Should I just go for RN

I am hoping to get into the LPN program at baker of Auburn Hills. Well we are moving to northern Genesee county. I have switched all my pre req's to Baker of Flint. How hard is the RN program at baker? What is needed to get in? Driving to Auburn Hills every day and going to the work sites in Detroit will be too far to drive with gas prices they way they are. Just wanting some advice or opinions. Thanks.

I think that either LPN and RN are hard classes and just as hard to get into. I am not familiar with what is needed for LPN, but the competition to get into RN is very fierce. The option with LPN is after you are done then there are options out there to advance on to RN without having to go through all of it again, I think some are offered at hospitals but I am not positive.

Here are the pre-regs if you test high enough in the math and english. The ones with * are 2 classes in each because there is a lecture and a lab included in it. The ones with # are ones that Baker offers a waiver test for and if you pass you do not have to take that class. The ones with & are offered online in addition to physical classes. HTH!

Comp I # &
Comp II &
HUMAN BODY-HOLISTIC
NURSING PHARMACOLOGY
WORD PROCESSING # &
INTRO TO WINDOWS #
INTRODUCTORY ALGEBRA # &
GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY &
HUMAN ANAT & PHYS I *
HUMAN ANAT & PHYS II *
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
MICROBIOLOGY*
ORAL COMMUNICATION

20 years ago they tried to do away with LPN's but it backfired. Lpns play a very important role in the health care system. I don't care if I work in hospital or not. My brother's MIL worked 30 years as an LPN and just got her RN like 5 years ago. I can always go for LPN then go for my RN while working and getting experience. There are too many people going for RN at baker, my chances of getting in are slim. I already have most of my lpn pre req's done so I think I will stick with the original plan.

I am just tired of hearing RN's (not all RNs) put LPN's down. Why be RN you should go for doctor....