Anyone a current student in LBCC LVN program or going in Spring 2010?

luvbutterflies5 · Nov 29, 2009

I know this is irrelevant to your posting however I am looking into LBCC and was wondering how long was the process for you to be accepted. I am due to start @ a vocational school for LVN but that 30k cost is really weighing heavy on me. I know there a pre-reqs that they require just wondering how long is it total. Thanks for your help and I wish you the best of luck

abak2kab · Nov 30, 2009

Well I think taking the time to do the prerequisites is worth not having to spend the 30K that people are spending nowadays..and it's only a year! 6 months less than those programs!

Anyways, I was surprised by how easy it was to get in. I was totally making a big deal of it like most people do for the RN but I guess so many people are doing that private college thing that there is a lot of room at LBCC. I took two of the pre-reqs in the summer (VN 220-you can only take this after taking the rest of the pre-reqs now and VN 225-pharmacology) and currently taking Bio 60, and VN215 (CNA course) right now. There is a recommended course that isn't required but highly suggested..VN240 (Mental Health Nursing) that I haven't taken but will have to take my first semester in the program. If I had the time, I would have taken it this semester. So even with my courses in progress, I applied in mid-October and found out a week after the deadline and start in January. Quick, isn't it?? I'm still kinda shocked that it happened so quickly and now I'm anxious and kind of scared to start but I'm also really excited.

So for you..if you started at LBCC in the Spring..you have plenty of time to take all the pre-reqs. The programs start in January and in June so you might not be able to apply until next January but I still think it's worth not spending the 30k. So many of my professors tell me how much of a waste of money those programs are since you don't even come out making so much to even pay the debt and it takes so long to pay it off.

When I finish, I plan to finish taking my pre-reqs for the RN program since that was my original goal and want to get into the RN-LVN Ladder program. And since the LVN program is the first year basically of the RN program, when there is space, they put you in the second year of the program right away. I hope this helps and I hope you really consider your options.

When I got my B.A. at CSULB, I took on so much student loan debt and it just worries me when I think about how long it's going to take me to pay it off. The jobs I got after school just weren't getting me anywhere and the money spent for school wasn't even worth it. I really didn't have to take on student loans and I did...this is my biggest (and only) regret ever. Instead of thinking about saving for a home when I finish school, I think about paying that debt off. It's like a black rain cloud that won't go away.

Again, I hope this helps you and if you're young, it's only going to take you a year which isn't long at all. At the same time, since there are so few pre-reqs..you could try and take the RN pre-reqs at the same time. Just study hard and stay motivated and you should do well. Good luck to you as well!

DROBERTO · Jan 18, 2010

abak2kab,

Congrats on getting into the LVN program! :yeah: Thank GOD I found this message board because all of the information you provided in your post has definitely has helped make the decision to go for the LVN program at LBCC and NOT at some private school for an insane amount of money. :idea:

I just have a few questions if you don't mind helping me out. I have taken a few general education classes over the years at different junior colleges, but I have not done very well because I had to work full-time at the same time, and I am NOT one who can balance school and work well. If I just take the prereq classes (the 4 or 5 classes you mentioned) and do well with A's and B's, do I stand a good chance at getting into the LVN program? Even with a pretty low overall GPA? :confused:

Also, to get into the LVN program, I ONLY have to take the 4 or 5 preqreqs rite? No other General Education classes such as English, etc?

Thanks for all of the help with your previous post- any help you can provide me would be greatly appreciated! Good luck in the program!:)

abak2kab · Jan 18, 2010

Hi DROBERTO,

Thank you!

To answer your questions, there are other requirements needed for the program but I guess I was assuming that the student had all her GE's done already. If you have at least a 2.0 GPA, you should be fine but you also need to meet the reading proficiency and math proficiency required for LBCC. I think as long as you took and did well on the reading assessment and QUALIFY for math 110 by taking the assessment test, then all you need to do is take those 4-5 pre-reqs.

You can look at the curriculum guide online..just type in LBCC LVN program in google and click on the lbcc lvn program link and to the right it should have a list of things..click on curriculum guide, it'll take you to another website which will have curriculum guides on the left so click on that..then it'll give you a list of all the programs there..go down to Nursing: Vocational. Download the PDF and it will list out all the requirements on there.

They also have meetings every month about the program so you should call the nursing office. Hope this helps..and it might take a while but just have faith in yourself. It took me a long time to get to this place but now I'm here and it will all be worth it in the end. Good luck!! If you have anymore questions, just reply back!

DROBERTO · Jan 19, 2010

You are amazing abak2kab! :yeah:Thank you so much for the super fast reply! Thank you also for offering me to ask you any other questions. If anything comes up I will take you up on that offer.