CC beginning evening and weekend nursing classes...need advice please!!

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Hi all. I read in the paper today that my CC just got awarded a huge grant to have evening and weekend nursing classes begining in January. How awesome is that?? Here is my dellimma....I applied to a college about 25 miles from here for their Spring sem. I should found out shortly if I was accepted. This other school is strictly day classes, but I'd get in one semester earlier because as of right now (don't know if the grant will change this, but my CC only has a fall class, unlike the other I applied to so the chances are greater.) The evening and weekend classes would be ideal for me and my family considering I'm a stay at home mom of 4 boys (11,9,9 & 2) and my husband travels all over the tri-state and is usually far from home during the day. Plus it would save sooo much money in day care expenses. Sigh. If I get accepted to the school 25 miles from here should I go ahead and accept or wait another semster (assuming I'd get in) to have the evening an weekend classes??? I'm really confused because I thought I had everything mapped out. Oh, also if I get accepted for this spring class I'll still have 2 pre-req's left (micro and A&PII) to complete. If I wait for the evening classes (fall 06) everything will be finished because it won't be until next fall. I hope this isn't too awfully confusing. :rolleyes: Anyhow, I realy need you guy's advice on this one. I'd almost wait a semester to apply for the evening classes just because of the convenience. But should I deny my acceptance to another school and possibly not be accepted to my own school??? AGGHHHH! HELP!!!!!!!

p.s. right now my GPA is a 3.9 for 30 hours, incase that helps.

I also wanted to add another ? Can you transfer from one nursing school to another without having to start all over? I have no idea. These 2 schools are withing the same school system and are considered "sister schools".

Thanks in advance!!

Christy

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Specializes in ED.

I can only answer the second question for you.

You can only transfer your supporting courses most of the time. Like your sciences, psych, stuff like that. So far I have yet to see a nursing school take anouther nursing school's classes. With that, you would have to start all over again or you may be able to challange it with a test or something. But most likely they will make you take almost everything again.

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I can only answer the second question for you.

You can only transfer your supporting courses most of the time. Like your sciences, psych, stuff like that. So far I have yet to see a nursing school take anouther nursing school's classes. With that, you would have to start all over again or you may be able to challange it with a test or something. But most likely they will make you take almost everything again.

Thanks for the info twinmommy (i'm a twin mommy too :wink2: ). Too bad they won't allow you to transfer after a semester is over.

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I can only answer the second question for you.

You can only transfer your supporting courses most of the time. Like your sciences, psych, stuff like that. So far I have yet to see a nursing school take anouther nursing school's classes. With that, you would have to start all over again or you may be able to challange it with a test or something. But most likely they will make you take almost everything again.

I have a classmate that transferred her Fundamentals and Psych nursing classes from a college in NY to ours. Schools don't like to do it, because curriculums may be very different, but I know ours said that if you transfer, you have to get a certain percentage of your nursing hours done here in order to graduate from my school. Meaning, if you do even 50% (or something like that, may even be as low as 25%) elsewhere and try to transfer, they won't let you. I can see where they're coming from.

But most should take your gen ed classes as transfer. The only thing that peeved me off is that I took a 4cr English Comp course, and my school only requires a 3cr one, so they transferred it as 3cr hours, not 4. I didn't want to make a stink, but every cr hour helps when you want to get upper-classman status for financial aid.

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bumping because I need advice on which route to take.

Thanks :)

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Specializes in new mother/baby nurse.

I am starting a program in January that offers evening and weekend classes and I wouldnt have it any other way! It will take a year longer but for me the convenience is worth it. The semesters are longer so the classes arent as intense. I too have a husband who works a lot and is on call 24 - 7. I have three children ages 11, 3 and 5. I dont want to put my youngest in day care. I have one more pre req to take in the fall and then I am off to the ADN program. It sounds as if you have already made up your mind. Find out if you can transfer the classes and go for the evening/weekend program!

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Specializes in Med-Surg.

Well here's the real dilemma... how difficult is it for a student to get accepted into nursing programs in your area... Here the competition is stiff and even the best students are never sure of their chances. So if it were me in such a situation, I would apply and accept the first one that took me. Of course, you have a little more weighing into this situation... young children, extra expenses, etc... if the night and weekend program is crucial to being able to balance your family with school then you can wait and finish up your pre-reqs... but what if you don't get in? That would be the issue for me, I'd be talking to some program officials and getting some information: will this be starting up this fall term for sure? what are my chances of getting accepted?

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I would go wherever I got into first. The whole bird in the hand thing.

I can relate to the kid thing as I am a twin mom also but this past semester I applied to 2 schools : 1 BSN and 1 ADN. Well my 3.8 was good enough for the BSN but not the ADN (they required a 4.0) That was b/c they only requie 2 classes to apply and the BSN requires 11. The thing is I was sure I was going to get into the ADN program also and I wasn't. Good thing I was already in somewhere else.

Stick to where you will start for sure instead of hoping to get in somewhere else. Good luck.Copy%20of%20wink.gif

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Specializes in Psych.

There is no way I would try to take micro and A&PII along with nursing classes.

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That's the most confusing post I've ever read. I think you need a course in English composition.

More seriously, the "dilemma" is this: with four boys all under 12, and a husband who travels, why don't you wait until they're older before you return to school? Aren't you being a bit selfish? You made the decision to marry and have four children, and now you've decided that you want more. You can only spread yourself so thin. I think your boys are entitled to a full-time mother... but then, that's just my opinion. The older boys need you in the evening when they're not at school, and the youngest needs you during the day when dad isn't home. Now, if dad wants to stay home while you return to school... that's different.

Go ahead and flame me... I'm ready. But I think kids need a mother... not a nanny and not day-care.

Wow that is one of the most unsuportive post I have ever read. Its people like you that I worry about working with:nono:

Can you TROLL?!

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I don't think that offering a considered point of view that just happens to be at variance with the majority is "unsupportive". What would be "unsupportive" is this: encouraging the OP to enroll in school without pointing out the dual burdens she'll be placing on herself. She'll then find herself mired in stress later in the fall, and will write in to this forum crying and complaining about her work load, her needy children, and her "unsupportive" husband.

If you want everyone to think the same as you do, just say so.

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You have so much insight, mariedoreen... what a contrasting point of view.

I don't believe I said anything that would indicate that I've elevated myself above anyone else. I DO know something about nursing school, since I'm enrolled in one full-time, and I DO know something about raising kids, since I have one. In my considered opinion, the OP will have a hard time balancing course demands with home demands. Her children (like all children) deserve better. I take it you disagree. Just what ARE you saying, other than making a snide remark?

That you are in no position to dictate to someone else what they can or cannot handle and that it is inappropriate for you to assume a moral stance on what life will be like for her children if she chooses to educate herself. You are not the only one here in nursing school and you are not the only one here who is a mother. So trust me when I say that more people than not around here know a little something about this as well.

And how dare you tell this poster in your SNIDE way that she needs an English Comp class. I would tell you that your post is rude, but I've taken a look at a lot of your previous posts and in MY considered opinion you are the one that is rude.

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