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Ive been looking into excelsior college lpn to rn...my plan is to start the program in February and hope to be done by December. My biggest question is, how have most of you pay for that? Since the RN is all test, their website state financial aid is not available. Previously, I used stafford loans for my schooling... Did most of you take out a private loan to go to excelsior or just paid for it out of pocket as you go? Any advice would be helpful!!! I don't even have an LPn job right now! With all the bills I have plus student loan knocking on my door already, I don't really have the extra out of pocket money for excelsior college but would like to get my RN ASAP! Is 10 months a reasonable goal?
Update: I took out my private loan and well, in order for it to be certified by EC, I had to enroll in EC... so I had to use a credit card (or debit card) in order to enroll. So I signed up for the 6 month payment plan (to have a less IMMEDIATE pay now enrollment cost), pay the $25 fee, and voila! I'm enrolled! So I am officially enrolled despite wanting to wait until I took the first two courses, but oh well. When they certify my loan, which takes about 10 days, I will be able to use the funds to pay for the remainder of the enrollment fee and the exams and so on.
I am currently working on transitions. I will say that EC admissions really pushed enrollment to me. One lady stated that I was required to enroll in order to take ANY Nursing test, but thanks to AN I knew better. No biggie though, I understand the concept of business and profit.
Question for anyone who may know.. Do I have to enroll in order to take the Info Lit class?
frankie,RN
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i used college network but i would not recommend it to anyone to use. sg101 i hear is helpful. or maybe u could buythetextbooks cheap somewhere. they do sell college network books on ebay. justdont lock yourself intoa contract w/ the college network. their books were easy readers though.