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I am married but my husband works alot so most of the day to day childcare duties fall on me. I have 5 kids, 20, 16, 10, 6 and 3. I just had to drop my program because I got to the point where I had to choose whether to help my 6 year old with a homework concept she was having a hard time with or finish my assignment. I was only in the pre-reqs but I was in an accelerated program so it was jam packed into 9 weeks per class. I chose to help her of course and it took over 3 hours so I was late with my assignment, but my point is that a 3 yo and a 7 month old need their mommy. After that happened, I re-evaluated my decision to go back to school, especially what it would be like in clinicals and decided that I needed to be there for my kids more and that I can always go back to school later, after all my kids were older. I admire what you are doing and the sacrifices you are making, but I would ask if there is any way you can postpne school until your kids are at least in school during the day. I know my opinion is probably not very popular, but school will always be there, your kids will only be little once and it goes by soooo fast. With the amount of work involved with clinicals and the core classes, something is going to suffer. You are only capable of doing so much. Good luck to you in whatever you decide.

I don't know where you are but maybe it's like this because it's in California. Most of the private schools in So. Cal. are pretty expensive, like over $100,000 for a bachelors, 4 year program.

It is tuition and required books and some supplies. There is no room and board. That is up to you. Hope that helps.

I totally agree with sabrosura98 (BTW congrats on your graduation). If you looked at ANY school, you will find someone, somewhere to criticize it. That is true anywhere, whether it be public or private. I am in my 2nd term at WCU-OC and it is great. If you do not study and work hard, you WILL NOT pass, no matter how much money you pay. Having gone to CC for many years only to be told that I still don't have enough registration priority to get into a simple anatomy class, let alone the nursing part, it is so nice to now have the anatomy class behind me, with an A, I might add. I didn't pay for the A, I worked my butt off. I have 5 kids, help my husband run a family business, etc. and I still managed to do it. It wasn't easy but it was doable. The major difference I see between profs. at WCU and CC is that the profs. at WCU truly want to do everything they can to help you succeed. Sadly, that is not the same with several profs. I had at CC. In fact, there was one professor at Cypress College, who taught science courses. He would put very uneccesarily obscure and tricky questions on the exam, something only someone like him would know, and then laugh when most of the class would fail. I think that is horrible. As for the cost of WCU, it is a private university. Have any of you that are complaining about cost, checked into the cost of any other private universities in the So Cal area? LMU - $40,000 per year, Chapman, USC, USD, etc. all run about the same. Considering it now usually takes about 5 years to complete a BS or BA degree, you are looking in the neighborhood of $200,000. That does NOT include dorm or books and supplies, etc. I know this because I have a college age daughter and one who is in 10th grade, so we have been looking at various schools. So for those who are saying WCU is expensive, ALL private schools are expensive everywhere. I can truly say that if it wasn't for WCU I would not ever have a chance at becoming an RN. I am 41 and if I had to do it through CC I would probably be close to 50 when I graduate, if I actually was lucky enough to get into the nursing part at all. So, for me, WCU is perfect because I would most likely not be able to do nursing any other way anytime soon.

Thank you for posting your replies. Your opinion is really appreciated. If anyone else has opinions on this I would really love to hear them. Thank you

hi, i am just starting in nursing school. i was wondering if it makes a difference when you are trying to get into a new grad pgm or trying to get a job, if you work as a cna, while in nursing school, at the hospital you are trying to apply to. i was thinking of applying to the jobs that say that you need to complete first semester of a nursing program, which are basically cna jobs. i am in so. cal. if that makes a difference. thanks in advance for your responses.

Hi, I am just starting in nursing school. I was wondering if it makes a difference when you are trying to get into a new grad pgm or trying to get a job, if you work as a CNA, while in nursing school, at the hospital you are trying to apply to. I was thinking of applying to the jobs that say that you need to complete first semester of a nursing program, which are basically CNA jobs. I am in So. Cal. if that makes a difference. Thanks in advance for your responses.