I got accepted to LPN School!!!!!!!!

[mgalloLPN]

Finally, I have been waiting for 5 years to go to nursing school. I can't believe that finally I will be a nurse in 1 year! Everytime I would try to go, something would come up that I couldn't do it. Well, I start January 16th and I am very nervous and excited! Any advice on what to expect the first day? Any advice at all would be so helpful!! Thanks in advance!

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

Welcome to our little community! :clrflwlcm:

[chesara]

I thought I'd piggyback onto this thread instead of starting a new one.

Today I got my acceptance letter into the program! I start at the end of this month. I've finished the pre-requisites and now it's all nursing from here on out. I'm nervous and excited at the same time. My program is 4 quarters, with summer counting as a quarter, so I should be finished by mid-March next year if I progress into each quarter as planned. I've been told our school gives an ATI exam at the end of every quarter and you have to pass it to continue. I'll find out more hopefully at orientation the last week of this month.

And I recently received my nursing assistant certification so I intend to work part-time while in school. I know that's not advised but I won't be receiving any aid after my first quarter so I'm going to need to make some money to pay for the rest of the program. I think this is worth the extra work, especially since I'm on the older side of the spectrum and would like to get this done so that I can start on my second life .

Congrats to everyone who has received their acceptance letters!

[amjowens]

Congratulations!

I was ecstatic when I got my acceptance letter for Spring '08 LPN program! I started my program in Jan, and I'm still excited!

I got financial aid and worked to save money before my classes began. I'm a CNA, but I don't work too much. I HIGHLY recommend getting your "affairs" in order before you start the program. I think of it like this-it's one year of my life, I'm giving up a lot of personal stuff (financial, free/fun time, etc.), but I'm going to dedicate myself and excel in my courses no matter what! If I have to, I'll live in a box (hope I'm exaggerating!) for the year, but I know myself well enough to know I can't work full-time and go through this successfully. I'm sharing all this with you because I can honestly tell you my dedication is clearly paying off. I'm no smarter than anyone else in my class, but I'm feeling successful and getting high grades, whereas those who are struggling seem to be the same ones who are living full lives, no "giving" in their work or personal lives for school. Even though they want it as badly as the anyone else in the program, some of these people won't have the grades to move on to the next semester. My heart breaks for them, but just a piece of advice from what I've seen/experienced. Good luck!