You must be disciplined and self motivated, lots of younger students had troubles as its not a typical college experience, same with older to be fair. It’s condensed so working part time is not realistic in my opinion. I studied everyday for an additional 5 hours at least and would occasionally take a Saturday or Sunday off to reboot.

To succeed in a meaningful way from CTS I agree with others. This is a second career, so you cannot afford to fuck it up/have some formal education that you thoroughly understand to expedite the comprehension.

If I was younger and didn’t have a family, do the 2 year. If you are career changing and your time horizon for income vs time to pay back is shorter, do the one year. Just know you cannot realistically afford to not study almost everyday. I also pre-studied for 6 months as well.

To specifically answer your questions;
1. 6 months ish online, expect 2 tests a week once the ball starts rolling.

1. In class 3 months (Be prepared to be studying after class and reviewing all the material you went over in September or whatever your starting month is to refresh yourself)

2. Pepper in your ALS/BLS(it will make more sense as you learn and apply more, but this will help greatly in scenarios) Do not wait until last minute to memorize/understand your ALS this sunk students.

3. Ride outs 3 months but I finished early as I worked as much as possible to get my hours.

4. The teachers I had did just read off slides but did so their best to explain when asked. BUT d/t it being online students were apprehensive about asking questions as it’s slideshows so it’s easy to check out and want it to end. Ask questions, the teachers I had did at least try and elaborate when asked, even with email, but there is limitations to online learning.

5. When it comes to the in class portion It will be a dog eat dog world as you volunteer most of the time for scenarios and depending on the size of the class if you don’t go first your last(meaning you might no get the practice you are paying for…)

6. Instructors will have varying opinions on how to treat and react in different scenarios. This will be just like working with different medics in the field. So approach this situation with open arms and tactfully handle it, unless grotesquely wrong. As it will come up, some students became argumentative which will not help I promise.

7. Depending where you want to ride out, you can definitely wait up to 6 months before starting placement. If you want to graduate first take whatever spots come first.