Does anyone else think this is ridiculous?

bet0326 · Dec 10, 2002

Good Luck! When I applied to take my prereq's at the local community college they asked me for my high school information even though I already had a bachelors degree from a local university. I decided right then and there that I didn't want to deal with the school altogether.

It's amazing sometimes how difficult schools can make things for you.

I'm sure you'll do fine on your test. Good luck with the rest of the program

Yvette

maire, ASN, RN · Dec 10, 2002

Oh GEEZ. :rolleyes:

nurse0977 · Dec 10, 2002

UHHH!!! I applied to a community college (didn't end up going there) and I had to retake my ACT, even though I had already completed my bachelor's degree in something else. I was also going to have to retake chemistry since it was more than 5 years old. The state nursing school I applied to (and am now attending) didn't make me redo anything. Go figure. :rolleyes:

colleen10 · Dec 10, 2002

Oh my gosh KC, that stinks!

I totally agree with you. I just sent in my nursing school and transfer of credit applications to my local CC and so far to the best of my knowledge I don't have to test for anything.

My school makes you submit your High School transcript but I think they use it more to verify that you did complete HS, didn't lie your way into any colleges. But one thing that does bug me about my school is that it doesn't matter that I took 2 chemistry classes, or that I graduated with a degree in science, all that matters is "did I take Chemistry in High School and did I pass with 'C'" .

Hoops I tell you, Hoops!!!

BrandyBSN · Dec 11, 2002

That is ridiculous! Drug calculations required more advanced math skills than "college algebra" requires. You miss a question in class, big deal, you miss a dosage on the floor, its SERIOUS!

Like you said, its just a hoop. Can't fight it, just gotta muddle through. I'm sure you will do fantastic anyways Anne, despite the crud your college is making you wade through!

Hugs,

BrandyBSN - official supporter of ridding the world of non-applicable math theories.

Genista, BSN, RN · Dec 11, 2002

Those hoops are frustrating aren't they!

I encountered one myself recently...I've just been accepted to a teaching credential program, and I learned that to be a substitute teacher in CA (where I live) you have to take this silly equivalency test called CBEST, which is reading, writing & arithmatic, supposedly to grade 12 level. Well, golly gee, you'd think that since all CBEST test takers also have to have a BA or BS degree, that maybe they'd *ALREADY* know the basic skills as having become a college graduate! I have a BSN for goodness sakes. You should have seen the silly questions on this mandatory test! Pretty sad that you have to take the CBEST when you earned a BA/BS in the glorious CA school system! (Doh!)

I can feel your pain. But jump through the hoops, anyhow I guess. I know I am! LOL! :rolleyes:

Good luck Anne, on that test.

sjoe · Dec 11, 2002

"The employees working in school offices don't give an inch, do they? 'By the book' to the extreme!"

But that is what bureaucrats do for a living! You wouldn't want them to have much decision-making authority would you? Then only their friends would get what they needed. These are NOT rocket scientists, people. They are not paid, or trained, to make decisions, but only to follow "the book."

Just Angi · Dec 11, 2002

IMHO, school's do things like this to get more money for the school. I think some of the classes we have to take are absolutely crazy. I finished all my pre-req's to enter the program, but the program starts again in the summer. The school suggested that I take a full load of unneeded classes to be there full time for the fall. NO THANKS!!! I'm taking the sem. OFF!! :coollook:

peaceful2100, BSN, RN · Dec 13, 2002

ANNE, that is truly ridiculous. Anyway, you will do fine. You are able to do the drug calculations you will do fine on the Math.

nurseleigh · Dec 13, 2002

In my short career as a "nursing student" I have learned a very important lesson. Never trust the "counselors." One gives you a list of classes that you need to take and enrolls you in them and then when you start the classes another, or sometimes the same one, asks why you are taking these unnecessary classes. :eek:

I sure wish these people could learn their jobs.:)

Leigh

Gromit · Dec 13, 2002

y'all are taking this far too seriously! You really have to remember that first of all, you are dealing with (school admissions and administration) a set of very narrow-minded and inflexible people. If it doesn't fit their little cubby-hole arrangement, it does not work.

(btw, who was it that said that drug calculation required more math skills than college algebra? Drug calculation math IS algebra. Did more complex stuff than that in my highschool algebra class (level 2) back in '85.)

The difference being that, as was stated by that person (or others) that an error in math class may cost you some points, but an error in medication calcs may cost you a patient (and your licensure, job, etc etc). Math is math, but consequences are not the same :)

But in any case, I agree that its frustrating to 're-invent the wheel' just to further your education.