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How quickly do you want to become an LVN and how much do you want to spend? That pretty much determines which program to chose. I would recommend steering clear of schools like American Career College, which are very expensive and do not have a high NCLEX pass rate. I only have experience with a handful of these schools: Baldy View ROP has great instructors, but I'm not sure about their pricing. Casa Loma has a decent program, but they are also expensive. I've heard good things about Chaffey and Cirtus, but again, don't know about their pricing. Community Colleges like Pasadena are great and inexpensive, but often have a wait list. Downey Adult School is inexpensive and has a merit based entry program. Basically, as ZiggysGal said, go to this page BVNPT - California Accredited Schools and start calling around to get info. Good luck! Allegoria

I am also a first generation college student who botched up by GPA. Don't worry, you have options. 1. Talk to a school counselor and find out which courses are transferable credit to your school/program of choice; these are the ones you really need to worry about. 2. Also talk to the counselor about academic renewal. Most schools recognize that students have a bad semester (or two) and will, under certain conditions, "forgive" those credits, i.e. nix them from your GPA. One of my schools had a rule that you could erase up to 24 units via academic renewal so long as 2 years and 24 credits with a 3.0 or better had passed. Check with the counselor for your school's rules. 3. Re-take failed, transferrable classes. Yes, this is not ideal, but if it is transferrable and is killing your GPA, re-take the class, study hard, and do better this time. 4. Unless you have your heart set on one program, shop around. Different programs have different requirements. I decided that scrubbing my GPA would take too long, so I started an LVN program that had no pre-reqs. 5. Don't give up on this if it is what you truly want. Good luck and let us know how it goes!