Valley LVN Schools

TheCommuter, BSN, RN · Jun 5, 2014

All of these schools are terribly overpriced for the service they offer. Personally, I attended Casa Loma College nearly 10 years ago, and while the school served its purpose, the same education can be obtained at an adult education center, community college, or regional occupational program (ROP) for less than $10,000 in tuition.

You do realize that all of the schools on your list have tuition rates in excess of $20,000 per year and that some of them exceed $30,000. The LVN job market in southern CA has been horrible for quite some time, so paying all this money with no guarantee of a job after graduation is a risk one may not wish to take.

Determination08 · Jun 7, 2014

All of these schools are terribly overpriced for the service they offer. Personally, I attended Casa Loma College nearly 10 years ago, and while the school served its purpose, the same education can be obtained at an adult education center, community college, or regional occupational program (ROP) for less than $10,000 in tuition.
You do realize that all of the schools on your list have tuition rates in excess of $20,000 per year and that some of them exceed $30,000. The LVN job market in southern CA has been horrible for quite some time, so paying all this money with no guarantee of a job after graduation is a risk one may not wish to take.

I'm aware that these schools are over priced, but I don't know if you remember my other post... I already did all my RN Prereq's, but mostly got C's in my Sciences . Therefore, I'm thinking of the LVN path at the moment and then do a Bridge program to LVN.

I should research on Accredited LVN programs in adult education center's.

What do you mean b the ROP Program?

ok, so tuition is high! Regarding the school experience, or any of the above questions how are these schools.

Do you know any good websites to apply for Scholarships?

ninjapanda · Jun 17, 2014

I am actually attending Marian College right now.. almost done with my first term! I'm doing the part time classes which is thurs-sat so I graduate next Nov. It is thus far one of the cheaper programs on your list ($27k or so) and its also a really good school in my opinion.

All the teachers are very nice and are always willing to help you in whatever way possible. Let me tell you.. my instructor for the A&P portion was incredibly hard.

She was a Doctor and omg.. I just barely passed even with the studying so prepare yourself!! It doesn't matter which nursing school you attend but remember to stay focused on your goal!

Our first round of clinicals was at this 5 star facility at Lake Balboa then at Sharon Care Center in Beverly Hills. Very nice facilities with great patients~

Regarding the loans you need to talk to the financial advisor about that as I don't know your personal situation.. but for me personally I wasn't approved for having a full loan covered and did not have a co-signer that could help so monthly I pay a small portion that goes toward paying off the $27k. Other than that after you graduate you have 6 months until you start paying off your loan.

Only thing I don't like are the last minute schedule changes (like having a theory/lecture day when we're supposed to have a clinical or vice versa) but other than that it's a good program.

The class sizes are good too since it gives the instructor more time to help you out one by one rather than dealing with a 40+ student class where you don't get individual help or at least not as much as you'd like..

They are also in talks of adding in an RN program sometime in the future so I'm hoping that will be set by the time I graduate or even a few months or so after because after this program I'm aiming to do an LVN-to-RN bridge (while still working as an LVN part time then RN program part time as well) then do my Masters..

One more thing.. what I like about this school is I never felt pressured to join their program.. like I went to one school where they basically belittled me asking me why I wasted all my time and asked why only now did I want to finally go into school.. ugh. Anyway, what I'm trying to say is they don't make it seem like all they want from you is your money.. they actual treat you with respect and courtesy. Haha One thing though.. majority of their school are filipino's (owner,students,instructors).. Just fyi. Lol

P.S: Even though the LVN market doesn't look too good as that poster above says.. it is actually ALL ABOUT THE CONNECTIONS!!! You have to network, network, network!! Make new friends and comraderie as much as possible! One of my close friends from my last job is actually working at this facility and says once I graduate I'm in as she has connections.. I also have another friend I'm close to that his sister's husband is the DON.. so I'm in for that if not at least have connections to ask for any facilities he has that are hiring. So, gotta make connections in the nursing world.. *sigh* :cheeky:

Determination08 · Jul 19, 2014

Thank you so much for all the information. The school seems very interesting and I would also like to do the part time course..

For right now though I will have to postpone LVn school, because I'm pregnant .

I'm wondering now if there's any course I can start taking online, or what do you learn at the beginning, and what books can I start reading?

BSN1986 · Aug 19, 2014

I attended CES college in Burbank they offer night and weekend classes so I was able to work in the process a full time job and tuition was only $14k with Pell Grant qualification. I love the instructors and school director. The director will do all he can to help you pass an unlike many schools there are remediations offered if you fail a test and passing is 75% rather than 80% on tests like some other schools. I've done extensive research prior to attending this school. I recently took the NCLEX PN and received the "good pop up" first try. Hope this helped and good luck! Night classes are 5:30 - 10:30 and weekends 7-3 when I attended. Clinicals were done at: Olympic Hospital, Mission Hospital and Silverado. I know sites change this was just my rotation and I was very happy. I got a lot of rotations into ER which became my favorite. Hope this helped ?

jbooogie1 · Dec 31, 2015

Hello,

I called CES college to ask about Clinical sites they gave me a lot of clinics for than Hospitals. Does this change? How are the teachers at this college? Are they helpful?