Preparing To Enroll In Ec, Advice And ?'s

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i have been an lpn for 4 years and have been biting my nails to finish up since graduation. i have read many posts trying getting informed but i still have a few questions. here's the deal. i only have 2 gen ed classes under my belt. college math 109 and history. this was before i transferred to a private lpn program. will ec accept these (from 6 yrs ago)?

1) considering i pretty much have to take everything, what will ec allow me to clep out of? i know eng comp. but can it be the mult. choice only or do i have to have the essay?

2) are the gen. ed's harder through ec because they are online?

3) can i eliminate anything due to being an lpn?

4) if someone has a list of classes i will need i would really appreciate it-> i can't read the pdf's from ec's website on my computer (hence all the ?'s).

5) anyone have a cost estimate for me for all these courses/program fees (excluding study materials)?

i want to do everything online even if it's a little more expensive (3 kids, one with special needs)...it's all about time saving here, i can't be in school forever!!!!!! so many of my friends are being jerked around at brick & mortar schools!!!!!

thanks for any help!:bowingpur

donna

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donna:

i will answer what i can. as lunah always says, please verify everything with ec yourself as to what they will/won't accept!

will ec accept these (from 6 yrs ago)? hopefully they will accept them for what category exactly, i am not sure.

1) considering i pretty much have to take everything, what will ec allow me to clep out of? i know eng comp. but can it be the mult. choice only or do i have to have the essay? i'm not sure on which clep counts towards english. i know i have to do analyzing and interpreting lit. for humanaties, sociology for intro. to sociology, human growth & development for developmental psych. again, always get things in writing from your ec advisor.

2) are the gen. ed's harder through ec because they are online? haven't done one yet :) debating if i'm going to do microbiology with them or with a regular community college.

3) can i eliminate anything due to being an lpn? under the old curriculum, we are waived nc 2. i'm assuming whatever nc 2 is equivalent to in the new curriculum is waived.

4) if someone has a list of classes i will need i would really appreciate it-> i can't read the pdf's from ec's website on my computer (hence all the ?'s). you may want to pay the application fee and have an unofficial transcript review. i believe it's $75. that way it comes directly from ec. otherwise, it's 31 general education credits: 6 humanaties, 6 social science, 3 english, 4 a & p, 2 or 3 microbiology and i believe the remainder is elective credits. obviously your nursing courses as well. please don't quote me, i am doing this from memory and i just got out of the bed.

5) anyone have a cost estimate for me for all these courses/program fees (excluding study materials)? are you sure you can't view pdf's? excelsior has a worksheet for you to figure out your budget. plan on spending 5,000-10000.

i want to do everything online even if it's a little more expensive (3 kids, one with special needs)...it's all about time saving here, i can't be in school forever!!!!!! so many of my friends are being jerked around at brick & mortar schools!!!!!

thanks for any help!:bowingpur

donna

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Specializes in Geriatrics.

EC does not accept Clep English.

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Donna,

One more thing you may want to consider......some people Enroll in Excelsior and do all the nursing courses. Then why they are waiting for the CPNE, they work on general ed. Other people do all their general ed first, then enroll in Excelsior. Avoid paying the enrollment fee as long as possible!

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Specializes in ICU, PICC Nurse, Nursing Supervisor.

just for clarification ec is not online .

i have been an lpn for 4 years and have been biting my nails to finish up since graduation. i have read many posts trying getting informed but i still have a few questions. here's the deal. i only have 2 gen ed classes under my belt. college math 109 and history. this was before i transferred to a private lpn program. will ec accept these (from 6 yrs ago)?

1) considering i pretty much have to take everything, what will ec allow me to clep out of? i know eng comp. but can it be the mult. choice only or do i have to have the essay?

2) are the gen. ed's harder through ec because they are online?

3) can i eliminate anything due to being an lpn?

4) if someone has a list of classes i will need i would really appreciate it-> i can't read the pdf's from ec's website on my computer (hence all the ?'s).

5) anyone have a cost estimate for me for all these courses/program fees (excluding study materials)?

i want to do everything online even if it's a little more expensive (3 kids, one with special needs)...it's all about time saving here, i can't be in school forever!!!!!! so many of my friends are being jerked around at brick & mortar schools!!!!!

thanks for any help!:bowingpur

donna

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thanks for all the help/advice. i do realize ec is not online :bugeyes:...for some reason anything not on a physical campus is "online" to me:rolleyes:.

at least i have a direction now. since i have to take so many gen. ed.'s, i think i'll do 50/50..some before the nc's and some after...

thanks again,

donna

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