Does the online school matter? Online courses for nursing pre-requisites

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Does the online school that you do your nursing pre-requisites matter? I am doing it at a no-name brand online school. It is accredited and I called the schools I am interested in (Simmons University) and they told me they do accept pre-requisite courses from this school. My question is ...will it bring me down that I am not doing at more established and extensive online school. Some schools are super ridiculous charging students $1,300-$1,500 for an online course and I decided to take it a way cheaper school but now I am worried this will cost me even more when I cant get into the school of my choice. Any thoughts from students that got accepted from courses from Portage University (the less expensive online school) that I am attending.

33 minutes ago, Nurse MSN said:

I agree. With all the fees you have to pay. Community college is not a cheaper option. Another reason for me is that everything is shut down right now due to COVID-19

I beg to differ. From you let post I assume you are from California. The cost per unit is $46. Fees are minimal and don’t even exceed over $100 per semester.

For what you are willing to pay for one class, that amount took care of all my science prerequisites at a community college.

We maybe in COVID-19 but all colleges have transitioned to online format. Summer and Fall registration is around the corner.

To each their own and good luck in your endeavors.

2 hours ago, Jouba said:

Doesn’t save me more money than portage. Community college here is like $200 per credit and then they charge little extra fees

What college is this?

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6 hours ago, Holistic88888 said:

I beg to differ. From you let post I assume you are from California. The cost per unit is $46. Fees are minimal and don’t even exceed over $100 per semester.

For what you are willing to pay for one class, that amount took care of all my science prerequisites at a community college.

We maybe in COVID-19 but all colleges have transitioned to online format. Summer and Fall registration is around the corner.

To each their own and good luck in your endeavors.

What college is this?

Not sure about that person, but CC here in Wisconsin it’s not much better. Tuition and fees at CC comes to roughly $161.75 a credit. California’s cc rates are amazing. Lucky duckies.

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Specializes in Hospice.

I did my prerequisites online through a community college when I was working on my ASN through Excelsior. I checked with Excelsior to make sure each class transferred before I registered. I'm so thankful I did it this way. The community college courses were very reasonably priced. The classes through the community college were very well organized and I felt well prepared for my nursing classes. I didn't find the online community classes were any "easier" though - they required effort on my part, initially that was a bit of a surprise for me!

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Specializes in Public Health Science.

I think memorizing and processing all the material can be challenging because science is pretty dense. There is so much to Iearn but it’s for the good of future patients so I am happy to put in the work and effort.

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23 hours ago, vampiregirl said:

I did my prerequisites online through a community college when I was working on my ASN through Excelsior. I checked with Excelsior to make sure each class transferred before I registered. I'm so thankful I did it this way. The community college courses were very reasonably priced. The classes through the community college were very well organized and I felt well prepared for my nursing classes. I didn't find the online community classes were any "easier" though - they required effort on my part, initially that was a bit of a surprise for me!

I am thankful I did also for community colleges. I’m not gifted to be able to pay $800 per class.

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On 5/11/2020 at 1:24 AM, anewmanx said:

Not sure about that person, but CC here in Wisconsin it’s not much better. Tuition and fees at CC comes to roughly $161.75 a credit. California’s cc rates are amazing. Lucky duckies.

Cost per unit maybe cheaper here in California but I’ll trade it for the cost of living difference in Wisconsin any day.

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6 minutes ago, Holistic88888 said:

Cost per unit maybe cheaper here in California but I’ll trade it for the cost of living difference in Wisconsin any day.

Indeed. Housing is insane in Cali. It’s not good here, but far better. The home I paid $300k for in rural Virginia would go for 1-1.5 million here and 5 million in Cali or Portland. What a difference location can make.

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