Average wait to get into an LVN program in CA?

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!!!

@ Futurenurse84

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! :/

Congrats and Good Luck to you too!

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 so much! Now I know why! Good luck to you too!

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! :-(

Good news! :-) My husband is requesting to be discharged from the military early so that we can move to Humboldt county before fall semester starts. So I decided to keep my spot at number 4 and hopefully get offered a seat this fall. As a back up plan (in case my husband is not able to get the early discharge) I can try to move into the on campus housing and I might know someone who lives in the area that I could stay with for a few months during fall semester (in case housing is all filled up). This has been one stressful week! lol

Do you guys really think I have a good chance of getting a seat for this fall with my number being 4? I hope so! Also, how mandatory is the June 10th orientation? If I get accepted and can't make it, will I lose my seat? And I know numbers 1-10 are invited, but if I don't show up and a seat becomes available, would I lose my chance? I emailed the college about this, so hopefully I hear back from them soon.