I wanted to venture out and explore my opportunities so I decided it was time for me to go back to school and get my bachelor's degree in Nursing. With my growing family, this was only the practical thing for me to do. And since I'm an LVN already, why not pursue a higher degree. I heard about an online school called The College Network where existing LVN's can get their BSN through online study. The challenge was it was online- with no teachers, no classmates. But I couldn't afford to quit my full time job to pursue my dream so this was the only option for me to do.
So far it hasn't been that bad. The only thing I'm striving to get used to is the no classroom, no teacher thing. Other than that, they have a great online set up of each module you take. It comes with a practice questions/quizzes to assure you've mastered the material before going on to the next module. They have an online support where you can chat directly with administrator if you have any questions and/or concerns about a topic and you can also call them via phone. You schedule your testing through testing centers around your area and depending if you chose to include the testing fees with your tuition or not you may have to pay the fee.
I've decided to include mine in my tuition since it's easier to pay the monthly installments of $200 then coming up with the fees up front. Some test can cost as much as $250! But not all. To include this new investment in my education on top of my $30,000 loan from LVN school is going to be tough. But as I said before, it is an investment on my education. It's not practical to wait 10 years to finish my BSN through community colleges or to spend $130,000 to get it through private schools. I've decided to take this big step to further up my career.
Good luck to me.
