Mamamischa

Thank you all so much for your quick responses and excellent advice. I really do appreciate it. I've made an appointment to speak with my academic advisor about my options, and whether or not there is someone who can at least steer me in the right direction. I would love to be put on a waitlist for this class but unfortunately they don't have one. This class is strictly on a first-come, first-serve basis, and basically if you aren't able to muddle through the registration process you are SOL. But I'm not giving up! I've waited too long to do this and I'm not going to lie down and be passed over. lol :)

I am in my 3rd semester of pre-req's and each semester I have been trying to register for an A&P I class. This last attempt I made sure I got up bright and early on the day of registration (registration began at 7:30 am, and I was up with fingers poised on the computer keys at 7:01), only to be met with some severe technical glitches with the online registration process. I won't even go into it but suffice to say by the time I was finally able to log-in all the A & P classes were snatched up. We're talking a matter of an hour here! I was so angry but I realized that complaining to the college would be a waste of time. The crazy thing about this is that the college only offers 5 A&P I classes per term yet there were a total of 12 A&P II classes. WTF? Most of my other classes have been taken care of (courtesy of a previous degree), but without that A&P I I'm stuck here. I'm taking fluff courses right now just so I can stay enrolled in the college while I wait my turn to vie for one of those 5 classes again next fall. Grrrr...:angryfire What are my options? Are there online possiblities here? Normally I wouldn't worry so much but I've waited 25 years to start nursing school. I've been at home raising my family and am now finally able to realize my dream of becomming a nurse but if this keeps up I'll be 60 years old by the time I graduate. I'm 47 now! I'm sorry to sound so whiney and I do realize that I'm probably not alone but what the heck does a girl have to do to take an A&P class? LOL! Thanks for letting me vent. Sigh.

I'm still doing pre-reques. I'm also going part-time because I still have 2 little ones at home. College algebra (required) Eastern religions (humanities elective) :)

Good for you!! I do know exactly how you feel and completely understand your excitement. Math has always been a thorn in my side and when I finished up my algebra class with an A I could hardly contain myself. Once again...CONGRATULATIONS!! Michelle.

Oh my. You have no idea how happy I was to read this thread! :) I am a 47 year-old mother of 5, including two little ones, aged 5 & 3. I have just finished my summer semester in a general education/pre-nursing program (with a 4.0 GPA no less!) and will be starting my fall semester in less than a week. I'm lucky that many of my courses from a previous degree transferred over so my goal is to finish all of my pre-nursing courses by summer of next year. After that I hope to enter into an associate's program full-time. My long-term goal is to attain a BSN. I have wanted to be a nurse ever since I can remember but something has always come up to prevent me from pursuing my dream. I am so excited to finally have all my ducks in a straight enough row. I am also very lucky to have a wonderful family including my amazing husband who supports me 100%. I was so afraid of starting this late in my life and when I mentioned to him that, "I'll be over 50 when I graduate!!", his first response was, "So, you'll be 50 anyway!" I had no responses to that. lol It takes a lot of guts to do what we are doing, more so I think than those who are younger. We should be proud of ourselves. Good luck to you all!