chemistry and admissions question

[motherofgirls]

i live in oklahoma city and the six to seven nursing programs in the city ALL have different requirements to get in. some require chem. some dont, some combine a&p and some dont, some require a preentrance exam and some dont. it is the biggest nightmare, because you really dont have any options on applying. if you apply one place and get turned down, you will probably need different classes to apply to a different school. my question is the university of oklahoma requires general chemistry, but the university of central oklahoma only requires intro to chem and that is what i am taking now. has anyone ever been accepted with a lesser class than is asked for, assuming all my science grades are really good? i am closer to meeting the prereqs for OU than UCO. if i end up going the UCO route, they require the TEAS test, which i honestly dont think i can do very good on. i am 46 and although i am doing well in all my classes, i have looked at sample teas. tests and i dont think i can pass it, but i really dont want to take another chemistry class either. i just dont totally understand the acceptance process. is there any subjectivity involved? can they decide to take someone over someone else based on other reasons than exact requirements? i would really love some calming advise. this is sooooo frustrating.

[sunray12]

I'm not in Ok so I can't answer the specifics to your question but I assumed gen chem and intro to chem are on the same level and not one higher than another. Or is that not so in your college? In my state community college system which feeds into the state u's - I think the difference between the two chems is that one is for people going into life science majors and the other is for majors other than life science but one is not higher than the other. Two out of the three state u's I'm looking at don't require chem. The community colleges do require chem but they will take any chem including h.s. chem although most have rule about how many years it can be since you took the chem class. You should probably call or email to an admissions counselor at the school, to clarify and find out what they will accept because sometimes there is some flex.

[AtomicWoman]

I'm not in Ok so I can't answer the specifics to your question but I assumed gen chem and intro to chem are on the same level and not one higher than another. Or is that not so in your college? In my state community college system which feeds into the state u's - I think the difference between the two chems is that one is for people going into life science majors and the other is for majors other than life science but one is not higher than the other. Two out of the three state u's I'm looking at don't require chem. The community colleges do require chem but they will take any chem including h.s. chem although most have rule about how many years it can be since you took the chem class. You should probably call or email to an admissions counselor at the school, to clarify and find out what they will accept because sometimes there is some flex.

General chem and intro to chem are generally two different classes. Intro to chem is designed for people who have never had chemistry or who haven't had it in a long time. It's usually meant to be a lead-in course to Chem I/general chem or it can stand alone as a gen. ed. requirement for certain majors (such as elementary education majors). There is usually some overlap in the two courses, but general chem is usually the more in-depth/advanced of the two courses. Some schools call Intro to chem "Fundamentals" of chem.