Officially Enrolled....

EricJRN, MSN, RN · Dec 14, 2006

Good job! Now the hard part is to begin tackling the exams...

nettexmel · Dec 14, 2006

Dream Nurse, did you do the FACT management payment plan, or did you pay the fees up front. I want to enroll as well, but I'm hesitating for some reason. I have to take all of the NC exams and 1 humanties, and 1 english. Should I enroll now ? :confused:

FocusRN · Dec 14, 2006

Hey ya'll and thanks. I just signed up for Chancellor's (a former instructor swore by them, she is an EC grad),so I will be diving in ASAP. I vow to nail them all down on the first try, by going in prepared, but I am still shooting to be able to be CPNE eligible by August 1, 2007.

Hey Nex, I am doing the Facts Plan, I choose the 5 month $185/ month plan. I could have paid it in a lump sum, but the $185 is less sticker shock.

If I were you depending on your financial situation I most likely would enroll now because:

-Even though EC isn't a title IV school, there are a lot of grants and loans out there that you can only get if you are an enrolled student.

-Sure you can take all of the general ed and NC 1 and 2 without being enrolled but, for what? Just to avoid the enrollment fee. That a gamble to me because EC and state BON's change the rules often, and with any rule change I want to be grandfathered in. Think of all of the aspiring Cali nurses that were waiting it out, and then it was too late.

-Also eventhough anyone can get a free EC account when you are enrolled there is so much more there. They actually have message boards for their students, I have been reading them all day.

-And lastly because it feels good to say than I am an RN student and know that i can graduate basically a quickly as I want.

nettexmel · Dec 14, 2006

Thanks for the reply. I've been wanting to do it, but needed a little nudge.:)

smilinjane7 · Dec 18, 2006

Hey, everyone. I just graduated from LVN school. I have a friend that went to LVN school & then took Excelsiors and got her RN. Since I have done a lot of tele-courses & web course in the past with much success, I think I want to go the same route. My only concern is the clinical check offs. The only "C" I ever made in a class was during check-offs in the lab. Not because I didn't know the procedures, but because I have a bit of stage fright. Unfortunatly, my friend who took Excelsiors said check offs were the worst part of it. I plan on working at a hospital while I am in school so maybe I can pre-learn the things I have to get checked off on. Has anyone heard what kind of check offs can be expected to graduate? I haven't enrolled in a distance school yet. I still have leftover grant money that I am using up this next semester at my junior college.

Tweety, BSN, RN · Dec 18, 2006

Good luck!!