I need advice on which route to take.

U.S.A. California

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Good morning everyone.

I need some help on how I should go about becoming an RN. I work full-time. I absolutely cannot quit my job or go to part time. I have an 8 month old daughter and currently the bread winner. My boyfriend works, but he doesn't make nearly as much as me. So with that in mind, I can only go to school evenings and weekends. I thought my only option was an LVN program at a career college since they have part time programs. I enrolled at CNI (classes start on July 26th). I read reviews day in and day out. I've come to the conclusion that all career colleges in the LA/OC area have bad reviews.

After enrolling, I found Mt. St. Mary's in LA had an evening/weekend program for their ADN. Perfect, right? Wrong. I need pre requisites.

So my questions to all of you out there: which route should I take? For those enrolled in Mt. St. Mary's, how do you like it? For those enrolled in CNI, how do you like it? I'm only hesitant because I'll be away from my daughter and boyfriend for so long. I don't want her to be upset that mommy is gone all the time. It's absolutely heart breaking. My boyfriend supports me all the way and as does my family. It's a lot of money and my career that I'm ultimately deciding for. Any and all advice is welcome.

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I am in the same boat as you.

I work full time and I am the breadwinner. I have a two year old son. I need night classes or weekend classes.

I looked at both routes. The cheaper route was to go straight to RN. LVN trade schools run anywhere from 15,000 to 30,000 in LA.

The thing you need to be aware of is LVN school does not cover all prereq's you'll need to enter the RN program. Since some of my credits didn't transfer I decided to finish the prereq's at the Mount.

I was worried that the classes would still not fit into my scheduled so I contacted the assistant admissions director and she said that if the classes do not fit my schedule I can potition to go to a community college to take the classes and still be apart of the mount's nursing program.

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I am in the same boat as you.

I work full time and I am the breadwinner. I have a two year old son. I need night classes or weekend classes.

I looked at both routes. The cheaper route was to go straight to RN. LVN trade schools run anywhere from 15,000 to 30,000 in LA.

The thing you need to be aware of is LVN school does not cover all prereq's you'll need to enter the RN program. Since some of my credits didn't transfer I decided to finish the prereq's at the Mount.

I was worried that the classes would still not fit into my scheduled so I contacted Joelle (the assistant admissions director) and she said that if the classes do not fit my schedule I can potition to go to a community college to take the classes and still be apart of the mount's nursing program.

Which option did you apply for? The pre-nursing option? Because I asked a lady (didn't get her name), and she said the pre nursing option wasn't nights/weekends. I would really love more information on this. It definitely would make more sense to go straight into MSMC rather than deal with transfers.

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I applied straight to ADN and was told not all of my credits transfered but got accepted into the PRE-ADN. Joelle told me should could not tell me right now when the classes were. She said the times vary. However, since we have the option to take some classes at a CC this should solve any problems. I get off work at 4:30. Most of the classes at CC have evening classes that start after 5pm. The only class that doesn't start where I need it to at the CC is Chemistry. It starts at 3:30.

Mount is known for serving working adults. I'm sure something can be done to accomodate our schedules for the pre-req's.

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Thank you very much. I contacted ---- via email. Now all I have to do is wait for a reply. :)

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Good luck with that. I never got a response back from my e-mails to her, lol.

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Okay then. Much appreciated. :)

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hi! I don't know how much it would cost you since I don't live any where near your area, but I would recommend getting your LPN 1st if there is a lot of jobs offered for it in your area. I am currently a LPN and I work 3rd shift PT at an AL unit and make a pretty penny just working 2 days a week. It would prob pay you more and allow you to be able to work PT while getting your RN. That is what I am currently doing. GL!

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