Northern Michigan University

[DahlstromPreNurse]

So I am a Senior in High school this year and I have been applied and accepted to Northern Michigan University for Nursing as my major. I am just wondering if there is anyone on these forums who is planning on doing the same or is maybe a year or two into it already. I'm excited to start my education in Nursing and to start caring for people how I've always wanted to. So if you're going to Northern for nursing or planning to this fall, go ahead and reply! :)

Chris

[abotz]

I have talked to a counselor and I will be a sophomore when attending next fall with a semester to go before I can apply to the nursing program. The woman i spoke to told me that it is required to have 12 credits at northern. When I attend Next fall I will have Physiology, Med Micro, nutrition, and ch109 (that is specific to northern right?) I have all of my other ones out of the way, and if i decide to go summer semester I will hopefully have physiology out of the way too. If you don't mind me asking what is the best place to live? I will be 23 in next year so I am not a huge partier and I also have a dog (hence my problem). Other than that I am very pleased to hear that the instructors are so eager to help students, that is a huge relief. At lcc they weed out students and are almost cruel to them (not to mention the program is impossible to get into). I have a 3.8 GPA and hopefully I don't have a problem with the classes I still need to take at NMU. Did you have any specific problems with any of the pre-req's i have listed?

Thank you so much for all of the information

abotz

[HyperSaurus, RN, BSN]

Med Micro is hard, the prof, Jackie Bird can be a pain depending on the semester. But if you take goods notes and make flash cards out of them, you should be fine. Nutrition with Mowafy is...awful. In my opinion. He's just very unorganized, erratic, and opinionated. He's fun to listen to though. Record his lectures and memorize them. Also, while he'll tell you that you don't need the book, I'd recommend studying out of it. I don't know anything about CH 109 as I transferred my chemistry credits. Physiology isn't bad at all. Both instructors who teach it are great. Once you're in the program, it's a straight shot.