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Ive heard people say it takes 2 years to do them. How mant classes are These people taking, ans how many classes did they take a semester. At my CC pre reqs are only 4 classes amd you can finish them in 1 semester

Always required, for most college programs or diploma programs I looked at:

Human Anatomy

Human Physiology

Microbiology (might be General, or might be a special nursing-oriented one, so check what's accepted by your program.)

Nutrition (you might need one that makes you do diet plans - definitely check what your nursing program accepts or requires)

English -- College Composition I

Psych -- Introduction to Psychology

Psych -- Human Growth & Development

CPR for Health Care Providers and possibly also including a customized First Aid training

Chemistry - freshman chem, 1 or 2 semesters, for some diploma programs. You need it for BSRN. So take it anyway.

Very likely for any college degree program and "maybe" for a diploma RN:

Chemistry -- freshman chemistry , one or two semesters, may or may not include organic chemistry

College Algebra - It will never hurt you. You need algebra for pharm calcs.

Comp 101 general computer use course for using Microsoft Office

English -- Business and Professional Speaking

phys ed -- at least one semester

Soc -- Principles of Sociology

Sometimes:

Psych -- Abnormal Psych (need it for BSRN anyway)

Ethics (usually a philosophy course)

Strategies for Academic Success / College Study Skills (a freshman lever "study habits" class)

Those are general requirements that I found most schools require. Your mileage may vary, hehe. You really need to study the nursing school catalogs, and if you plan to transfer credits in ,you need to find out for certain which schools' specific courses are accepted or not. Nutrition is the one I have seen multiple schools get their knickers in a knot over. Apparently, everyone has a different concept of what shold be in the course, in addition to the basics of nutrition, which are the same for all humans, lol.

But if you know that your goal is BSRN or higher, why not cram as much of that gen ed and science as you can into your pre-work. Having it under your belt will definitely make the PAX and HESI preadmission tests a piece of cake. Nowadays, there are many displaced-worker adults with BA/BS and masters degrees and work experience competing with you high school students and freshmen college students for seats in nursing schools. That raises the bar for you, so far as performance on those preadmission tests.

Attending community colleges (they have lower tuition costs) and living with parents while getting as much college done as possible cuts the total cost.

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I cam take a&p now and micro later on does that mean im going to get my butt kicked bt a&p because i have no background in micro?

No. Micro is not the same as A&P. A&P was a pre-req for my Micro class and had I taken Micro before A&P, I don't think I would have done as well.

A&P is the foundation for nursing.

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Ive heard people say it takes 2 years to do them. How mant classes are These people taking, ans how many classes did they take a semester. At my CC pre reqs are only 4 classes amd you can finish them in 1 semester

Pre-reqs time depend on the student.

Many students have to take developmental courses before they can get into the pre-reqs. Also, many students at my school had to take BIO and Chem before the could get into A&P. That alone takes 2 quarters (if taken together). I was lucky enough to have my credits transfer from high school, so I didn't have to do that. And I didn't have developmental courses to take either.

Also, if you go part time, it's going to take longer.

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the way people make it seem is that its impossible to get into a nursing school but

the way i think of it is if you were rejected from one school with a 3.75 or higher could you still be accepted elsewhere or is that dream shot down too

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the way people make it seem is that its impossible to get into a nursing school but

the way i think of it is if you were rejected from one school with a 3.75 or higher could you still be accepted elsewhere or is that dream shot down too

Many people try to get into many different schools. So just because you're rejected from one school doesn't mean you will be from another school.

Some people have a real hard time passing classes. I know a girl who has been trying to get her nursing degree for 4 years. She has never made it to clinical. She keeps failing classes and she just lost all of her financial aid.

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my goodness what happened to her? is she distracted by work maybe a child to take care of?

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my goodness what happened to her? is she distracted by work maybe a child to take care of?

No idea. My psych teacher told us about it. He's also an advisor. He told her that school was just "not for her.'

LOL!

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I see i want this no i need this my psych teacher is hotrible but ill try really hard to get an A. Man i thought a&p was going to be my hardest class

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I applied to second-degree Accelerated BSN programs and got my prerequisites done in 1 year. I took classes at different schools simultaneously so I had blocks, quarter, and semester courses at the same time. It was pretty busy at times but doable if you are a student who does not mind to be slightly overworked ;) This allowed me to apply to all schools of my choice in the same application cycle.

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Thanks. I tried to condense it into an easy recipe, lol. I went through all of that, evaluating time and cost for various health career options, since I am a career changer and I want to make sure I don't waste time and money. :)

Lots of "how long does it take" is when can you get into the classes. I had to wait a while to get A&P at the community college, where it cost $749 for 4credits with a lab. My other option was Penn State, where a 4credit class with lab cost a whopping $2010. For ONE class. So, I did everything else and then managed to get into the $749 A&P I&II last. Whew! lol

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Woah waiting to take a&p thats crazy. I just have trouble getting into the program not the classes. And for penn state did you get any financial aid or maybe work study grants?

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No, I had a decent income until that contract job ended, so I would not have qualified for any aid. I did one to two classes per semester while working, so I just slid some other class in there and waited for the lower cost A&P to open up. If it hadn't, I'd have just cussed (to myself) and paid Penn State, the robbers, lol.

I was planning on a local diploma RN school, there are actually two, and both require a certain "big 8" classes to be completed before you start the nursing part.

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