I do not think this post is in the right Category, but for the life of me I could not get the Student category to work, so I apologize in advance! I wanted to start a new thread for the 2016 Community College of Baltimore County Nursing Applicants.
I also am trying to get some opinions on my current prerequisite situation:
I am currently an MLT, and after a few years in the field, I decided that I should have done Registered Nursing instead of MLT. Long story short, the lab field is shrinking rapidly as technology advances rapidly, and full time jobs are becoming scarce. I have all of the prerequisites to apply to the Registered Nursing program except A&P 2 (Bio 221). I am currently signed up for it this fall. My concern is that I have a "C" in A&P 1 (Bio 220).
I think I have two choices:
1) I could "technically" repeat Bio 220 this fall, and apply to the registered nursing program after the grade posts in mid-December, because I could be enrolled in Bio 221 for spring 2016 before the deadline cutoff of January 31st.
2) I could just take Bio 221 and use the C for Bio 220 and hope that the advantage of having all of the courses complete at time of application outweighs the lower grade in Bio 220.
These two choices have been consuming my life for the past few weeks, and I can not get any advice or replies from the CCBC advisers (I think its because they are all on vacation). Does anyone have any advice on which option to choose? I am honestly not even sure if I can do option 1 because one area of CCBC's website says that bio 221 must be "in progress" or finished at the time of application, but then another area just says you must be "enrolled in Bio 221" or finished at time of application, which means something different. I just don't want to wait another year before applying.
Another question: Does anyone know if you get an advantage for applying earlier? Do they compare everyone after the deadline, or do they pick people based on academics, but also put some "unmentioned" weight into whether or not you apply early?
