is there any RN PROGRAM that I can APPLY to now and be accepted for JANUARY????

i got in just this week for West Coast University- Ontario California. It will begin Feb 2 2009. They were still open for enrollment but were filling up quickly. There is a big sticker shock when you get the price of this education. BSN- Nursing in 3 years- no haggle, no waitlist, no schedule problems all for $116K. very expensive but if they really can churn you out to be a RN.

$116k???!!

i got in just this week for West Coast University- Ontario California. It will begin Feb 2 2009. They were still open for enrollment but were filling up quickly. There is a big sticker shock when you get the price of this education. BSN- Nursing in 3 years- no haggle, no waitlist, no schedule problems all for $116K. very expensive but if they really can churn you out to be a RN.

Whoooooahmygod! $116K??? My education will have cost less than that, including my BA that I took 7 years to get (with 2.5 years at a private school) and the private school accelerated nursing tuition. Heck, add my husband's paramedic school and our total education bill is still less then that bridge program.

To the OP: I'd try some of the online programs. I think you'd be more likely to find flexible start dates with them and not run in to class size limits in the same way. Maybe Excelsior?

$116k? that is ridiculous imo, but if you can afford it and really want your RN without having to wait at least a year or two, then go for it. My BSN education is only going to cost me ~$70k.

wow my BSN is less than 20K

I'm working on my second bachelor's and my husband has a BA and a masters and together our education didn't cost that much. I agree with the poster that suggested a community college. Go get a job with your current license and let them pay to put you through RN school.

Some people have worked years-between pre-reqs and waiting-to get into nursing school. With so many qualified students trying to get into NS, if there is a school that offers a no frills, quick entry, I'd really check out the school. It would be nice to think that the situation is unique in that not many applicants are trying for NS in that area, but I think more likely there's a reason students aren't flocking to fill seats. As for that kind of tuition, I'd want some kind of assurance of an amazing education that almost guarantees entrance into a Masters' program that could possibly justify the kind of tuition just noted here.

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Well West Coast University is also not regionally accred. So you are paying 116,000 for a degree that will not transfer. I guess this is only an issue if you want to further your nursing education.

Thats pretty much impossible. First of all, it is way too late to be applying now. Applications are generally accepted a semester before the program begins. Also, I am sure there pre-reqs you will have to take for an RN program even though you have your LVN/LPN; there are a lot more pre-reqs for the RN than the LVN/LPN, at least in California.

wow my BSN is less than 20K

Mine is about 10K