a pretty hard decision though, because it costs a lot of money.

I am taking English online and anatomy Tues. Small world!

Well, if you haven't already gone through the admissions (registration) process, you will need to do that first which could be a couple of trips (with the test, and financial aid). You don't really have registration per se. Either your admissions rep should give you your schedule or you will get a copy of it at orientation. If you are taking online courses, there is a separate (additional) orientation (conducted online the week prior to your class starting). Because you are coming from far away, they may arrange something with you as far the on campus orientaiton. I am taking Anatomy and English. Just took my first test tonight. There is a lot of material to cover in a short time. I'm worn out right now, trying to adjust my schedule to meet the time requirements of the homework. The online classes appear to require more work, as so far, I've turned in a few assignments and have a quiz, where the people in class on campus have barely cracked the book open. Anatomy, so far, is not hard as far as the material, the homework is just VERY time consuming. I have people in my class from the BSN program as well. So, some of the class are already LVN's and some are not. I'm sure in a few more weeks I'll have a better feel for the whole thing. As of now, just a real impact to my daily schedule. So, I'm guessing you are trying to do your pre-reqs from your current location...when in the program do you plan to move to the area?

By the way, thanks zerovero for your suggestion about childcare. I ended up finding child care for the time being, however, I will need to readjust every 10 weeks. I'm hoping this one will be flexible enough to adjust according to my schedule. They are aware of my situation. Now my next obstacle is how I'm going to pay for it once I'm in school 4 days a week! I'm just going for it and figure I will figure out something when the time comes; I always do.