On-line School's and GPA concern's

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Hi, I'm new to the site. I was wondering if anyone has suggestion's as to on-line school's just for my

pre-requisites. I did already take basic math,english 101,psy 101,algebra,and I didn't do well on the on-line english course. I honestly worked hard, but my prof didn't grade my last paper, and all my other paper's I recieved a B for most some A's, and I also had a period that I couldn't do a few of the replies's to reading's due to my husband was sick with cancer, and still is, but she didn't want any excuses, and it was too late to drop the class, and I recieved a C which brought my GPA down. Sorry for the novel, but I would like to know any on-line course experiences with shcool's that were good. Any suggestion's. I would love to go to nursing shcool if I can carry a good GPA, and it's hard to get into nursing school, but I want it so I'll try. Thank's for any feedback.

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What sort of English class are you talking about? English as a second language? English writing skills such as grammar, punctuation, or how to organize an essay? Or an English literature class?

I don't mean to offend you, but your post here indicates that you have some weaknesses in written English. For example, you consistently used apostrophes to pluralize words; apostrophes are for possessives ("Renee's class") or contractions ("isn't"), not plurals. If English is your second language, or if you just don't write very often and need to review the basics, I think it's important that you work on your grammar/punctuation first rather than taking a literature course or starting nursing school.

The reason for this is that nursing school (or an English literature course) will assume that you already have the essentials of written communication down, so that someone reading your written work can concentrate on the content being discussed. If you're making basic mistakes in grammar, spelling, or punctuation, it doesn't make a good impression and you're not likely to get good marks.

Good luck, Rhymeswithlibrarian

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Hi Renee8,

Sorry to hear about the difficult times you are going through. A lot of community colleges offer online courses. I would suggest to retake your English either on campus or online but use the tutoring services that are usually offered. I am a strong writer but I still have difficulties with papers, so I submit them to an English tutor and they help me correct my problems. It's the only way for me to see my mistakes (plus you get a better grade). You will be writing a lot of papers in nursing school. As far as your GPA, you can retake the courses you made low grades in or you can bring it up by trying harder in the rest of your pre-reqs. I would also suggest taking Anatomy & Physiology on campus and by itself. It is a very hard course and you really need high grades in your sciences. Hope that helps some :)

Angela

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Hi Renee8,

Sorry to hear about the difficult times you are going through. A lot of community colleges offer online courses. I would suggest to retake your English either on campus or online but use the tutoring services that are usually offered. I am a strong writer but I still have difficulties with papers, so I submit them to an English tutor and they help me correct my problems. It's the only way for me to see my mistakes (plus you get a better grade). You will be writing a lot of papers in nursing school. As far as your GPA, you can retake the courses you made low grades in or you can bring it up by trying harder in the rest of your pre-reqs. I would also suggest taking Anatomy & Physiology on campus and by itself. It is a very hard course and you really need high grades in your sciences. Hope that helps some :)

Angela

Thank you Angela.

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Three schools that people often use for online science courses with labs are: Ocean County Community College in NJ, the Colorado Community college consortium, and University of New England. No one has ever reported that courses from these schools did not transfer.

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What sort of English class are you talking about? English as a second language? English writing skills such as grammar, punctuation, or how to organize an essay? Or an English literature class?

I don't mean to offend you, but your post here indicates that you have some weaknesses in written English. For example, you consistently used apostrophes to pluralize words; apostrophes are for possessives ("Renee's class") or contractions ("isn't"), not plurals. If English is your second language, or if you just don't write very often and need to review the basics, I think it's important that you work on your grammar/punctuation first rather than taking a literature course or starting nursing school.

The reason for this is that nursing school (or an English literature course) will assume that you already have the essentials of written communication down, so that someone reading your written work can concentrate on the content being discussed. If you're making basic mistakes in grammar, spelling, or punctuation, it doesn't make a good impression and you're not likely to get good marks.

Good luck, Rhymeswithlibrarian

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Not at all am I offended by you. I will agree that I do need to concentrate on my grammer thats a given. I will review my grammer, and then I will re-take my course. I haven't been in school for a long time so this would be beneficial for me to review. All of my classes I've recieved an A which brought me to the 4.0 until the English 101 course. I will not give up my ambitions and dreams due to your comments or (just becuase you say so). However, I will get a good grammer course. Have a good day. I can't remember if the period goes inside or out. I bet you do. Any feedback. I hope your not offended. You were very helpful Thanks.

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What sort of English class are you talking about? English as a second language? English writing skills such as grammar, punctuation, or how to organize an essay? Or an English literature class?

I don't mean to offend you, but your post here indicates that you have some weaknesses in written English. For example, you consistently used apostrophes to pluralize words; apostrophes are for possessives ("Renee's class") or contractions ("isn't"), not plurals. If English is your second language, or if you just don't write very often and need to review the basics, I think it's important that you work on your grammar/punctuation first rather than taking a literature course or starting nursing school.

The reason for this is that nursing school (or an English literature course) will assume that you already have the essentials of written communication down, so that someone reading your written work can concentrate on the content being discussed. If you're making basic mistakes in grammar, spelling, or punctuation, it doesn't make a good impression and you're not likely to get good marks.

Good luck, Rhymeswithlibrarian

I did make an error by putting "have a good day" which should have been at the end of the paragraph. Sorry for that.

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Three schools that people often use for online science courses with labs are: Ocean County Community College in NJ, the Colorado Community college consortium, and University of New England. No one has ever reported that courses from these schools did not transfer.

Thank you very much for the feedback. I will check them out. That was very thoughtful.

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Most likely for any nursing program you will need anatomy, physiology, and microbiology. You may also need chemistry and in some schools, biology is prerequisite to anatomy. Good luck.

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Thank you.

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