I was just looking at starting my prereqs, and unless I am looking at it wrong, just one class (one semester/4 hours) of chemistry costs $1000! does that sound right?, seems really expensive!, I have a community college but its over an hour away, and it would eat up what I would save going there in gas.
Just wondering what other people paid per pre req, at that rate I will be spending $20 k on pre reqs alone!! I doubt whether I will be able to get financial assistance coz I have a bachelors already and some savings, but I am by no means rich.
Another question I had was, should I do another class at the same time as chem, or is it way hard!
I pay 260 a credit hour at my university. It's the cheapest university in MI too. My chem was 5 credits because of the lab so it cost me somewhere around 1300.
As far as your question on taking other classes- I took chem, general bio, communications and composition all at the same time. I found it pretty easy. However, I wasnt working.
Chemistry classes at the university where I live are that expensive. When I found that out, I was determined to take it at a community college. Unfortunately, the university (where I may apply for nursing school) doesn't accept chemistry from the community college. So, I'm taking it online through another community college that's a few hours away. Not the ideal situation, but it's hard for me to justify spending that much money on a course.
So, at the community colleges around here, it's $175 per credit. One of them charges $200 per credit if it's online, and the other just charges normal amount.
if you're enrolled in or plan to attend a nursing program at a private or part private/part state university, and are thinking of taking chem., a&p, micro, even english comp., at a community or similar college, please ask if your program will accept that class from ___ college before taking it there.
my husband is a senior ranking faculty member at a well known university and he frequently has had to provide a syllabus, a written description of the course in question, and has had to speak directly to the
staff member or professor as well. in addition, if for example, the chem course is 4 or 5 credits at school a but 3 plus a 1 or 2 credit lab at school b, the class won't necessarily be accepted. unless the syllabus is almost identical, and unless the instructor/professor's teaching philosophies and teaching styles are very similar, the class may not transfer. the text(s), workbook, lab, labwork, etc., must mesh, or there very well may be a problem. schools really don't want students to transfer in courses from other schools because it isn't fiscally sound.
my husband just came into the room and says it's almost impossible to transfer core courses from a cc
to a major university, and if you are able, prepare for a major hassle. he also said to ask either the registrar (the office of the registrar) which is under the dean's office in many schools. his last bit of advice is to get whatever you're told or promised, in writing! not shouting -- the caps were for emphasis!
i agree that if you have any doubt whether something will transfer, check ahead of time and get it in writing (and signed).
i believe some schools are that difficult about this, but i don't think it is universally that problematic. at least not in all parts of the country, probably different parts of the country have different customs about it.
also, if anyone is looking for information, look for your school's list of transfer equivalencies. sometimes it is online, sometimes you can get it by asking. quite a few schools use this: https://www.transfer.org/uselect/login.htm
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Sounds reasonable to me...
I pay 260 a credit hour at my university. It's the cheapest university in MI too. My chem was 5 credits because of the lab so it cost me somewhere around 1300.
As far as your question on taking other classes- I took chem, general bio, communications and composition all at the same time. I found it pretty easy. However, I wasnt working.