Naty23

Thank you so much for your help! I really do appreciate the information.

Hello everyone! I recently graduated high school and I am currently struggling on deciding where to take my next step in my nursing career. I am currently attending a cna program at Curam College of Nursing. I would like to further my education and become an lvn and possibly in the future a RN. I have looked into Sacramento State and ARC as options but I am struggling with the fact that their programs are so impacted! Sac State and ARC are both on a lottery system which means that students are chosen at random. I have read on here that some nursing students have had to wait up to four years to be chosen for the ARC program. A nursing student from Sac State also informed me that out of the 400 applications only 80 are chosen to take the nursing program she was taking. The school I am currently attending does offer an lvn program. But I know many private schools do not transfer over to community colleges or CSU's. Some private nursing schools also do not offer financial aid including the one I am attending now. I would very much appreciate any information (or experience) anyone has on local nursing programs in Sacramento or their experience at Sac State, ARC, or Sac City College. Cost of education would be appreciated as well.

Thank you so much! I really appreciate it. I've been having such a hard time looking for funding online. You mentioned you went to other local programs if you don't mind me asking did you visit Charles A Jones? I've been there and know there is federal financial aid offered ( I havent gotten around to going and speaking with their financial aid office myself ...) but I want to collect as much input as I can before making a decision on what school to attend.

Thank you for clearing that up for me!

I have looked into community college but the thing is to get into many of the programs in nursing you are picked by a random lottery system. Once I'd finish all my prerequisites i would have to wait for my name to be selected at random. My home CSU and community colleges are well known for their impacted nursing programs. I've heard many say that they have had to wait up to five years to be chosen, some say they have been lucky and chosen their first time applying. Although I would much rather go to one of my local community colleges because of the cost, I don't think I'd be able to wait more that two years.. let alone five years. I know that nursing isn't a quick career but I'm just looking at my options right now. I just graduated but I'm very anxious to just start my journey as a nurse. It's my top priority. If you don't mind me asking what community college did you attend? Did it also have a lottery system?

sorry Sour Lemon i didn't know i have to quote you to reply. I'm new to this... I explained in my post above.

Hello vintagemother do you know if SET or WIA provide funding to student who do not have work experience but need help to pay for a vocational nursing program.

The school is curam college of nursing I'm taking their cna program currently. I'm paying for it out of pocket which is a bit of a struggle already but possible. The lvn course however is much more. I actually found some information about it on here from two people who said they've taken the lvn program there. Im hoping to get some information from them. The school provided me with some information on how to get financial help outside of the school but it's hard since I'm new to the work force and many of them help people who have lost their jobs not newbies.The school is fairly new.If you dont mind me asking what do you mean by market in my area?

Hello everyone! I'm currently struggling finding a pay for a vocational nursing program. It is a private school that does not accept financial aid regards to FAFSA and ect. Does anyone know any places where i could go online to find private student loans but preferably grants and scholarships that do not have to be paid back.

Hi vintagemother I have a quesion about WIA. Doyou know if SETA/WIA provide funding for young adults with no work experience who want to receive funding for a private nursing school or vocational school?

hi moma8gma1 im thinking about attending the lvn program at curam. I was wondering if I could get you opinion on the course and what you used to help pay for the program if you did use and outside source. I now Curam does no have financial aid and I am really struggling finding help to pay for the program.