What Lvn school do you recommend?

[213jingle2bells]

Do you recommend any Lvn vocational schools? I almost signed a contract with Career Colleges of America but stopped and realized they were trying to trick me to sign those Student Loans applications.For the entrance exam the guy told me do only 20 problems and he'll fill out the rest..it was weird.Then they sent me to financial aid office and the lady told me tution was $28,950 grants cover $9,862 and Student loans pay $19,477..I told her 19,477 was way over my budget and she said she forgot to deduct $10,000 a fee waiver the government had approved this yr. So my Student Loan came out to $9,477 I told her that was great!! Another Co-worker came in saying she'll take over my paper work since she ran my credit to see what loans I approve for,I asked once again to make sure my responsible loan amount was $9,477 ,she told me that it was 19,477 I asked what happened to the 10,000 deduction and asked to speak with the previous lady,the lady looked at her co-worker as if they got caught lying to me,cause she even wrote it on a paper explaining how much grants cover and how much I will owe in Loans even wrote a diagram of the 10,000 deduction but when I looked on the desk for that paper its funny how it disappeared.That was a red flag,there lack of honesty so I told them I will look over the paperwork and come back.There faces were ****** off cause I didn't sign,the financial aid lady followed me to the main office and told just about everyone in the building I didn't sign.I don't know if she was mad because I caught her lying about the tution or because I didn't sign my life away. Tuesday I'm supposed to check out Concorde, but after all this I'm nervous to look at any more schools..What school do you recommend?

[OC85]

Try checking out Pacific College in Costa Mesa. The price may be an issue ($26,900), but most all private LVN programs are this much or higher. You'd be suprised how you can break this down though. For example, I qualified for like 10,000 in grant money, leaving 16,000 to be financed through a combination of Stafford and PLUS loans. The interst rates range from 6.25-8.5%, with the stafford loans not due until after graduation, and all federal loans have a 10 year repayment term with no prepayment penalty. Total payments on loans for this amount should be about 200-220 per month, hardly a problem once you're working. Whichever school you go with, be sure to ask about the actual number (not just percentage) of students enrolled, students who graduate, and students who pass their NCLEX exams. Also, ask about how long the average instructor has been teaching, and how long at that school (failure to retain teachers for any length of time often indicates serious problems with the program).

Hope this helps, and good luck with the school search.