Doable Courseload???

Nursing Students Pre-Nursing

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Hello my fellow nurses and aspiring nurses. I am very fond of this site and this is my very first post.

I am in my last semester of prereqs at the local community college in my city. I am wondering if this courseload is doable if I work atleast 20 hours a week as a CNA.

Microbiology

Intro Chemistry

Ethics

Human Growth Development

World Literature 2

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You will be busy and not have much of a social life outside school and work but it's doable.

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Not having a social life is fine with me, as long as im on the right path to a successful future.

Thank you for the input!

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For me, chem was alot of studying. And I'm taking world lit 2 right now & it's a very heavy reading load that comes with it. I don't know if yours will be like that tho. I'm sure that course load is doable. Like the previous post said, you won't have a social life but that's what comes with college -- it'll be worth it in the long run.

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I'll be taking World Lit 2 online and I don't mind too much reading. Microbio and Chem are the only classes that I'm worried about. My friend took both classes last semester and she had to drop Chem : (

Thanks for the insight patiently_waiting

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I'll be taking World Lit 2 online and I don't mind too much reading. Microbio and Chem are the only classes that I'm worried about. My friend took both classes last semester and she had to drop Chem : (

Thanks for the insight patiently_waiting

No problem! If I did take two sciences together, I wouldn't take it with a full course load like that .. but if you're dedicated it shouldn't be TOO bad. You want to try to get the best grades possible. If there's a doubt in your mind that you won't do very good with that load then you should maybe drop one class & see how it goes like that .. but that's just my opinion. 2 sciences, 3 other classes + working is ALOT.

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Specializes in Maternal Child, Home Health, Med/Surg.

Doable, yes. Passable, maybe.

I don't know what it's like in your area, but for my area Chemistry/Microbiology are MAJOR parts of what allows you to get in. You need to get an A in those classes to be promised a spot in the nursing program. Extremely competitive. For my paranoia, I wouldn't do that much at once, for fear of failing. I've been doing chemistry this summer, in an accelerated program and it's kicking my butt. It's only been 2 days, and we've already finished chapter 1.

As long as your prioritize, you should be able to get through it. I wouldn't do it, but I really do hope you can handle it!! :)

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Specializes in Critical Care.

Like illusion said above, it really depends on if you're trying for A's or if you just need to pass. If your science GPA is at all a concern I wouldn't risk it - Chem and Micro can definitely be done in the same semester, but with three classes on top of that .... I don't know.

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Specializes in LTC.

Hi, I did the dreaded two sciences deal... I had to quit my job! I'm not joking!!!! I took Anatomy and Intro to Chem. I also took a Soc course and dropped a Child Development course. I did well overall, but I had zero spare time. I had to study in the car, between classes, in study groups and until late at night sometimes.

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Last semester I took math, life span psych, microbiology, Biology, and nutrition. I studied a lot but got all As and also have a 6 year old :) it's doable!

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Oh and I worked 16 hours a week! :)

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2 sciences with child development and more, wow. Check your child development course before you do this. We had to write a 25 page paper for my class, it was a tough class! Maybe yours will not be. :). I could not do all of those at one time. More power to you if you can!

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