Prereqs for Samuel Merritt College

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Hi Everyone,

Just wondering if anyone else here is working on their prereqs for SMC, and if so where. I am currently taking classes at Merritt Community College to prepare to apply to the ABSN as well as the ELMSN program -- and I'm almost done!

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Hi Everyone,

Just wondering if anyone else here is working on their prereqs for SMC, and if so where. I am currently taking classes at Merritt Community College to prepare to apply to the ABSN as well as the ELMSN program -- and I'm almost done!

Been there, done that LOL. That's my alma mater....lol.

PM me if you want info or books for sale. I took 2 of them online for supercheap. Pharm and Patho.

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I'm currently taking prereqs at the College of San Mateo and the City College of San Francisco. But each semester, I just take them where I can get 'em! :)

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Thank you for your responses...

So I have sort of a confusing question about the Chemistry requirement.

They require one semester of general chemistry.

Freshman year undergrad (way back in the day) I took two semesters of general chemistry. And then a few years later i took one semester of Organic Chemistry. Which semester will SMC count? The first semester of my general chemistry? or the second one because it is more recent? I assume they won't count the semester of organic chemistry even though it is the most recent. I wish they would though, because that is my best grade. I have tried asking this question to the counselors at SMC but no one has gotten back to me.

Wings - where did you take those courses online? I still need to do them.

My best guess is that they would take your regular chemistry, not the organic one, but who knows for sure, huh? I have had some bad luck with people getting back to me too. Good luck!

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OK, so assuming they take my regular chemistry class, are they going to take the first semester....or the second semester. I would think the first semester except that the second semester is more recent obviously. Guesses? :)

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OK, so assuming they take my regular chemistry class, are they going to take the first semester....or the second semester. I would think the first semester except that the second semester is more recent obviously. Guesses? :)

I think they would take your best grade actually. In all the conversations I've had with them, that's what they've told me. The only reason that I think they wouldn't take your organic chem grade, even though it's better, is because they ask for general chem. So I think they would take your best general chem grade. :)

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I think they would take your best grade actually. In all the conversations I've had with them, that's what they've told me. The only reason that I think they wouldn't take your organic chem grade, even though it's better, is because they ask for general chem. So I think they would take your best general chem grade. :)

I would agree with Kensington, although I think doing well in Organic is definitely a bonus and I would hope that they take that into consideration. I think that factor can only serve to help you and demonstrate that you've taking more Chem that you actually needed. Don't worry...can't change it anyway! ;)

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I took Patho at Santa Barbara city college and pharm at Moorpark...if I haven't confused the two. I took them both over this past summer. I highly reccommend these 2. As for SMC, I would guess Organic. Don't even mention the high school class, but GET IT IN WRITING. I have heard horror stories.

No one at SMC gets back to you except LizM in admissions, btw. Big turnoff. I am a little worried about this.

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Thanks again for any advice.

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OK, so assuming they take my regular chemistry class, are they going to take the first semester....or the second semester. I would think the first semester except that the second semester is more recent obviously. Guesses? :)

They might lump them together since many nursing programs want you to have covered basic organic and biochemistry and those are usually in 2nd semester of general chemistry.

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...does anyone know if "Philosophy 10 - Logic" can count for the "Social Science" requirement? Isn't that a fairly broad category?

I doubt that philosophy would count as a social science since it's not a science nor does it relate to society. It would fall into the "critical reasoning" category.

Social science is going to be something out of the departments of anthropology or sociology.

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