For Nam210 & LilQueenCMA,
As FutureNurse35 stated, definitely only take a total of 15 credits at Housatonic or Gateway CC. You only want to take A&P and Micro at St. Vincent's. I will give you sound advice as to what classes to take this summer, Fall 08' and Spring 09' to transfer to St. Vincent's. I highly recommend waiting until Jan. 09' to apply for the Fall 09' semester because you want to take your time getting the best grades you could to stay competitive in the application process. Strive to maintain at least a 3.2 GPA and you'll want to get your Biology, Intermed. Algebra, and Chemistry in the B range.
The summer classes start in 2wks on June 2nd and classes are quickly filling up. You will need to take a placement exam either in the next week or sometime in early July to see where you place in English and Algebra. If you place in both Eng 101 and Mat 137 that is great. If not, then you'll need to take a developmental course first. I highly recommend to register asap to save your place in the summer classes.
I know of many of the Professors at HCC and here is the best plan to follow for the Summer sessions:
1. World Religions (PHL 151) is offered only in session 2 and is most advised to be taken at Housatonic and also by itself. The Prof. is very good & she teaches at Fairfield too. This course will satisfy the Religion requirement. It's offered from 10:30am-12:30pm for 5wks.
2. Intro to Biology (Bio 105) is imperative to take during the summer because it requires less comprehensive work than when it's offered in the Fall or Spring semesters and also frees your sched. so you can take other classes. There are 2 excellent Professors teaching in Session 3 only: Prof. Mascola from 10am-2:45pm and Prof. Vital from 5pm-9:30pm. What is very good is that you will have 1 class each session to concentrate on and you will do well like that. I don't recomm. taking Bio in Session 2.
For the Fall 08' semester you'll want to take:
1. Intermediate Algebra (Mat 137) on Sat's only w/Prof. Cockerham. He is the best Math Prof. you could ever have. He only teaches that 1 class and it fills up very quickly so you will want to register right after you take your placement test to ensure you will get a seat in the class. **Stay far away from Prof. Irod Lee who also teaches on Sat's**
2. Ceramics or Western Civilization as your Humanities Elective. The only Prof. to take West. Civ. w/is Prof. Koch. He is the best History Prof. you will ever have no doubt. Prof. Koch's classes aslso fill up very quickly so register early.
3. Psychology (PSY 111) w/Prof. Sopchak only!! I only recomm. him because he too is the best in his field and at HCC. His classes just like the others will be full by the end of July for the Fall 08' semester so please watch the calendar here too. **Stay far away from Prof. Salzman**
For the Spring 09' semester you'll want to take:
1. Chemistry 111 w/Prof. Lloyd only. She is superb and will be teaching 2 regular classes and 1 hybrid. I don't recomm. the hybrid because of the complexity of the subject matter. Of all the Professors at HCC, her classes fill before any other because of her great teaching style. Be cognizant of registering early for this class. Prof. Hilli is good too, but her style is not as simplistic as Pof. Lloyd's. **I don't recomm. Prof. Steeves**
2. English 101 w/Prof. Kindilien only because he only requires you write 1-page essays where all other Prof. at HCC require 3-5 page essays. He also is very simplistic w/his style of teaching but you will still learn well from him. Just like all the other Professors at HCC, Prof. Kindilien's English class will fill quicker than most because he only teaches 1 Eng 101 class.
If you don't take ceramics during the Fall semester you can take it in the Spring w/Chem. Then in the Fall, you can take English if you choose. You will want to take a class that is very easy when you take Chemistry because you will be studying endless hours.
The only course I did not mention was Sociology which I highly recommend you both take as a CLEP exam which means you pay a fee just under $100 total and buy a study guide to review for a few weeks then take a test on the computer. If you score a 52 or so on the test, you will receive the 3 credits that would normally be granted if you took the course at Housatonic. You will save much valuable time and $$ if you take the Clep exam for Sociology. Once you pass the test then you will have attained the 18 credits you need to transfer to St. Vincent's. This is why both myself and FutureNurse35 stated to take 15 credits at HCC only. The other 3 will come from the Clep exam. I myself will be taking the Sociology Clep exam soon.
Ok, well I've given excellent information for both of you and I hope that you plan your semesters wisely because the last thing you want to do is rush to apply to St. Vincent's. Focus, focus, focus on all your classes which is why I broke everything down as to what classes are the best to take w/others.
Please let me know if I can be of any other assistance!
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