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Hi everyone. Iam looking into the kaplan college in sacramento lvn program that starts in october. I went for the tour already and passed the first test. What i was wondering was does anyone have any thoughts on this school? are you currently attending this class? how are the teachers what type of finacial aid do they have? any info would be greatly appreciated. also i was looking at csi college in vacaville anything on that school would be helpful too.

they allowed us to have a pencil/pen, and scratch paper that they supplied. calculators were on the computer (thank goodness).

there was a significant amount of decimals, fractions, ratios and multiplication.

the test took 3 hrs. and you must complete each section.

the results are available as soon as you shut off the program but they are also available online w/a full description and analysis. your test results compare you to others in the same testing group but not to universal test results. I'd like that information.

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Thanks for the info. Plaza! About the reading and the vocab., was it similar to the study guide? I heard that the time provided wasn't enough, is that true? Also, do you mind sharing what your score was? :)

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Specializes in NICU( RN), Pediatric Nurse Practitioner.

See I told you you would do great!! I got a call yesterday to go down to fill paper work out for the background check. I'm so excited!!

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I scored in the high 90s for math and vocab. math and science have always been my strong suits and I am an avid reader and love to learn new words.

only scored in the mid 80s for reading and comprehension, though. that was a bit disappointing. make sure you know the difference w/re: to author intention (like in the study guide).

there is plenty of time to complete the testing. they allow 3 hrs and all questions need to be answered. it's not like the wonderlic where you get 75 questions and get cut off at 12 minutes. I'm still curious about that test....

the next step for me is the interview sometime next month.

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Hey Guys!

So, I took the HESI yesterday and got a fairly good score. Got 90% in Vocab., 81% in reading (which sucks lol) and 94% in math and overall 88%.....I could've done better in reading....ehhh but I guess I'm fine with it considering the fact I only studied the day before and had a minor surgery last week....so let's see what happens as the waiting game begins now :)

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Specializes in NICU( RN), Pediatric Nurse Practitioner.

OMG!!! hey guys just giving you a heads up, i just got a call from admissions and i have my interview on wednesday!! They are only having them monday tuesday and wednesday it seems like. Im hoping that means we will know who gets in by the end of this week or beginning of next week!!! i wonder why they called on a sunday though. But im glad!!! did any of you get a call yet?

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Hey,

Yeah I got a call on sunday as well and interviewed yesterday.....to be honest, didn't seem like an interview to me :~....let me know how yours goes.....also, did you hear anything else about the starting of the program or when they'll let us know if we're accepted or not :(?

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Specializes in NICU( RN), Pediatric Nurse Practitioner.

Oh it didn't? Is that good or bad? Lol. Well

I was told that we should know in about a

week or so after interviews are done. I guess

they will be doing interviews mon-wed next

week as well so the 29th? I'll let you know

how mine goes. Did you get a good feel of what

they are going to expect from students? I'm

really nervous!!

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Thought I would put my 2 cents in, though I am mostly a lurker on this board:) I had an interview. I was super nervous. I was told they would be mailing out letters around October 1st. I was asked why I want to be a nurse, and I was told about what the hours of the program are like, and hours of clinicals, etc...and they want students to know it is extremely fast paced (of course, it's 51 weeks!), you can miss 3 days at most (although if I was in I'd make sure I miss NO days:) ). They just want students to know how much work it's going to be and make sure people are serious about dedicating themselves to it. Especially since it's a new program for their school, they don't want to pick just anyone I'm sure. My HESI scores are really high so no problem there, my college coursework grades are good... but I was just so darn nervous in my interview! *sigh*.... We will see what happens. I think it went well though! I mailed out a nice thank you letter as soon as I got home. Does anyone else have anything to say about their interviews?

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Specializes in NICU( RN), Pediatric Nurse Practitioner.

Congraats on your interview I'm sure you did fine!!! My interview isn't till tomorrow, so I'll comment on it tomorrow. Did they tell you what the final price of the class yet? I heard they were adding more classes so the price would be changing as well. Did they ask you alot of questions? I heard it is only about a 15 minute long interview. Wow October first huh? I wonder when will class starts then. Thanks for the info and btw what took you so long to join the conversation? Lol. Glad you did!! Good luck.

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LOL, well I didn't want to jinx my interview, hope I didn't just jinx it now! Eek! Good luck on yours tomorrow:) And good luck to others who are waiting to interview! Not too many questions. They did not say anything about the price, but I didn't ask, although during my very first visit to Kaplan with an admissions rep I was told that they would have financial aid for the program. So that's good! Hopefully it's still around 26k like I had heard from reading stuff online. The interview was short, but I'm sure they just try to do what they can cuz I bet they have tons of people applying for it. All I know as far as length goes is it is 51 weeks long. I wish a current/first student(s) of the program would chime in haha.

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Specializes in NICU( RN), Pediatric Nurse Practitioner.

lOl. Yeah I hope it isn't very much more than quoted price. I have been hoping a current student would give some info but no luck so far. I have been very calm about the interview a bit excited, but after reading your post I'm so scared!!! Lol. I didn't think alot of people were going to be interested in the school because of the bad rep the company had but with the long waitlist at all the jc's you gotta get in where you fit in! Lol. I hope I do well. Do you have any previous medical experience? I heard that is a big judging factor for them.

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