I am an LPN (6 years, LTC) I filled out the application to Excelsior College last week. They have received my transcripts. I was all set to study for and test out of Health Safety, because I noticed that as of Oct. 1 that test will not be able to be taken prior to enrolling, so I thought I would get it out of the way.
I called Excelsior College this morning and talked to the Admissions office....I told her my plan of getting Health Safety out of the way, she said that because I still needed A&P, Micro and Life Span that I should not do Health Safety first. I then asked her if Straigtherline A&P with Lab would be transferrable. She said that she could not gaurantee anything because things change all the time, and that until I was an enrolled student that no one at Excelsior could answer that question for me. She did say that she thought it was accepted in the past. I have been reading the All Nurses Posts for awhile and I know that I saw that one student said that they were told it was accepted, then I saw another post where that person was told is was not accepted.
I feel like I'm between a rock and a hard place. I really wanted to get the gen eds and the two nursing classes out of the way prior to enrolling to save money. She suggested that I start with Sociology. I'm now frustrated and confused about what to do. I have been looking at Excelsior for a few years and every time I try to get started I run into this.
Please help. Has anyone used Straighterline A&P with Lab recently and been able to transfer to Excelsior? Is it a good idea to not do Health Safety first? Also, has anyone used the video series from "RN Bridge.com"? If so, how did you like it? Thank you
