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I wake up at around 5:30am on weekdays and try to take off by 6:30 so I can make it to an 8am class. :) You're right, 30 miles can take long; I do 25 miles and it's about 1 hour 15 minutes with the morning rush hour. I think it's all about dedication and always envisioning the end-goal always in mind. Some good music to jam and sing to while on the road doesn't hurt too. :)

I couldn't get into A&P due to my late registration time, but I got into the following three courses: Intro to Sociology Lifespan Development Philosophy - Logic Looking forward to getting these prereqs out of the way :)

Well, I ended up letting my TA know. She was very understanding. To my surprise, she ended up passing the information to the professor and now everytime he leaves he has to check out with her. Anyway, 5 more weeks till I"m done!! For my class, 93%+ constitutes an A. I'm currently in the 80-some % zone. I need to get all A's here on out for my grade. Stress stress stress!

Does anyone else have a lab partner? My partner is horrible. He keeps leaving class 1 hr or more early and leaving me to take care of our joint tasks, clean up for both of us, or even finish up on what he left behind. Yet he does well on the exams/assignments. Life is unfair!

Oh yay!! Congrats on the good news. :)

That's basically what they've been saying for ages now.

Any updates regarding their status?

Hi nitenurse702, can you give us more detail? :S Because the program seems great on paper and you are one of the few who mentions the cons. Congrats on your triumph though and I wish you the best!

Congrats Tela!! Reading about your triumph and perseverance gives me great hope. :) Where are you relocating from? Did you by any chance research schools in the west coast?

Super duper thanks! I just bookmarked it.

Not crazy! In fact, I think it's best to get it out of the way asap because there are just soo many formulas you have to remember by the end of the quarter. I took Statistics over a 5 week (online) course, as well. This was my least favorite of all the pre-reqs!!! And I am someone who IS a math person but stats is nothing like algebra or very "math"-like, as someone else said. It's more like busy-work, logic, etc. Most of the wrong answers I ever got were simply due to calculator error (inputting the wrong #'s or forgetting some, etc.) My advice to you is to not rush when you do the hw/exams because that's how silly mistakes come in. Is this the only class you're taking for summer school? If it's just this, I am SURE you can handle it! Just make sure you spend time doing MANY problems until you get the hang of a concept, before moving on. The subject also isn't something you can cram overnight. So with time + dedication you'll do just fine. :)

Oh, congrats ! Could you help shed some light for us and say what state you got hired in? Thanks in advanced!

Thank you for the kind encouragements, and congratulations to you! :anpom:

I just picked myself up a used copy of "How to Survive Nursing School" for only ~$4 shipped on amazon. :) Looking forward to reading it this summer.

Thank you for the lovely and priceless article. :)

Thank you for updating us all on the situation. Good luck!

I'm glad you agree! I heard those classes are challenging, but you'll probably get so much out of it... perhaps even come out a brighter more disciplined student. That should only be a bonus since it'll prep you for your nursing degree. Have you figured which schools you're going to by the way? I'm in a similar boat in that I haven't taken these 2 courses yet. From what I've learnt from this board, the secret to doing well is: notecards, printed charts, and a white board for drawing pathways. Good luck!

I'm from CA and I"ve never seen an A&P class offered online. Besides, from what I've seen, most CA schools will only accept those classes if taken through a "Brick & Mortar" lab. Besides, those subjects are designed for actual hands-on learning. I think once you take them you'll appreciate the experience. :)

I apologize for the confusion. It's the course + lab combined.

I like the white board advice. Do you think a 6-week session A or P lab is a little much? Or do they cut out some experiments to make up for the shortened time?

What a bunch of hardworking folks we have! My grades don't come out for another month but I'll be sure to post them when they do.

This week, I just finished an 5 week online Stats course. I think I got a B... have to say, it was no easy task... It can become difficult and I had some frustrating moments when I couldn't solve a problem and there's no professor to ask. I also did not enjoy how the computer grades the exams. If you're a few units off, perhaps due to rounding differences at one of the calculating steps, it might just mark you off entirely. Basically, I did not have the greatest experience but I saved a lot of classroom/travelling time.

Thank you for your personal experiences, Leela. I plan to do the same after I get my BSN and pass my NCLEX. :)

This is a fantastic thread and I'd love to hear more from folks as well as the original poster and her experience as it's been one year since your first post! I'd love to know from you how things turned out. As for me, I'm also on my way to completing my BSN, taking my NCLEX but I really want to work in Australia for a bit. Unfortunately, this makes me very "fresh" into the field with no experience.

Thank you for the kind link. Browsing through it, I can tell it's got a lot of valuable information! I'll pick one up at the Borders sale, as advised. It looks definitely worth buying!