starting excelsior!!!

[Mizzyfrufru]

Hi everyone! I'm starting excelsior today! I'm nervous, excited, and scared 2 death. Lol. I've been q LPN four yrs and with 5 kids and a pending divorce this option seemed perfect 4 me. Any suggestions as 2 which class 2 take first? I gotta do ALLThe general ed classes. Also anyone else in the North Texas area starting or recently started? Would love 2 study or at least help keep u motivated! Thanks guys!

[ndragonfly]

You are able to put your student loans in deferrment with this program? I was under the impression that you couldn't since you are basically clepping out of everything.

I am starting as well. As far as I know, I have all of the gen eds done and am just waiting to get my transcripts reviewed. Until then, as was suggested to me in my own post!, I am starting to study for the first two exams to get everything started! I am not in N. Texas but if you want a study budy, I'd love to help/work with you.

It depends on your lender for your student loans. I contacted my lenders & they told me that a distance program was acceptable for in school deferrment as long as I was enrolled fulltime & EC's fulltime is 6 credits. You have to register to take an exam & pay for the exam, fax over to the financial aid department a committment letter explaining that you will in fact take the test my the deadline & fax them your in school deferrment forms from you current lenders which can be downloaded from their website. That puts your loans into a deferrment for about 6 months....then you have to do it again with each exam you register for. Check with your lenders to makes sure this is acceptable with them

[lovesunsets]

Hey guys I have a question....hopefully someone might know a little information.

I have an associates degree (general transfer) so I have done all of my general education courses. I realize that in the Excelsior LPN-RN program, you have to have so many hours of general ed courses, along with your nursing courses.

I have applied to an LPN program and waiting to hear something. (Right now, this is the best route for me)

Here's my hopefully simple question....I think my gen ed classes would transfer to excelsior- So, say I achieve my goal by completing school and becoming an LPN...then the online lpn-rn....since I already have my gen ed classes would that mean that my time spent to become an RN would be cut down? Would I have to take MORE gen ed classes?? Or worse, take them OVER?!

Sorry if that was confusing!

Thanks for any help

[GCmomRN]

Here's my hopefully simple question....I think my gen ed classes would transfer to excelsior- So, say I achieve my goal by completing school and becoming an LPN...then the online lpn-rn....since I already have my gen ed classes would that mean that my time spent to become an RN would be cut down? Would I have to take MORE gen ed classes?? Or worse, take them OVER?!

Sorry if that was confusing!

Thanks for any help

If you have the gen ed classes, all you would have to take would be 7 nursing exams, FCCA, CPNE, and probably info lit. Check on the Excelsior website to make sure you have all the gen eds they require and if not, then try to complete the others while you are in LPN school (look into CLEP/DSST exams if you're missing anything). Good luck, sounds like you're on the right track!

[Oggirl.lpn]

please newyorklpn2000 can you tell me how you are study for the health safety exam. thanks

[caliotter3]

what classes are 70 instead of 240

The EC nursing exams used to be less than $70 many years ago when I first started with them, like in the early 90's. And at some point I remember seeing the CPNE was about $950. Wouldn't it be nice if that were still the case? EC raises their fees pretty much on an annual basis. Another reason not to procrastinate.

[caliotter3]

It depends on your lender for your student loans. I contacted my lenders & they told me that a distance program was acceptable for in school deferrment as long as I was enrolled fulltime & EC's fulltime is 6 credits. You have to register to take an exam & pay for the exam, fax over to the financial aid department a committment letter explaining that you will in fact take the test my the deadline & fax them your in school deferrment forms from you current lenders which can be downloaded from their website. That puts your loans into a deferrment for about 6 months....then you have to do it again with each exam you register for. Check with your lenders to makes sure this is acceptable with them

This sounds like work but the deferment is worth it.

[caliotter3]

lovesunsets

The only gen ed courses you ever have to worry about repeating are the science courses and that applies to schools other than EC. EC accepts just about everything no matter how old the coursework.

[Medsport, LPN]

It depends on your lender for your student loans. I contacted my lenders & they told me that a distance program was acceptable for in school deferrment as long as I was enrolled fulltime & EC's fulltime is 6 credits. You have to register to take an exam & pay for the exam, fax over to the financial aid department a committment letter explaining that you will in fact take the test my the deadline & fax them your in school deferrment forms from you current lenders which can be downloaded from their website. That puts your loans into a deferrment for about 6 months....then you have to do it again with each exam you register for. Check with your lenders to makes sure this is acceptable with them

I'm thinking of trying to defer mine too as that is the only way it would be doable for me. My biggest loan is through the government so I hope it would qualify. I already took some of the RN gen ed classes while going for my LPN and think I only have about 2 or 3 left. I wonder if I could finish those up at the community college and then enroll with excelcior and just do the nursing exams and CPNE and FCCA? (btw not sure what FCCA is) or what way would be cheaper. Guess I should call them to see what exactly I need to take...