KariT

I agree with everyone point. But the OP does seems very intent on going to a private community college that she doesn't care what any of us think but she will learn in the long run.

Thank you for this!

I would also like to add that I took my microbiology w/lab class at my local community college and it was 10x as hard than it would be taking it at my university (or so I heard). I believe that my university professors make the courses very easy to make a passing grade in it and don't push the students at all which is why I was able to retain a 4.0. It also doesn't help that it's just a liberals art college with no nursing major so the classes are not as rigorous for pre-nursing students sadly.

Yeah, I believe if it wasn't for the curves I would have pushed myself harder in that class.

Hi everyone! I passed A&P 1 with a A and A&P II with a B. Although I don't feel like I have learned anything in A&P II because I barely studied for it and just kept guessing on the exams and it help that my teacher kept adding a 15 point curve to each exam (test average was usually 54%-67%). I scored a 75 on all my exams without the curve (except for th final). My final exam in that class (digestive system) I did not study for it at all because it was take home and all I did was Google the answers and ended up with a B with no curve which boosted up my final grade to a high B (89%). Same for lab, I only attended maybe 5/16 labs because attendance was not mandatory. All I did was copy from my friends labs and studied those then took the lab exams. I ended with an A in lab as a final grade as it was really easy to get. So as you can see, I just don't feel prepared to start nursing school without much background in A&P II even though I took it this spring semester which I am ashamed of. Same goes for my medical terminology class, I received an A but since it was online I never once studied for it but just googled all the answers and got help from my sister who was a medical assistant on some problems. This is why I absolutely HATE online classes because I never take them seriously or put any effort in them. How bad will this affect me in nursing school? I was a 4.0 student but my GPA went down to a 3.84 this semester. I took these classes at my state university. Thanks.

My nursing school has an optional NCLEX prep class for $300 during the last semester.

I took gen chem 1 for this spring semester and I can say without a doubt it was harder than Organic Chemistry to me personally (I took this class before gen chem and scored an A). I believe this because gen Chen 1 had a lot of math and I wasn't any good at it. So I say to know how to do dimensional analyst and basic algerbra because it will come in handy. Also your teacher can make or break you. There were 15-17 students at the start of my gen chem class and dwindled down to only 4 towards the end of the semester though 2/4 barely went to class. I passed with a B simple because my teacher liked me and I always went to class on time and did the HW.

I doubt it. My school only weighed the reading and math (as most other schools in my area of who utilizes the KAT exam). I scored a 73 with a 92 in reading and 79 in math. But I suggest you to speak with admissions at your school to get the real answer.

Yikes! I'm very good at writing paper but I've never been a fan of them. What class is this?

My nursing program has a 16 credit accelerated summer as well where you can take no fewer than 8 credits the 3 semester.... It seems scary. Please let us us know how your semester is going and I wish you the best of luck!

I wish you the best of luck! I don't have any children but I can relate, I babysitt my 7 month old brother every day for 8 hours and he's a handful and a joy at the same time. Plus, he just got out of the hospital from a 11 day stay so I have been spoiling him nonstop because he deserves it!

Me too! This is first summer that I'm not officially working or in school and I'm bored out of my mind. I miss being in school because it gave me something to do and it's all I know sadly. But good news: I also start my nursing program August 21st and I can't wait!

Couldn't you just get the degree in "pre-nursing" then apply to a BSN program with that to pursure your RN? Because I'm pretty sure you can. So, make a list of all the BSN programs you would like to apply for then look up the needed requirements and prerequisites you would need to apply to that specific program. Once you figure all that out, try to add on extra classes to the pre-nursing degree of whatever you may need for different programs such as microbiology, statistics, nutrition, medical terminology, etc. Also be broad and apply to both ADN and BSN programs, you can be a RN with both and if you choose to you can go back for your BSN as a bridge program or check whether the community college has a ADN-BSN concurrent enrollment program. I hope I helped!

I took both Pysch 101 and 102 (Lifespan Development) in the same semester and was really easy to get high A's in both. Same with nutrition in which I took that with 6 other classes. Of course there is paper writing, reading, and research projects associated with these types of classes, but I assure you getting and A or B in these classes are the norm if you just do your work.

Does anyone not know their final grade(s) yet? I still do not know what my grade will be in my statistics course because my prof never post are grades so I don't know what I got on my last exam (and apparently I will never know)....I'm so anxious to know my final grade that it's eating me alive. Especially since I can't get a D or it will affect my admission into the nursing program