I'm a little confused

DarkBluePhoenix · Apr 1, 2011

I agree with almost everyone else. I honest think that you should in a sense, prove your mature and smart enough for nursig school. I really don't like the fact that some people get into nursing school right outof high school. no offense to anyone that did.

I'm kinda glad its become competitive for the fact that it really weeds people out see how they do with pre reqs and entry level tests. I kinda wish more schools woud req a CNA or equivalent. because I know a lot of people work hard in their pre reqs and then find it that.they do have do "CNA work" and quit the program and that spot coulda went to someone else. plus you need to know your anatomy physiology and Microbiology when taking pharmacology and pathopysiology.

plus who wants to take those classes during NS anyway?

Here ADN programs need the main 3 mentioned above.

BSN programs req more, some req o chem, some req high math like calculus, all req a "critical think" class. I think its a bs pre req but what ever. I am taking philosophy as critical thinking.

But.here isn't any programs here that don't let you get it w/o pre reqs. I think.the only schools let you in w/o anything are trade schools.

*sorry for all my errors I'm on my phone lol

Southern Magnolia · Apr 1, 2011

In my area both the local ADN program and local BSN programs require prerequisites be complete before any nursing courses/ acceptance into the nursing program. There are also corequisites one may take either with the nursing core or before if one chooses.

jennylouwho · Apr 2, 2011

So, have you actually talked with someone from the school? Because I've seen plenty of schools who lay out there program like that - crammed full. My school is one such that looks like you can finish in two years, and it only has two pre-reqs! Only, what they don't publish on the website (or anywhere really) is that the only way that you can get in before finishing your core classes is if there are open spots. Basically, you apply once your pre-reqs are met. Then each semester they run a report of everyone on the list. The first 120 students on the list by date, that have finished their core classes and have at least a 2.5 GPA are offered admission. If they went through the whole list and had 20 spots left, they'd begin offering them to the people on the top of the list by date who hadn't finished their co-reqs (only, that doesn't really happen!).

Like others, I'm not sure I'd want to take Micro or A&P on top of nursing courses. I am slated to start nursing courses this fall, but knowing the time that I put into classes like A&P, I know that if I had taken it at the same time as nursing courses there is no way that I could have gotten an A and a B in A&P I and II.

Now, ymmv and you might be perfectly fine in a program like that, but I volunteer about 25 hours per week and have a husband and kids, so there's only so much that I could do at once. If you're single, no kids, no work, no nothing, something like that may be very easily manageable.

Saysfaa · Apr 2, 2011

Do they get many who haven't do the "guarenteed track Admission" where you take English, Math, A&P 1 and 11, Gen Psyc, Human Dev, and humanities elective? (very nice feature by the way, at least for those just starting out in college... I like that, the more variety of paths the better)

It looks to me like they do have prereqs and it is just not labled that way. My community college does this too. Well, the labeling part, not the guarenteed admission part. My own personal take on it is that they are by definition a two year college so there has to be a way to do the program in two years... theoretically at least. No one actually does it that way, I don't think it is possible other than theoretically.

laurah4k · Apr 2, 2011

I applied to a night and weekend programs, I HAVE to work while in school. The schools I applied require that you have a specific number of prereqs completed before the start of the program to make things less stressful while Im taking the nursing specific courses. I only have one left after this semester (Im registered to take it this summer), and then Im off until nursing school starts in December!

momtofore · Apr 2, 2011

Our school does not have pre-reqs, they have co-reqs. However, most students (myself included) usually don't apply until everything is finished except for the Nursing classes.

NCRNMDM, ASN, RN · Apr 2, 2011

That's odd. I'm starting an ADN degree program in August, and before entry into the program we had to do a ton of stuff. We had to have a CNA I certification, three letters of reference, at least a 2.5 GPA, a high PSB-RN score, and a typed page about why we wanted to be a nurse. Our prerequisite classes are: Microbiology, Anatomy and Physiology I, Anatomy and Physiology II, English 111, English 113, Intro to Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Intro to Sociology, one college level math, and one humanities class. We didn't have to have all of these finished before applying, but most of those who got into the program, myself included, had nearly all of our prerequisites finished.

momtofore · Apr 2, 2011

Ok, let me amend that by saying we don't have any pre-req CLASSES other than high school Bio/Chem or college Anatomy/Physiology or college Microbiology. We have to take the HESI for our entrance exam. Once we are accepted we have fingerprinting and shots and medical forms and need to be CPR certified. Required classes other than Nursing classes can be taken concurrently.

Southern Magnolia · Apr 6, 2011

I looked at the link you provided and it appears there are several prerequisite courses as well as the TEAS exam. Or did I miss something . . .

"Applicants who meet minimum testing requirements and have completed Eng. 101, Psy. 201 & 203,

Bio. 210 & 211, Mat. 155 and the Humanities Elective at OCtech with a program GPA of 3.25 within

5 years of fall 2011 will be admitted to the program once all coursework is verified."