chattanooga state LPN program starting Fall 2009

dee78 · Dec 10, 2009

Thanks. I'm starting in January. I'm a single mom, not currently working because of a lay off. I was told that rolling backpacks are a must have. I may have to look into it. Luckily we are in the new building and the parking lot is right outside our door so we could go out to the car on breaks to retrieve books...if necessary.

Thanks for the info about nutrition. I was under the impression that I would be exempt from nutrition and assumed it was for all semesters. No worries, I got an A in it the first time.

Thanks for the advice about the NCLEX

christelh1 · Dec 15, 2009

Hello again...I forgot to tell all of you to make sure you fill out the FAFSA for any grants you may qualify for. Also make sure financial aid credits you for the Wilder Naifeh technical skills grant. (As long as it is still available.) It is $2,000 free money, not a loan, that ALL technical students qualify for regardless of income status. Every little bit helps. Don't forget to also utilize other government services that are available while you are attending school. I worked the whole time during the program but I knew someone who lived off of grants, loans, and food stamps. She was a single mom...didn't have to work while she was in the program. Good luck to you all!

P.S. Hopefully I will meet you in the hall someday! (I have applied for the transition program that starts in May!)

dee78 · Dec 15, 2009

Awesome, that's my plan as well. I'll finish this class next December, take the spring off and hopefully get into the transition program in May 2011.

I got the technical grant and I'm going through a program called WIA. It's for displaced workers and they pay for everything that the grant doesn't cover. I have food stamps and an unemployment check for as long as they will continue to extend it. After that, I will find another way to make it work. I'm not letting anything stop me this time.