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Hey Laburns! I'm in the program now and I really like it! My instructors (class and clinical) all have their own separate personalities, but each of them has been able to teach me something, so that has been helpful. I am in the nights/weekend program. I attend lecture from 5pm-9pm twice a week (Monday & Wednesday) and right now have clinical from 5:45am-6pm every Saturday. Initially we had lab every Saturday, from 8am-4pm, but once that was over, clinicals were then put into place. Two Fridays I also had clinical at a different site, so my schedule was kinda crazy--lecture twice, then clinical, then lab! But, I made it and otherwise feel like my schedule was distributed well enough that it was manageable stress. There have been a few days where lecture or lab was switched to a day time schedule (8am-4pm), but that was maybe 3 or 4 times & I knew about it early in the program, so plenty of time to get the time off from my job. I will be getting my next block schedule tomorrow, so I can give you a general idea of what that might look like, if you are curious. I anticipate it may be subject to change, but I think it will give me a good starting point. My feedback would be to just be prepared to study. There is a lot of reading, but it's doable. I feel like I may feel less stressed if I didn't work 40 hours per week, so I think I may scale back a bit next semester. I am also taking another class on top of this, so that could be it, but the general consensus is we all feel a bit stressed, so who knows if that is even a large factor. Make connections with your classmates, I've had great study groups during lab that helped a lot. Oh, and you do need that tote that I was surprised about in earlier posts, haha. I just overlooked it in the paperwork we got, it was a lot at once, but yes, it is $118, and is used many times during lab, so it's not something you can skip on purchasing. My only other tidbit I can offer is if you are interested in applying for the RN program after this, finish your pre-reqs and work on your co-reqs now, it's tough doing the program plus other classes with it, like myself (and a few others).

I'm hoping that she is mistaken, I don't want to spend more money. I am going to wait until orientation for the tote, but will probably get the scrubs this weekend.

I called the bookstore to verify they had the books/scrubs in stock and she said we also HAVE to get a tote for the program. Did anyone else hear this? She said it's $118, but "will last you the entire length of your program". I wanted to use my Harry Potter backpack for school.

Hunter green? Barf. I think I am just going to bite the bullet and order the books new. My textbooks will be almost as much as tuition this semester, but I don't want to get a book missing the access code or get stuck in the rush, either. Thanks for you help! Good luck to everyone here this semester :)

Hi all! I will be in the Fall '18 evening cohort. @Babymarviel, my schedule is Mon and Wed from 5pm-9pm and Saturday clinicals will be from 8-4, at least that is what the schedule in student center says. I thought they were 12 hour shifts. How do you guys already know what color scrubs to get? I only got an email about MyCE, Castle Branch and orientation, but nothing about scrubs. The book list I have is in student center--but it is SO expensive! $600+ for the ebook and print and $300+, I think, for the ebook version. I can't find them online for used anywhere. I even looked on Facebook to see if any LPN/Gateway groups who just graduated would want to sell it, but no luck. Are any of you just going to buy ahead of time, or just wait until orientation?