Ocean County College pre-reqs for City College of SF, College of Marin, or SF State?

[Finn's mom]

Hello!

I'm new to this forum and am considering a career change from therapist to nurse. Ultimately I'd like to go to school in the SF Bay Area (City College of SF, SF State, or College of Marin), but I will be traveling for the next year. Rather than putting off starting my prerequisites I am thinking of taking them from Ocean County College online.

It's my understanding that the schools I listed say that they do not accept online pre-requisites, yet in practice it seems that they do, as long as the transcript does not specifically state that the class is on-line.

Worst case scenario I take these online courses while I travel and then repeat them live when I return - there's nothing wrong with too much learning!

I'd love to hear from anyone who has had an experience applying to a Bay Area School after taking their pre-reqs online. What was your experience?

Thanks for sharing!

:)

[idkmybffjill]

The easiest option seems to be to call those programs and ask if they accept prereqs done online and go from there. That way, you have all the actual info and can plan accordingly.

It would prevent you from possibly having to take two sets of prereqs and wasting money that you could be using to pay for nursing school or pay for daily expenses. The nearby community college might not even offer online versions of the labs for Micro and A&P I and II. Plus, I've heard that some programs that do not permit online prereqs will require you to sign a statement that all your classes were completed in person and not online. So, even if they accept your prereqs because they don't show as online on your transcripts, you might then have to lie in writing. And then you have to worry about them finding out and kicking you out of the program.

[Finn's mom]

Good points. I don't mind taking the courses twice if I have to, but I had no idea that some schools would require you to sign an affidavit regarding whether or not your classes were on line. I wouldn't do that. I was curious about the "don't ask don't tell" policy that some of these schools seem to have adopted, and whether that is really the case.