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Thank you both for your responses! It does seem smarter to complete the pre-reqs first, I guess I was just hoping to not have to because some schools only require 5 or so extra classes while others might require more that I haven't taken or completely different types of classes. It would be worth it though to just do it that way to give me a better chance at getting into a school that I want to go to. I am planning on finishing my degree, I just need to take any two credit class so I am taking a class this summer for that and most likely now I will be taking more than one class so I can start getting the pre-reqs done. Thanks again- this site is amazing and very informational.

Hi! I'm completely new to this forum and I'm also very excited to have found such a useful and updated site. I am currently 2 credits shy of my degree in literature and I am working full time in sales, which I hate. Two years ago I made an effort to switch majors from lit to nursing but had a semi-nervous breakdown in the bookstore when I realized I would be passing up all of the lit books I still wanted to read and discuss, so I stayed on with the lit degree instead. Now I pretty much have my degree and I want to go back to school for nursing because it is just what I really want to do :redpinkhe My question for everybody is centered around what to do before applying to schools. I currently live in Phoenix and I want to move somewhere for school. I'm looking at a bunch of different absn programs around the country but they all have different pre-reqs. I had made up my mind that I was going to apply to all of the schools I was interested in (just the schools, not the nursing programs) this summer for spring admission 09. Then I was going to chose my school based on the ones that I got into and complete the pre-reqs at the school before applying to the nursing program. After reading through this site though, it seems that everybody completes pre-reqs and then applies to a bunch of schools. Am I going about this process backwards?? I just didn't want to have to take classes that didn't apply to certain schools-- it seems like a waste of time but maybe its the best thing to do?? Any help, advice, or words of wisdom are much appreciated!