Excelsior Advice

i'm a little confused here . have you graduated yet or are you graduating in 2008.

i will be graduating from a vocational lpn program in august and will be sitting for the boards in october. i have a ba already but getting into a nursing school in nyc is extremely difficult and have decided to go with excelsior asap. i lack science courses but have most of the general ed. credits for excelsior. can anyone recommend what exams to take from august 2008? i don't want to waste any time whatsoever. i'm so upset that excelsior will not accept my vocational lpn a&p credits.

any advice will be greatly appreciated please!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks Lunah and texaspadequeen921!!!!!!!!!!!

How do you know Excelsior won't take your A&P? They generally take EVERYTHING.

Calm down and focus, right now, on the LPN. As soon as you nail the NCLEX you can enroll in Excelsior. And you will.

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Well their site states that take they don't take vocational credits but Suesquatch, you are so right I have to focus on this LPN course right now. I'm just so excited with everything and really want to become an RN right away.

Well their site states that take they don't take vocational credits but Suesquatch, you are so right I have to focus on this LPN course right now. I'm just so excited with everything and really want to become an RN right away.

One step at a time.

Vocational credits means, I think, something different to you than is being used on the site. Are you getting college credits from a two year school?

:)

No I'm not. I'm attending a vocational school. I will not be getting college credits, which is somewhat of a backstep for me but it was the only option. After getting the associates from Excelsior getting the MSN through them may be an option. I just read on their site today that a Masters degree can be obtained from them if you have a bachelors in another field. This news really excites me now because I had no intention of getting a BSN. However, if I can use my BA to get the MSN, then why not? My main concern though was trying to see what I could do from August to October 2008. I left my job to go to nursing school and DH is very supportive, but I feel that I should do as much as I can with Excelsior as soon as possible. I always believe two incomes are better than one.

You can get started with Excelsior very quickly, but must have a license before you can actually enroll. Call them next April.

As to A&P - they waived it for me. I have Bio and Micro, no A&P. So don't start projecting. My advisor was wonderful - she said to me, "You have a lot of knowledge, now you need a degree."

If you have a Bachelor's plus a license they will work with you to move you through quickly. They really are great.