Hi! I'm not a student yet but I was recently accepted at UPMC Shadyside and will be attending next month. I have yet to take A&P and some of the other college courses that are required for the program and will be taking them concurrently with my nursing courses, although I heard that it is much easier to get them out of the way ahead of time. I have a 16 month old and I wish that i would've been able to lighten my load by getting the non-nursing courses out of the way, but I'm just glad to be starting the program. HTH and good luck with whatever you decide.