NEWBIE needs advice: Carlos Lanting VS. Global City Innovative College (the fort)

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hi all,

newbie here. my husband and i are planning to take a second courser and we are choosing between the well known Carlos Lanting school in Novaliches and the lesser known GCIC located in the Fort.

we are both 38 years old with Business Management backgrounds and would like to be RNs so we can apply for the US.

I have spoken to both schools and Lanting (visited in person) says it will take 2.5 - 3 years while GCIC (over the phone) says it will take 3.5 years (dont know why GCIC is longer). Is that normal? some schools can will be shorter by almost 1 year??

since we live in Makati, GCIC is more convenient (but not sure if it is worth 1 whole year more of studying),

would anyone here know if Lanting is a "better" school? (in terms of applying to work in a california hospital?)...

appreciate any advice.

thanks!!

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Hi, based on the feedback i got from my friends who graduated in Lanting, it is a good school compared to other colleges who accepts second degree courser for the BSN program and they have a very good reputation in terms of lectures, schedule of classes, duty area etc.

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honestly, what i would suggest is for you to research more on the schools/colleges/universities around your area so you can get the pros and cons of each.. i may give you my opinion but it can also confuse you so just do more asking and inquiring.. you can also try umak.. they have a ladderized program for 2nd coursers.. i really like it there!!

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may i know what umak stands for?

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hi all,

newbie here. my husband and i are planning to take a second courser and we are choosing between the well known Carlos Lanting school in Novaliches and the lesser known GCIC located in the Fort.

we are both 38 years old with Business Management backgrounds and would like to be RNs so we can apply for the US.

I have spoken to both schools and Lanting (visited in person) says it will take 2.5 - 3 years while GCIC (over the phone) says it will take 3.5 years (dont know why GCIC is longer). Is that normal? some schools can will be shorter by almost 1 year??

since we live in Makati, GCIC is more convenient (but not sure if it is worth 1 whole year more of studying),

would anyone here know if Lanting is a "better" school? (in terms of applying to work in a california hospital?)...

appreciate any advice.

thanks!!

please be informed that Lanting is not located in Novaliches its in Tandang Sora its far from Novaliches. In terms of applying to work in CA whether Lanting is a better school it depends more on yourself as a student to do your responsibility I came here to study nursing from US and graduating on Tuesday from Lanting this is my second course. Its worth it but its not an easy journey for me whether I graduated from Lanting or from UST or any prestigous school of nursing you have here that does not make any difference because it will depend on you mainly how you make it. Good luck

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i have spoken to both schools and lanting (visited in person) says it will take 2.5 - 3 years while gcic (over the phone) says it will take 3.5 years (dont know why gcic is longer). is that normal? some schools can will be shorter by almost 1 year??

2.5 to 3.5 years is normal for second coursers..i had classmates who finished their bsn in three years...and their ages varies from 45-55.

since we live in makati. umak is closer to you, i think.

would anyone here know if lanting is a "better" school? (in terms of applying to work in a california hospital?)...doesn't matter what school you are from, as long as you completed the approriate requirements to graduate, you got a good clinical exposure, you study hard, you will be alright..just to remind you, u.s. hospitals does not care if you are the top nursing school in the philippines, as long as you are comfortable and able to do the job, then, you will not have a hardtime looking for a job in any part of california, or anywhere, usa. goodluck.

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i'm a 2nd courser who graduated from lanting. during my time, 2nd coursers only took up nursing for 2 years. i would recommend lanting if u want to apply for the US because they really guide their students after graduation with the documents and stuff necessary for going abroad.

i'm not familiar with GCIC so i cannot compare the 2.

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i'm a 2nd courser who graduated from lanting. during my time, 2nd coursers only took up nursing for 2 years. i would recommend lanting if u want to apply for the US because they really guide their students after graduation with the documents and stuff necessary for going abroad.

i'm not familiar with GCIC so i cannot compare the 2.

This is no longer the case as there is a wait of over five years for a chance at a visa for the US. So being prepared directly for the US is not really going to be beneficial to anyone. And the rules are changing now in the Philippines in case you have not read them, much has already been written on this topic including the increase in the length of the programs as well as the fact that they are trying to do away with the second courser programs because of so many issues with them.

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This is no longer the case as there is a wait of over five years for a chance at a visa for the US. So being prepared directly for the US is not really going to be beneficial to anyone. And the rules are changing now in the Philippines in case you have not read them, much has already been written on this topic including the increase in the length of the programs as well as the fact that they are trying to do away with the second courser programs because of so many issues with them.

i don't understand why they would eradicate 2nd courser programs. 2nd coursers have as much right to earning a nursing degree as the fresh HS graduates. it is not fair.

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i don't understand why they would eradicate 2nd courser programs. 2nd coursers have as much right to earning a nursing degree as the fresh HS graduates. it is not fair.

This is something that I have nothing to do with, just stating a fact of what is going on there now. The issue is that the training with many of the second courser programs has not been all up to what it need to be. And not sure why you are even discussing earning there as an RN, since there are no jobs there and most other countries are actually requiring work experience first before they will issue a visa.

Unfortunately, there have been programs that have falsified documents sent to the US for licensing and immigration issues and when things get bad enough, something needs to be done about it.

It is not a point of being fair or not, but the other well known fact over in the US is that many have gone into nursing in your country as second coursers only to be able to get a green card for the US and then leave the field as soon as they can and go back to what they were doing. Such as being an attorney, or judge, or banker; you should be getting the picture from this.

It is your PRC that is making the rules, not the US, or anyone on this board.

But I need to agree with them at this point in time, they need to clean up the bad programs for the 4 year programs first and then they can deal with the next down the line. But there are too many that are coming out of school and never have had actual experience with many procedures that are routine and they should have known but the training has become less than what it should be. From clinical instructors that are new grads, down the line.

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