I plan to apply to the LVN program offered at College of the Redwoods this Spring. I've contacted the school and asked 3 times about the average wait and I've gotten no answer. They just ignore my question, which makes me think the wait must be long for their nursing programs since they don't want to answer that! I heard the wait for the RN program is about 3 years. How about the LVN-RN program? I just want to have some sort of idea as to how long it will take me to get in once I've applied.
The average wait time at other schools in CA for LVN programs can also give me an idea of how long the wait should be. So, if any of you who did a LVN program could let me know how long it took you to start the program once you applied, I would greatly appreciate it! :-)
Hey Guys! I got the letter today and I'm number 26 on the waitlist for LVN program! I guess that means I probably have a year wait. I'm totally excited! I don't know what to do with myself in the mean time. :)
you never know how quick the waitlist will move. I got in to the LVN program in Eureka and in Crescent City, so I will be declining my seat in Eureka, and accepting in CC. Good luck!!!
When you applied to the Del Norte campus did you fill out a separate application? I marked both boxes on one application and thought that I was applying to both programs, but I only got a letter from Eureka. I'm wondering if I needed to fill out two applications! :/
Yes, I had to fill out 3 separate appliations...one for LVN, Del Norte, one for LVN, Eureka, and one for ADN, Eureka. The LVN program in Del Norte only starts every other year. I was really suprised how quickly the waitlist goes for the RN because I was # 103 last year and this year I had to reapply and am # 38. Good luck, and I hope you get to move up the waitlist quickly!!!
Thanks!!! I am pretty excited about just getting an acceptance somewhere....even if it means waiting a year! Did anyone else find out about the ADN program? I wonder how many people applied?
So I finally got my letter in today. :-) I'm number 4 on the wait list. I'm glad I'm such a low number on the wait list, but if I move up and get accepted for this fall I will have to decline. My husband is in the military and we will be stuck in Washington state til Dec.
Does anyone know how the wait list works? If people before me decline and I move up and get accepted for this fall, can I request to be moved back on the wait list for fall 2012? Or will I have to apply all over again this winter if I decline this fall? I hope not..
If you decline your seat, you will have to re-apply, and being # 4 I can say that I am almost certain that you will be offered a seat in the program. Good luck with whatever you decide!
Congratulations!!! I agree with futurenurse84 I think that chances are you're going to be offered a seat. What a tough delima you would be in. I don't know what your family situation is, if you had kids or what not, but if it were me I would accept it. My other half is still in school another semester here in Sacramento and if I got in I would be going without him for the first semester. I really hope things work out for you! :)
My husband and I share 1 car and I've never even been to Humboldt County before. There are many reasons why it just wouldn't work out for me to go down there this fall if I were to move up on the wait list and get accepted. I honestly expected to have to wait 1-2 years before getting into nursing school. On the status letter it says there is a mandatory orientation on June 10th and that if your number is 10 or less, you are invited to attend. It then says that if a seat becomes available for you, you will receive an official acceptance letter at that time.
Does that mean that those who attend the orientation will fill new available seats and everyone else stays on the waiting list? That would make sense because those who attend the orientation can obviously attend the LVN program this fall and the orientation is mandatory. I'm going to call the college some time next week and hopefully get some answers.
I totally understand your situation! I wasn't expecting to be 26 I was expecting to be like 126. Its crazy, but a little scary for me at the same time. I was really getting use to the fact that I'd probably have to wait a few years.
I think that what they are saying is that 1-10 have the best chance of getting in the program so they're having them go to the orientation. If any of the accepted students do not show up for the orientation (since it's mandatory) they will fill the seats at orientation. You would get an official acceptance letter there. I think that if 1-10 got in they would continue down the waitlist until seats were filled, whether they attended orientation or not. This is just what I interpreted, so it might not be right.
If you end up calling them and getting an answer let us know. I've tried calling them and emailing them before and no one ever answers the phone, calls me back or answers my emails. When I call the main office they never listen to my question, they just transfer me mid sentence.
I wish you the best of luck, I know it will be a tough decision! :)
I contacted CR and asked if I could be pushed back on wait list, because I wouldn't be able to start this fall. I was told that under special circumstances a person could be allowed to be kept on the wait list for the next program. I have to get permission from the dean, so we will see how that goes. It sucks that the Eureka campus is now on the same schedule as the Del Norte schedule. The next LVN program at Eureka doesn't start until fall 2013! :-(
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Hey Guys! I got the letter today and I'm number 26 on the waitlist for LVN program! I guess that means I probably have a year wait. I'm totally excited! I don't know what to do with myself in the mean time. :)