LVN Programs In Bay area?

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We are moving to San Francisco for four years and I'm interested in becoming a nurse. I've found that the ADN programs are quite compacted and I was wondering if there were any LVN programs that didn't have a long waitlist or lottery system? I'm aware that most of the schools are private and quite expensive-I'm just exploring all avenues. Thanks for any advice you may have!

Specializes in OB/GYN.

City College San Francisco does have a LVN program, but it is lottery based. Having gone through two of their lotteries, it can be frustrating.

There are several private LVN programs in the Bay Area. Here is a link to the Board of Vocational Nursing and a listing of all schools in California. http://www.bvnpt.ca.gov/vnschl.htm

Good luck with your move and your education :)

City College San Francisco does have a LVN program, but it is lottery based. Having gone through two of their lotteries, it can be frustrating.

There are several private LVN programs in the Bay Area. Here is a link to the Board of Vocational Nursing and a listing of all schools in California. http://www.bvnpt.ca.gov/vnschl.htm

Good luck with your move and your education :)

City College of S.F does have a lottery .I went twice before I got picked and just graduated from there.Good Program and good teachers.You just have to keep trying.They put your name in there 2-3 times depending on how many times you tried to get in. And besides you dont have to pay that $30,000.Its less expensive and employers are aware of city college reputation.So go for it

Specializes in OB/GYN.

Diva Nurse,

You are very lucky to have went through CCSF. I have been a student there for five years and it is a great school. I am 2 classes away from applying to the RN program, but had a small bump in the road this semester when my son got sick (he was hospitalized)and I had to drop those two classes, which happened to be two core science classes. The RN program rules state that if you have 2 "W's" on your record for these classes, you are disqualified from applying to the RN program for seven years. I was so upset, but my family had to come first.

I don't know what is next for me. I did go through a private school for LVN and will have to take the same route for my RN, unless I want to wait out all of those years, which I can't see myself doing. For now, I am enjoying being a LVN :) If I had the time to wait out the lottery, CCSF would have been my first choice. They have a long standing reputation for their nursing programs and I know a lot of great nurses that have graduated from there.

Hi Diva Nurse,

You got in at CCSF's LVN program at your third trial? I'm about to go on my second lottery at CCSF. =/

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