Help! Starting Ivy Tech in August '09

Welcome Emmi7! Congrats on your new baby that will be born soon. You will be a very busy lady!

If you will be taking ANP 102 in summer of 2010, then you will be able to apply by Sept. 1 of 2010, for a nursing school start date of Jan. 2011. Most people attempt to get all the pre- and co-reqs done before nursing school starts, but of course not everyone is able to do that. But, the more you can get done before, the better. Have you been to an info session yet? That will answer a ton of questions for you. You'll have three full semesters and one summer semester to get classes done so that is good. Next spring term (2010) you can take ANP 101 and other non-science classes. Most people would advise you to only take the 'easier' classes along with ANP 101 since you really need to get an A in it for points purposes. My advice for next summer is that you take only ANP 102 if possible, as your only summer class. Some people do take more than one class in the summer, but I think that since it is imperative that you get an A in that class for points purposes, the best idea is to take just that class in the summer since it is a half-term condensed class.

Of course that is all just my opinion LOL. . . you should definitely talk with an advisor and preferably a nursing advisor to really help you plan things out. I'm not sure if they do it during the summer or not (you could call and ask), but during the fall and spring terms for sure the nursing chairs have 'open office' hours on Mondays from 1-3 I think where you can go in without an appt. and just talk with them about scheduling, show any transcripts if you have them, etc. Good luck!

You probably need to check and make sure that they offer ANP 101 during the 2nd 8 wks of the semester. Usually they do 101 the first 8 wks and 102 the second 8 wks. It might have changed though. But check to be sure.

I am taking 102 right now online for the summer, then my pre-reqs will be done. In the fall I have three co-reqs to take and then I will be done and will hopefully start nursing school in January. Stinks that you are getting laid off, but yes, school is a worthy thing to do with the time!