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I was told by the admissions director of the school of nursing where i want to go to school that I wouldnt get accepted for fall 2005 because i didnt have a chemistry with a lab... So, the other day I found out this girl got accepted to the same school and she didnt have any algebra or chemistry at all and she got accepted... :angryfire It doesnt make sense.... :crying2:

I could use some encouragement.......

The Chemistry CLEP exam has less than an 8% pass rate. Not good odds for $50.00

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We were told we needed to have a chem class to finish our program so most of us took it at night after 8 hours of clinicals. I don't remember much of the class. We were so pissed when the one of us who wouldn't take it still got her degree. I agree take your prereq. requirements first.

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Don't rely on the information that others give you in these circumstances. Look at the admission criteria for the program. If it says these are requirements, then they are. Sometimes people talk big. Maybe she got into the college, but is doing general studies. Beleive me, if she did not have the pre-requisites from high school and she did get in by some fluke -- she will never do well in the college level chemistry and biology courses that are required.

Forget her. Focus on yourself. Go and get that chemistry with lab equivalent from the high school level and reapply. You can even recall the college and ask if they have an introductory chemistry that you could take to qualify as this pre-requisite. You could still go to the college and take some other courses in a general studies or undeclared or undecided category. Show them that you have the brains to do the college level work while you are also finisihing that pre-requisite. Then apply again.

If they don't want you -- come see me. I direct a BSN program and have seats in my freshman class -- but you will need a high school equivalent: Algebra !, another college prep math, Biology with lab and Chemistry with lab: SAT of 1010 or ACT of 24 and an overall high school grade point average of 2.5

Best of luck. Don't cry. -- Or cry to reduce the stress and disappointment, then pick yourself up and GO FOR IT.

BornRN

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If someone else got in without the prereqs, that might look unfair, but it could be that it's unfair to HER. I can't imagine trying to take A&P or microbiology without having the chemistry knowledge to make sense of it all.

Miranda

I have to say that I thought the same thing. Her not having taken chemistry and algebra may be detrimental to her. Plus if the school is working on a high pass rate, it won't bode well for them if she drops out. Is she already in the program? Maybe she was grandfathered in.

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Specializes in Case Management, Home Health, UM.

A classmate of mine in high school, whose grades and SAT scores were not any better than mine was accepted to the same Diploma program I had applied to. I wasn't. Not only that, but she also got a full scholarship. Why? Because her Mom was an O.R. supervisor at this hospital.

I know what you are feeling. It's not WHAT you know, but WHO you know that counts. :angryfire

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Specializes in Med-Surg.

Schools need to be consistent in their policies, otherwise it's discrimination having different criteria for different people. You should get your facts straight and investigate if you feel you're being treated unfairly.

I'm sorry to hear about the setback. Good luck to you.

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P,

I think that CLEP still exists...... My chemistry and micro was with labs,as well as biology and A&P too. I have a ex-sister-in-law who went to college in AR. (Arkansas) and they didn't even take a Chemistry in her ADN degree...I am ADN and we had it all.... scary.. I don't know myself.. good point... thats true about trying with more than one school also...

Do the CLEP exams still exist? I got advance placement with algebra, latin and history. That was in a Galaxy long ago and far, far away though. While in college along with the nursing courses we all had to take Chem w/ lab, organic w/lab, anatomy w/lab and micro w/lab. How can you have a Chem without a lab?

Anyway I second the thought to try more than one school while you are taking the required lab.

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I was told by the admissions director of the school of nursing where i want to go to school that I wouldnt get accepted for fall 2005 because i didnt have a chemistry with a lab... So, the other day I found out this girl got accepted to the same school and she didnt have any algebra or chemistry at all and she got accepted... :angryfire It doesnt make sense.... :crying2:

I could use some encouragement.......

Other factors were probably considered... ACT scores, number of other pre-reqs done, and overall GPA.

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sugarbelle,

i know things sometimes look unfair but as a rn who took her nursing classes as well as a chemistry class and a microbiology class after i was accepted into the program. :uhoh21: you are better off in some ways. but the rules should be applied straight across the board with entrance requirements.

i did fine, but if you can it will be much less stressful without all those hours. i carried 20 hours one semester , kept a 3.5 average but it about killed me.

my school found that alot of the students couldn't handle prereqs plus nursing classes and stay in and make the 80% minimum on our tests and classes, we lost some girls and guys that way. perhaps your program has changed the rules for that reason.. i made it but i was so stressed out . take your time, hang in there and you will make it in, and then you can put your all into your nursing classes. :) good luck..

hi schoolnursetrish. i was just accepted into my nursing program and am thrilled but i will still have a&pii & micro to complete during school. do you think it's doable taking other classes along side nursing and how long of a time frame do you have to complete these within the program??

thanks,

christy

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This really all depends on how your nursing program is set up. You should have an advisor assigned to you now that you are accepted. My advise is to contact either your advisor or the director of you program and ask them this question. The will have better insight than we will because they will have your academic record and know something more about you as a student. Follow their advise. They see many students go through their program and should know best how do-able it is.

BornRN

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I can understand where you are coming from. It doesn't make any sense. When I was in the process of finishing up my pre-reqs I was told that those had to be completed BEFORE I could enter nursing school (except for a few core classes, which couldn't exceed 12 hours). During the summer when I was finishing up my pre-reqs I met a student who were already in nursing school and they were taking chemistry during the summer semester! I even heard of a nursing student who hadn't taken microbiology yet:uhoh21: . So I think they make the rules, but depending on whatever reason; they make allowances for some people. The student that was taking chemistry - I flat out asked her how she was able to get in and hadn't finished chemistry. She stated that she had taken higher level sciences, so they let her go ahead and enter. To me this makes no sense! I mean, how many "higher level sciences" can you take without being required to take inorganic chem as a pre-requisite to those "higher level sciences". Unless she meant some biology courses...which still doesn't make sense. Chemistry is different than biology and IMHO she should have not been let in UNTIL she had taken chemistry. But you really don't have much say so with the powers that be. If they want to make exceptions they can and do. Just try not to let it get you down. I get irritated myself, but that just the way the world is unfortunately....

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Hi schoolnursetrish. I was just accepted into my nursing program and am thrilled but I will still have a&pII & micro to complete during school. Do you think it's doable taking other classes along side nursing and how long of a time frame do you have to complete these within the program??

Thanks,

Christy

FWIW, In my nursing program (i am in the first semester) something like this would be doable. Probably one class for the first two semesters. For myself, I would never choose to do this because I have 2 young kids and I cannot spend all my free time studying. If I didn't have kids, I would probably try it. I know all nursing schools are different though, so I cannot speak for anyone else.

In my school you don't have to have all prereqs completed before entering the LPN portion, so there are others who are doing this and trying to finish up prereqs. There is this one girl who is attempting this to finish up a full load! She also has kids, and honestly, I am skeptical she is going to make it work, especially since she also works. But maybe where there's a will there's a way.

Like I said, if you don't have kids (and I guess don't have to work) then it is probably doable.

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