Looking for LPN school in Michigan

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i am new to this forum... but i have been lurking around for a bit... anyway i am currently going to wccd in michigan for rn. but i was thinking about go into a lpn program. could anyone direct me a good school? i also heard about a school in ohio, toledo school of practical nursing? did anyone complete their program? i am so ready to get into the program. currently i am taking a&p i. i figure i will complete the require classes for the rn program; until i get into the lpn.. it could always help me in the future- we i do go back to get my rn.

thanks for all the help

Hello, I just was accepted into a new lpn program in Southfield. The school is called Everest Institute and they are a vocational school. No prereqs required but if you have them it helps. I had finished all my pre-reqs for the RN program at Baker in Clinton Twp and was turned down basically because I didn't have a 4.0 gpa and a 90 or better on my Net. I figured its a losing battle to wait for Baker plus I need to get working full time as soon as posible. I know someone who graduated in the very first lpn class in Nov. 08 at Everest and she said it was tough but a great program. I did alot of research on the school and the lpn program. The director has a doctorate in nursing and they have other well quallified instructors for this program. The two biggest downfalls for me is they are VERY expensive....on the flip side they have financial aid available and there are scholarships and michigan works to help. The second downfall is classes are monday through friday from 8:00 to 5:00 p.m....... on the flip side its only for 11 months. Most people in our shoes can choke it down because we are driven to get there no matter what it takes. As for the RN part of it, I may finish it online with Excelsior or find a bridge program. Good luck.

I am taking the compass test at Everest next sat the 22nd. I am praying to get into to the LPN program. I was wondering if you have any advice??? Was it hard to get in? Was the compass the same type questions as the handout they gave as a study guide? Did you have to wait to get in? I am so nervous!!!! I have been studying, my husband is an engineer so he's helping me on the math but I know I need to score high b-cuz of all of the competition. I went to one of the info seminars and was baffled at some of the ppl there! As soon as Ms. Howard mentioned the background check they started with the what-if questions, I couldn't believe it.

I have a cousin that goes to baker and she can't get in th RN program so I was advised to stay away from baker.

My aunt works at DMC and Childrens hospitals and she actually found Everest for me. I was taking pre-reqs at Macomb and I felt like I was wasting time. I am 30 yrs old, have a daughter and I dont have time to be on waiting lists.

:confused: please help.

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I went to an info session this past week. I was also amazed at how many people there were. My two concerns were the price and then the psb test.

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I really don't care about the cost. It is worth being happy and not stressed out as I call the "Baker experience." Plus, you can be done in 11 months.

I have never been one to compete and I don't like the drama at BAKER. I care for people and the way I have seen these Baker students in action shows me that I wouldn't let them anywhere near me if I was in a hospital or my worst enemy(which I don't have one but if I did). They are in it because they want money. Not because they genuinely want to help and care for people. It is a job that is in demand and all they see is dollar bills. Pretty scary that is our future health care workers.

I never heard of Everest before the other day when my Gyno's Med Assistant told me she went there. Have you been there to speak with them yet?

Okay, I just have to respond to your post here, Heather, because I'm offended. In an earlier post, you say that students at Baker are mean or whatever and there is drama, etc., especially the older ones. Well, I'm an older female student at Baker, and I'm offended that you would generalize that the older women students are mean or whatever. I've been at Baker for 2 years, but decided to change my major to nursing last fall. I did not want to go through the competition process initially, either, because I was 40, but I could never been accepted if I didn't try, so I tried, and I will now be starting the LPN program in September. I worked my butt off to get A's, and I worked hard to do well on the HESI. In the process, I wasn't mean to anyone, I did my best to be helpful to any student who needed help or asked questions, etc. Four (that I know of) other students who were in pre-reqs with me were also accepted - all older, 1 male, and none of them mean or nasty. Anyhow, I'm sorry about your experience with Baker and/or Baker students, but it is certainly not fair or reasonable to make such generalizations about all students. If you have a gripe with a few or what have you, then it is your perogative to call them out, but not all just because they go to Baker. Regardless, like I do with all who are pursuing entrance into any nursing program or with school in general, best of luck to you. I hope you find a program that you like, with students who are not nasty.

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Mia'smom, the compass is pretty much what the hand out is. I wouldn't worry about the PSB, it has a lot of what if scenerio questions in it. As far as Baker I wasted a year and a half there and was lied to like many other students there. There is a small white book called "The Net Study Guide" that I highly recomend to study from. Its around $30.00. If you can pass all the math in that book you are good to go for the compass test. It also shows you step by step formulas as well. I didn't have to wait, I got in for the next group that was about to start. I started in May of this year. I was nervous too. When you get the interview, my opinion is you are good to go at that point. Good luck to you!

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I was actually a baker student who did get ALL A's and i got a perfect score on my NET test as well, but i still did not get in, due to the way the point system works, and people who didnt have the grades or test score were getting in ahead of me bc they have reapplied so many times they extra bonus points to put them ahead of me... i mean some of the people who got in have not been in school for 3 years!!! they just kept on reapplying and getting more points for doing so!!! how rediculous! although now i am in the LPN porgram and St. Clair County Community College and will be doing the LPN to RN there as well next fall!! i love it and im glad it happened this way, bc i wouldnt want to have graduated from such a sketchy type of school like Baker!

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I graduated from Lake Michigan Community College in Benton Harbor, MI LPN program. Great staff, more importantly great clinical staffs that are willing to support you.

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hopesgramcracker thank you so much! i'm happy for you that you got in! can you help me get in too?? :) i just got home from the compass :anpom: and i did great. i studied a lot and it paid off! i recently took an algebra class at macomb so that helped tremendously. i was outside after the test and there was a girl that failed the psb....... now i'm worried about that......she said the science part was way harder than what was on the study handout and that she didn't have time to finish even half of the math. i am going to start studying from the lpn pre-entrance exam book for the psb, i go for that one sept. 12th.i'm even more nervous now!! at least i knew what was going to be on the compass test! thank you so much for help.
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Mia'smom, the compass is pretty much what the hand out is. I wouldn't worry about the PSB, it has a lot of what if scenerio questions in it. As far as Baker I wasted a year and a half there and was lied to like many other students there. There is a small white book called "The Net Study Guide" that I highly recomend to study from. Its around $30.00. If you can pass all the math in that book you are good to go for the compass test. It also shows you step by step formulas as well. I didn't have to wait, I got in for the next group that was about to start. I started in May of this year. I was nervous too. When you get the interview, my opinion is you are good to go at that point. Good luck to you!

Thank you so much. Passed the compass:yeah:..........can you give me some info on what's on the PSB? :confused:

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Hi mias mom!

Are you going to everest? I am signed up there to start in january, but i am also currently going to occ, i dont know what to do and I am so afraid to make the wrong decision. Please let me know what you decide to do!

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I am going to go to everest if I get in...I am so excited...I passed the PSB with flying colors!

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Which campus are you going to and are you taking out loans to pay? I am meeting with the financial advisor wed to go over all my loan stuff.

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I'm sorry it took so long to get back to you. I'll be going to the Southfield campus, hopefully starting in Jan. Did you finish the testing yet?

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