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Passed Chronicity today by the grace of God with a "C". I passed health/safety a week ago today and it was pretty easy so I got cocky and scheduled Chronicity for today. The previous posts about SG 101 were right: SG 101 does NOT fully prepare you f...

I'm back! Had some family issues and cancelled a few exams over the summer but I got LS 1 tomorrow, then 2 and 3 scheduled in august. I feel comfortable about LS 1 and have been really brushing up on my cardio/respiratory material, SG 101, and readin...

Hmmmmm....I have to disagree with withasmilelpn. In my LPN program we spent more time in clinicals than the RN students did at my school, so not enough training and preparation is not accurate in my opinion

Took all 7 in the last 6 months....passed the first 3 all in 5 weeks...then failed repro....then failed LS1...then failed LS 2....then yesterday failed LS3. Funny thing is I found the LS 3 exam to be pretty straight forward and scored pretty good on ...

Inspiring story!!! Congratulations, you deserve it!!!!!!

TCN is not a scam. they tell you everything about themselves....however they neglect to tell you that you don't need them. You can go through Excelsior and take the exams without them. Its kinda like paying someone $5 to walk to the end of your drive...

no....no....NO!!!!!! I am glad you asked. Go straight through ISU! TCN are nice, friendly, and helpful people but why pay them $7,000 to do something you can do on your own? I have about 9 more payments to them and I dont regret using them but I do c...

I am taking LS 2 on Sept 1st. SG101 has some good notes and practice exams on the subjects. I took LS 1 and made a "d" last month. I was using some study material I bought on ebay which was sort of a ripoff because it was mainly power points that I c...

Well the exams are nclex style so I definately recommend some study guided and practice tests. It all depends on how you study though. Good luck

Thanks y'all. I am bumping LS 2 back 2 extra weeks to make more room for studying. I don't like it but thats the way it is. You live to fight another day

Wow. Just wow. I am so disappointed. Made a D. I was so prepared for this exam. I passed my first 3 exams inside of 6 weeks but i seem to have hit a road block. I have been a full time lpn for 4 years now and I am good at what I do. I am a College N...

CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Thanks so much for sharing your experience! Hope to be there in about 6 months. Enjoy benig an RN!

It was the only one I made a "d" on so far. I am re-taking it in a few months. I didn't like it at all. Alot of genetic abnormalities and things like that. I wasn't prepared. I did SG 101 also. Good luck

Well, in a word, Yes. I mean it doesn't hurt. I have been in urgent care for 5 years now. Three as an LPN. Our clinics are fast paced, especially during the fall and winter months. Its all acute, which helps and hurts you. I do alot of IV's and IM's ...

Took Repro yesterday. Made a "D". The day started bad in the first place. I take Excelsior exams free on military posts so I commute to Naval Air Station Pensacola, FL to take my exams. My trip started off with a flat tire 20 minutes into my commute....

Thanks beachnurse. I'm actually going to consult the thousand dollar college network book I paid dearly for, also. I am seeing online where LS 1 mainly focuses on cardio/respiratory

Thanks lm. Im taking reproductive thursday and ls 1 on the 19th. I will keep you posted. Thanks for that cpne workshop info! I am writing that name down!

I second everything bad said about TCN. They are friendly and make themselves available to you to answer any questions.......for ......six thousand dollars. If you're the type of person who pays someone a thousand dollars to wash your car then go ahe...

I think thays why they target people who will graduate soon. They are so eager to be an RN that it clouds their judagement! They approve you no matter how sloppy your credit is too. That should have raised a red flag with me

Well, without pulling out my bank statements here was the breakdown for me: Excelsior emrollment $895 Exam fees : $250 X 8 (e exams) Excelsior annual fee $495 Excelsior clinical fee approx $2,000 Total $5,390 now ADD TCN I pay them $107/mo. for 60 mo...

TCN is still taking their $107 every month out of my account....good news is I have been paying for a while and only have about 14 payments left. I consider it a $6,000 lesson learned. I wish I would have known about this website 3 years ago too, but...

Wow, I feel guilty now. I have all of my college network books from 2007 that I never even opened. I signed up with TCN in 07 thinking I was going to get it done fast. Turns out I was so burned out on LPN school that i didn't even want to deal with a...

Cis i just took chronicity yesterday and put up a pretty good post about it last night. Go to the search and type chronicity or look at my posts if you can. It may help. Good luck!

You too! Next up: reproductive on may 5th

Good 4 you! I take all excelsior exams free on post because im in the military. Its easy to schedile too many exams close together when they are free, lol!