Going back to school at 35 should I retake any classes?

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Hi there I am a 35 years old married mother of 2. I am tired of working a job. And feel it is time for a career. A career I am passionate about and have been dancing around to long "Nursing". I graduated from college in 2004 with a degree pretty much in pre nursing. I currently work as a pre surgery medical unit secretary. Before this i worked on the floor as a nursing tech for 2 years 12 hour shifts on one of the hardest floors in the hospital med/surg. It was a rough floor. This being said i was shocked the school excepted 39 of my credits. Are there any classes I should definitely take over to help me when its time for my teas exam or nursing school. I.e. bio, chem, a & p's, math (I always struggled in math) etc.... it seems they have taken alot of good courses. Any advice would be helpful Thanks😊

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By "excepted" do mean "accepted?" Or do you mean "excepted" as in "they accepted all my courses except......"

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College he semester hours earned, and we're learned....are just that, I was a biology major, 67-70, before attending a diploma school RN. In 2003, I had decided to go back to same university, and study respiratory therapy, all my previous hrs. Were accepted..... After the 2yr program, with 10 days of graduation I passed both my national credential exams CRT & RRT...... My ancient preresquent hours, did not hinder my credential exams,

Best wishes to you I was like 54 at the time....

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Hi there I am a 35 years old married mother of 2. I am tired of working a job. And feel it is time for a career. A career I am passionate about and have been dancing around to long "Nursing". I graduated from college in 2004 with a degree pretty much in pre nursing. I currently work as a pre surgery medical unit secretary. Before this i worked on the floor as a nursing tech for 2 years 12 hour shifts on one of the hardest floors in the hospital med/surg. It was a rough floor. This being said i was shocked the school excepted 39 of my credits. Are there any classes I should definitely take over to help me when its time for my teas exam or nursing school. I.e. bio, chem, a & p's, math (I always struggled in math) etc.... it seems they have taken alot of good courses. Any advice would be helpful Thanksí ½í¸Š

I wouldn't retake anything that I wasn't required to retake.

I had zero problems with nursing school, tested quite well, and passed the NCLEX first attempt. I went out of my way to NOT retake old credits. The college advisor stated, "I hope you remember enough from that long ago to succeed in your nursing classes"...retaking is a complete waste of time and money in my opinion.

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Check the application requirements at the school(s) you want to apply to. Some schools require you to retake any science classes over 7 years old.

Check the application requirements at the school(s) you want to apply to. Some schools require you to retake any science classes over 7 years old.

This. Also, I don't think that retaking Anatomy and Physiology, math, etc. will help on the TEAS test. I feel it would be a waste of money to retake classes for the TEAS. If you got a C+ and the minimum grade the program will accept is a C, then you might want to retake that class to ensure you have a better chance with a B+ or A. Some school's might have a ridiculous policy. The program I'm interested in allows you to retake a class. They convert the grades, so say an A is 4 points, B+ is 3.5 points and B is 3 points, and C is 2 points. If I initially got a C, I would get 2 points. However the rule is that if you retake a class, one point would be subtracted. So if I retook the class and this time I got an A, instead of 4 points, I would get 3. So be aware if the programs have any ridiculous rules like that.

You can see if the school offers a TEAS refresher course. I would just buy the workbook provided by ATI, though. I thought that it was extremely helpful, but I'm reading that a lot of people thought it was terrible.

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