MacsWife

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1. Help the new girl in the Springs

   MacsWife replied to MacsWife's topic in Colorado

   I absolutely love it. A lot of work, as it's online and not face to face, but I've loved the class.

2. Help the new girl in the Springs

   MacsWife replied to MacsWife's topic in Colorado

   Well, I met with my adviser at UCCS to make sure my ducks are all in a row. She pointed me to the correct person at PPCC to discuss a waiver. I never would've found those people on my own, especially with them at a different campus than the one I u...

3. Thoughts on CO?

   MacsWife replied to MovingRN's topic in Colorado

   I've lived in more places than I care to count, but they include more than a decade in Michigan, a few years each in Indiana, Missouri, Texas, Virginia, New Mexico, and a horrid 14 months in Washington state. We've been in the Colorado Springs area ...

4. New Grad - Move to CO?

   MacsWife replied to la bellota's topic in Colorado

   I lived in Virginia for 3 years and I can assure you the cost of living is slightly less here in Colorado than it is in Virginia Beach. And, while Colorado may have the highest gas taxes in the nation, the state is actually known for having the chea...

5. Should I drop my A&P1 Class?

   MacsWife replied to WildFlowers84's topic in Colorado

   I totally agree. Programs are too competitive to take the C and let it hurt you that much. Drop it and retake it later.

6. Help the new girl in the Springs

   MacsWife replied to MacsWife's topic in Colorado

   And I'm diving in. 15 months to complete my last 9 prereqs. 5 regular classes and 4 lab classes. Taking cultural anthropology and human nutrition online through PPCC and that starts Monday. I need to find the Bio department chair at PPCC to try t...

7. Help the new girl in the Springs

   MacsWife replied to MacsWife's topic in Colorado

   Given the military angle, we have no elderly parents around to deal with. Heck, we're 600 miles from the nearest relative and that's considered close for us. My husband is not home at this time and my daughter is old enough she's cool with the whole...

8. Help the new girl in the Springs

   MacsWife posted a topic in Colorado

   So it seems to be my destiny to get cracking on this nursing school business while I stand a chance at being stationary for more than a year. Don't ya love the military? At any rate, I'm hoping I can swing admission into UCCS's accelerated BSN progr...