Sprott-Shaw Community College--Anyone know about them?

Are you sure VCC is full?

I know Sprott Shaw is very expensive. They're asking $9000 to do a Pharmacy Tech program.

One thing to remember, the tuition is tax deductible and you get a monthly credit for being a full time student. With no income, you can transfer the tax credits to hubby, which reduces his taxes and get you back some of your money.

I'm doing my LPN course through Sprott Shaw at the moment. They aren't cheap, but for me, the main advantage was the Access Program. The course is 8 months long, as opposed to 12 months at UCFV-which may be increased to 18 months. Sprott Shaw didn't have a waiting list...probably because of the price... The course is very intense and self-directed, but so far, I'm happy I took it.

I go to the Chilliwack campus. We have a few girls from Vancouver in our class, so they car pool, which is a good idea...

...forgot to mention..the Access program is for people who have already had care aide experience...do you have that, or any other medical/nursing experience?

Hi, my friend was a former care aide instructor at SS. She is an extremely competent nurse and excellent care aide teacher. We hire care aides from SS because they are trained well. I had an LPN student from SS for 6 week preceptorship and she was FABULOUS, and I mean that. She had good knowledge base and at the end, I was able to step back and let her shine. She was hired at Royal Columbian as well as our facility. It wasn't cheap, but there is not a two year wait list like VCC. The way I look at it, LPN's are cheap labour, especially now. You could graduate and start to wage earn before you even get into VCC.

I am Canadian from Van Island and am looking at coming back home but to live in BC, I have what we call a cert 3 in aged care and have been working in a care facility for the last year.

I'm wondering if my Australian qualifications will be transferable in Canada or will I need to basically start a square one. If someone knows please reply to [email protected] as well if anyone knows of any aged care homes in Kelowna or local area that are looking for care aides I can forward my resume for review.

Thanks

So, I think I've found where I plan on going to school for my LPN, but I was wondering if anyone here knows anything about them.

It's a private college and it's gonna cost 1 Millllion dollars for me to go there, but if i have to wait another year or two to go/apply for a school I think I'll go CRAZY

I moved up to Vancouver from Texas for my (now) husband. Skipped out on going to Texas Tech for nursing school, and have been out of school for a little over a year now. I also have been out of work (due to immigration rules) and quite frankly i'm going a bit batty from being a.... *gulp* housewife!!!!!

Our plan was to move to Texas by this Dec., but now my husband landed an excellent job which has a business partner in Austin, Texas (which he can transfer to after a year). So now we are here still, and I'm schooless still.

All the public colleges have 1-2 year waitlists and I NEED to be in school. Plus I really, really, really want to be a nurse.

Ok, that wasn't a question, it was more of a vent . My question is really, am I crazy for paying 19,000.00 CA :eek:to get my LPN?????? YUCK just writing it make my belly do flops!!!!!!!!! but the program starts in jan., is 51 weeks, and is ligit (i'm 99.9% sure). i know it's a lot of money, but i think in the end i'll be happier. i mean, i was born to be a nurse, and i want this SO bad. and as for the money, i know that lpn's make pretty good money in texas so i could make it up pretty quickly.

Basically, I know what i'm gonna do, I just needed a little support from fellow nurses/future nurses.

thank for my vent!!!

aj

The questions should be:

1. Does she have landed immigrant status? If yes, she'd be paying the going rate for Canadian students. Then she would also be eligible for the provincial and federal student loans.

2. Is the $19K the going rate for Canadian students or is this the overseas student rate?

But like I said earlier her fees and student credits can be transferred to the husbands taxes (for more than one year), and if you are careful you can repay the loans as she goes...

I live in Kelowna BC and want to take the MOA course asap. I have checked out Vancouver Career College,Academy of Learning,the local college and will be speaking with Sprott Shaw on Monday Oct 4th,2010. Any input on these schools and your experiences would be much appreciated.

I live in Kelowna BC and want to take the MOA course asap. I have checked out Vancouver Career College,Academy of Learning,the local college and will be speaking with Sprott Shaw on Monday Oct 4th,2010. Any input on these schools and your experiences would be much appreciated.

Please, please listen to me!! I was a former MOA, now LPN. The MOA course is NOT WORTH YOUR TIME OR MONEY. There are no jobs in Kelowna (I live in Kelowna too.) And if you can get a job, you will start out at maybe $10-$12 per hour. If you do go to one of those private colleges, you will be paying back a HUGE student loan for years and years and a pity wage. I was an MOA for 12 years. And I took a job in a specialist office in Kelowna and they offered me $13/hour. This after 8 years experience and making $18/hour in Vancouver.

If you do decide you MUST be an MOA, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE call Okanagan College! They also offer MOA and I can guarantee the tuition will be less than 1/4 that of those private colleges. Please look on their website

http://www.okanagan.bc.ca/departments/cs/programs/all-certificates/Health_Programs/Medical_Office_Assistant_Certificate.html?

There are also other health related courses there like unit nursing assistant, sterile tech, staffing clerk, etc. All much higher paying than MOA.

Please respond here or PM me for any more information.

EDITED: The tuition through Okanagan College is $2737, plus materials, books and HST. So I think you'd be looking at a maximum of about $3700-$4,000.