Confused about what path to choose

This is my first post and I didn't see a question like it so far..Right now I'm in the process of doing some refresher courses @ Daley College in chicago. Since the advisors here thought I might struggle since I've been out of school for a while .. However by doing so and the way that Daley College only admits in the fall I'm looking at over a year in waiting to apply to get in. Since Lpn takes about that long I'm starting to wonder if I should switch over to an LPN program. Complete it then switch over to the RN program. I know it's not going to take me over a year to complete all the prerequisites and other reqirements for the RN program. And I just hate the idea that I won't have anything to do in the mean time. Plus I will need a source of income ,mim. wage won't cut it. So what are my options here?? What's a good LPN school in chicago? I hope I was clear in stating my problem and thanx in advance for reading.


cheers