bottom of the totem pole-new student

[lia6541]

Hello, I am new in this forum. and I am also a new student at our community college. I have been a homemaker raising my kids all these years. My youngest is in high school and I am now 43. I want to pursue my career as an RN hopefully as Practitioner specializing in Neonatal. This is a big dream for me. Right now I will be attending my second semester this spring working on my gen ed courses. After looking over my college's ADN requirements, I realized that I am at the bottom of the totem pole before I can even start enrolling on the pre-req courses. It will take my 2 years before I can even get started on my pre-reqs and another 2 for the nursing program which will give me 6 years for ADN. My question is: is there an accelerated path to get my gen ed completed so I can start working on my pre-reqs. Would there be any colleges that offer this type of program? I feel I don't have much time here. My 2nd question is: If its' going to take me 4 years to getting my ADN, I might as well go for a BSN since its going to take the same amount of time. From my BSN, I would like to continue my educ for my masters in order to reach my ultimate goal. That is a long stretch but I just want to concentrate on which is the fastest way to get my degree and start working as an RN. I am giving myself 4-5 years to get my ADN. I think this is reasonable. Any advice is appreciated.

[bouncer13]

CLEP as many gen ed classes as possible.... you can google CLEP tests - on college board - theyhave a listing of classes...

you buy the book -study for the test and then hopefully pass it!!! Granted - you need to really put some time and effort into studying - most colleges take clep tests, of course, you have to receive a certain score to pass - would rather pay about $80 for a clep test and study book instead of paying tuition, book and TIME!!!

I'm going to take American History and Poly Sci by clepping!!!

Good Luck!