Dalton State College

burnham.mama · Jun 30

I'm applying for the Spring 2025, I think the deadline is July 1st if anyone is still thinking about doing it. Here's hoping I get in!

NPTT · Jun 30

That's great! Which Program?

Mia Tanksley · Jul 19

Hello I graduate from my LPN program in August, so I plan to apply for the Summer 2025 program

Has anyone taken the exemption test for Microbio or Anatomy?
how did you study for it ?

SnowLeopardTail · Jul 19

@Mia Tanksley - I did the A&PII exemption exam. They enroll you into an online course (mine was by Dr. Andy Meyer) that you will access via Georgia View (once you have been accepted as a student). You will read through the modules/chapters, do the practice tests, and then schedule a day to take the exam. The exam had a bonus short answer/essay part at the end that could really boost your score, so be ready to explain coherently something such as the chain of events of dehydration on the body or similar scenario. You submit and then the professor grades it (you don't see it instantly).

Just be sure to review over items you may have long since forgotten. I remember there being the stages of embryonic development on there and I froze. haha

Best wishes! I am graduating from the LPN/Paramedic-ASN program in December.

Mia Tanksley · Jul 19

SnowLeopardTail said:

@Mia Tanksley - I did the A&PII exemption exam. They enroll you into an online course (mine was by Dr. Andy Meyer) that you will access via Georgia View (once you have been accepted as a student). You will read through the modules/chapters, do the practice tests, and then schedule a day to take the exam. The exam had a bonus short answer/essay part at the end that could really boost your score, so be ready to explain coherently something such as the chain of events of dehydration on the body or similar scenario. You submit and then the professor grades it (you don't see it instantly).

Just be sure to review over items you may have long since forgotten. I remember there being the stages of embryonic development on there and I froze. haha

Best wishes! I am graduating from the LPN/Paramedic-ASN program in December.

Thank you so much !! Congratulations , you're almost done !

I'm graduating from Chattahoochee tech & the beginning two months was 5 days a week, I was hoping to work during a bridge program.

How many days a week did you have to drive to Dalton for in person classes ?

SnowLeopardTail · Jul 19

@Mia Tanksley

Yes, I was part of Chatt Tech's LPN Fall 2022-2023 cohort. It was a very demanding program, especially those first few months on campus daily.

The LPN bridge program at Dalton has been a whole different vibe. We had on campus learning just once a week and they divided up between two campuses (depending on which one you were closer to). Most work full time and do school, it is design for the working nurse, since the majority have their LPN already (I think we had 3-4 paramedics). The second and third semester is purely online learning - and then the in person clinical hours. You do 120 hours clinical each term, the last two semesters of the program.

I have found it to be extremely doable and a breeze because of how intense CTC was.

@NPTT

No worries! 🙂 Happy to help.

The Clincial director is very very sweet and wants everyone to succeed and is willing to work the best she can to accommodate individual student needs. I actually live on the Acworth/Dallas border. It takes me just under 60 minutes to drive to the Dalton campus.....She was able to reach out to the hospitals down in my area for preceptors and get my hours. Hospitals like Wellstar Paulding, Wellstar South Cobb (not Kennestone, they have a contract with KSU), Northside Cherokee, etc.

Though you are more than welcome to go to the hospitals up near and around Dalton. There are many great options.

ella dotson · Nov 1

I applied for the ASN program October 15th. Does anyone know what day I should expect an answer?