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Good point on the 5 yr limit for credit transfer. I know in general credits never expire, however I have not researched this with regard to the nursing program. Thank you for mentioning the academic dishonesty. That was something else I was wondering. I wasn't sure if it is even an option to withhold my previous courses.

Hello all! I am looking to return to school to pursue nursing. I am in my late 30s and haven't attended any college courses in over 10 yrs. I did complete some of the pre-reqs that would be needed for the nursing program, however my grades would not be competitive. I passed both the required english course and math course with a C, as well as psych and soc classes with As. From what I have read its the science courses that you really need to do well in. I want to get my ADN not BSN (not yet anyway), so I don't know how much my couple of "C"s will matter with regard to being competitive. My other thought was to go in as a new student and take placement exams to hopefully place high enough that I won't need to take the math and english courses. I would be working full time (and I'm married with 2 kids) while completing the rest of my pre-requisites so if I use my previous grades it will definitely save me time as I don't think I can realistically take more than one class (and do well) per semester. The college that I am looking at attending would only require 3 science based classes in addition to what I have already completed.... again just not sure how "competitive" my grades need to be for an ADN program at a community college. Thoughts?? Thank you so much!