I am from California. My gf is planning to go to American Career College (in California) for her LVN. But the tuition fees is $27,000+ for 4 terms (each term is bout 3 months). And it only offer a AA degree (I think)Everyone said it's really expensive including me and her nursing collegues. Many also think since the time is short they will most likely stuff you with alot of info, but the time you get out... u will forget most of it.
Our friends suggest she to go a city college because its cheaper. We were thinking about Cyress College.. many said it's a good college for nursing programs. But then my gf said city college have really long waiting list, some of her friends waited for 2-3 yrs and by then, their GE had expired.
IF ANYTHING I TYPE IS NOT CLEAR PLEASE LET ME KNOW, I KNOW IT SOMEWHAT NOT CLEAR BECAUSE I AM MYSELF DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT NURSING.
If anyone have good suggestion, please reply to me. Thank you very much in advance. Please be detail... I don't know much about nursing, so be gentle with the nursing vocabs.
You'll get credit for your license. Trade school education credits are not at the freshman college level or above so don't count in a 2/4 year institution but most colleges will give you like 15 units credit for having a LVN license so you transfer that way.
I went to ACC LA and had a mostly wonderful experience. Others in my class did not have the same experience. A lot of that was due to their attitude/attendance etc. The only time I really saw unfair treatment was when students were sent home because they were behind on their tuition payments.
So my advice. Make sure you have your finances in order. Make sure you car works well. Make sure you have a solid roof over your head ( yes students DO become homeless sometimes ). If you have kids make sure you have reliable and flexible childcare. Clinicals and theory class times can and will change at a moments notice. Work your ass off and turn up everyday even if you are sick. If you are sick they will send you home but you'll probably get credit for the day which you wont if you make your own decision to stay home. There are NO excused absences.
My experience was I was fully prepared for the NCLEX. 45 mins 85 questions. I got an OK job in about 3 weeks after receiving my license. However many of my classmates are still searching so take that with a grain of salt
Link to the article and read the comments on it too.
Also ACC is not one of the schools that was being sued. The parent company of Bryman and Everest and the Newbridge school. It mentioned other trade schools were being sued but if it was ACC I'm sure they would have mentioned it since they already mentioned it previously in the article.
I remember a couple of years back Brooks College was on 60 minutes because its graduates could only find jobs at the GAP.
FYI for everyone on this note - the person the Brooks College Campus (now closed) when 60 Minutes reported recorded the story "For-Profit College: Costly Lesson" was fired/resigned(?) within the next 6 months (check linkedin.com). He is now the President of ACC -
If that's not enough fun, the Chief Operating Officer is former owner of Eldorado College and Orange County Business College. The fate of those schools are in this article from the LA Times.
tothepointeLVN, LVN
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You'll get credit for your license. Trade school education credits are not at the freshman college level or above so don't count in a 2/4 year institution but most colleges will give you like 15 units credit for having a LVN license so you transfer that way.
I went to ACC LA and had a mostly wonderful experience. Others in my class did not have the same experience. A lot of that was due to their attitude/attendance etc. The only time I really saw unfair treatment was when students were sent home because they were behind on their tuition payments.
So my advice. Make sure you have your finances in order. Make sure you car works well. Make sure you have a solid roof over your head ( yes students DO become homeless sometimes ). If you have kids make sure you have reliable and flexible childcare. Clinicals and theory class times can and will change at a moments notice. Work your ass off and turn up everyday even if you are sick. If you are sick they will send you home but you'll probably get credit for the day which you wont if you make your own decision to stay home. There are NO excused absences.
My experience was I was fully prepared for the NCLEX. 45 mins 85 questions. I got an OK job in about 3 weeks after receiving my license. However many of my classmates are still searching so take that with a grain of salt