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  1. Where are each of you in the EC program?

    Laurie888 replied to opalmRN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Student annual fee. It would be nice if it were waived but somehow that still doesn't seem likely. Seeing that there appears to be closer to a 6 month waiting period (which I'll need!) it's going to...

  2. Where are each of you in the EC program?

    Laurie888 replied to opalmRN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    What is

  3. books or study guides

    Laurie888 replied to tinkaboo12's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I had a used chancellor's guide for one -- I did not like but I passed the exam. the one thing I DID appreciate from chancellor's were the tapes, having a 40 minute drive to and from work I probably...

  4. Where are each of you in the EC program?

    Laurie888 replied to opalmRN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I pretty much know what I need to finish, and it was my choice to take the exams out of order -- I never actually heard anyone say you shouldn't but if others say so there might be a reason. Being so...

  5. Where are each of you in the EC program?

    Laurie888 replied to opalmRN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    So you're one ahead of me -- since I haven't taken the fourth exam yet! And if I don't get some studying done this weekend I'll probably postpone it. As much as I would love to finish before I have...

  6. Where are each of you in the EC program?

    Laurie888 replied to opalmRN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    All of my pre-requisite courses transfered over, of course none of my nursing courses did (I went 3/4 through a traditional program 8 years ago). Some of that credit was CLEP, and they wouldn't...

  7. Passed CPNE in Columbus

    Laurie888 replied to HAPPYNPROUD's topic in Online Distance Learning

    That's good to hear. Columbus I am sure is the closest site to me, about a 6-hour drive. I kept hearing good things about various Wisconsin sites and Atlanta and thought I might feel better testing...

  8. excelsior college what's the real scoop?

    Laurie888 replied to ambitiouslpn's topic in Online Distance Learning

    That's the price at the moment. Other exams are more, or less, depending on subject area. The current price for CPNE is right around $1500, I think $1400-something, plus travel expenses and hotel...

  9. Waiting, waiting, waiting............

    Laurie888 replied to celestlyn's topic in Online Distance Learning

    If you paid $5000 for a program it was a third-party publisher, not Regents or Excelsior. The $800 is the enrollment fee for the first year, and includes the free content guides (actually you can get...

  10. Mastering clinicals?

    Laurie888 posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    Something just hit me while reading the general nursing forum and someone posted looking for a clinical tutor... Has anyone done something like that for Excelsior? Since I am NOT an LPN and it has...

  11. Mastering clinicals?

    Laurie888 replied to Laurie888's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I did work for several years as a CNA,and as an uncertified home aide off and on. I help on the floor when I can and they let me move patients up but I am not sure how much else they would allow me...

  12. Lots of questions about distance learning....Need Help!!

    Laurie888 replied to HuffmanLPN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Going direct seems to be the most recommended. For me, and I gather for most, i have different levels of knowledge on different subject areas, so signing up for complete set of study guides...

  13. Does anyone take adderall????

    Laurie888 replied to KrisRNwannabe's topic in General Students

    You're lucky your doctor knows enough to know he has to be stable first. The first doctor even after changing diagnosis still wanted to treat the symptoms of ADD and depression instead of getting him...

  14. Does anyone take adderall????

    Laurie888 replied to KrisRNwannabe's topic in General Students

    That's something you'd have to talk to your doctor about. Stimulants may be good for what ails you but can cause a whole lot of damage outside their prescribed use. Prescribed for ADD my son took it...

  15. Excelsior Scam?

    Laurie888 replied to rasberrikiss's topic in Excelsior College

    Once you take the test you've earned the credit, and so it's the same as completing a class. If the problem is that $800 (+-) you pay upfront for the first year's cost, you have to look at Excelsior's...

  16. Another $$ question (re: CPNE)

    Laurie888 posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    Used to be able to find any info I wanted on the excelsior site -- am I the only one finding it harder to get the gritty details online? I was wondering -- though I guess I can guess the answer --...

  17. Another $$ question (re: CPNE)

    Laurie888 replied to Laurie888's topic in Online Distance Learning

    The latest I had read it looked like it was just over 4 months, that was someone I was talking to fairly recently (in the past 3 weeks). I've seen over the past couple years it varying depending on...

  18. Where do I take CLEP exams?

    Laurie888 replied to J Lynn's topic in Online Distance Learning

    It depends on the university or college. Some offer CLEP tests only to their students, others are open to

  19. How are you paying for Excelsior?

    Laurie888 replied to LPNalmost!'s topic in Online Distance Learning

    Out of a settlement for totalling my car :imbar actually. Course that's just for the 7 exams. I might use tuition reimbursement to pay for English, since they won't accept my English CLEP. Course...

  20. NC1/Fundamentals question, and another..

    Laurie888 posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    First, it seems like the content for NC1 and Fundamentals is similar. I downloaded the fundamentals content guide a couple days ago but can't find my NC1 and my acrobat reader needs some assistance...

  21. NC1/Fundamentals question, and another..

    Laurie888 replied to Laurie888's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I actually started coming here early last summer. No sooner had I finished paying my entrance fee when I my son was hospitalized with bipolar disorder and it's been -- 'one of those years.' I just...

  22. Excelsior going to multiple choice exams?

    Laurie888 replied to Law of Fives's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Hmmmm.... I wonder where I did hear that then because this is the only place I've come other than the excelsior pages in the past year, and actually I only re-appeared here a week or so ago. Maybe I...

  23. Excelsior going to multiple choice exams?

    Laurie888 replied to Law of Fives's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I've heard that they are gradually moving towards more fill in the blank tests, since the nclex has been moving in that direction as well. It won't be all fill in the blanks, just some. I hadn't...

  24. Anyone use dial-up ISP?

    Laurie888 replied to Baby Catcher's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I'm in a semi-rural area and I don't have DSL. In town they do, and it's slowly growing, but very. Fortunately we do have cable, but that has only been for a few months ... just before I moved in...