How long did it take you to finish your prerequisites?

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Hi everyone,

I am going back to school this summer. I will be attending Delta College in Stockton, CA. I was wondering how long it normally takes to finish your prerequisites full time vs. part time for your ADN. I do plan on transferring to get my BSN.

Specializes in Emergency Department.

All told, it took me about 15 years to complete all my prerequisites. Of course, most of the prereqs were done during a previous stint in college and I graduated with a BS degree. Just counting the amount of time taking the prerequisites themselves, it took me right about 2 years to do it. Once I'd decided to pursue nursing, it took me 2 semesters, one class each, to get things done. It could have been done in 1 semester if I'd had the time. After that, while I was waiting for acceptance to a program, I took a couple more classes that helped things along, but didn't affect my standing for school purposes.

Being that I already earned a Bachelors, I was exempt from a lot of the "stuff" that some of my classmates had to deal with because I had already met graduation requirements, so all I was required to do was complete the program and I was done and had earned the ADN. BSN is on the horizon for me, but I won't get started on that for a while yet.

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