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I have read all the comments on your post and as a parent myself I know I just want to see my kids doing SOMETHING. My experience has taught me that the only thing more scary than moving forward is sitting still. I took some time off before college...

Kat, I completely understand where you are coming from. I'm 47 and so want to be a nurse. I do great in science courses but math is my nemesis. I recently had to take a compass math test to be accepted into the community college I applied for. Yo...

My school does offer both so I will check on it. Thanks for all the great info! :)

I know that I did some research here in GA and our hospital is no longer hiring LPNs at all and most are employed at long term care facilities so I would check in my area. You can probably go on the hospitals' websites and look under job opportunitie...

i have thought of the phlebotomy route while I finish up my pre-reqs since I will have about a year of waiting to go to clinicals. are you able to take the phlebotomy courses while you are taking other courses or do you have to commit to doing the p...

That was a pretty close score though..only five points away! When are you able to take it again?

Hi all, I am starting back to school in the Fall at 47 in the ASRN program..yikes! I took the math compass and bombed it so it looks like remedial math classes for me. I'm OK with that because I want a solid foundation for pharmacology and dosage c...

I actually have that book and others. I start with a private tutor tomorrow and I'm retaking the compass on July 18th. God willing, I will get that extra point. :)

Strangely enough I can enroll in a non-degree program but the math classes available in the nondegree program are different and do not include intro, intermediate or college algebra.

Actually I sent the same letter to the Board of Regents and got a very encouraging, personal response that confirmed the fact that I am not alone in this dilemma and they thanked me for sharing my personal experience with the new policy with them. ...

I tried to message you back Hoosier but I'm new and it wouldn't let me yet. Thank you for writing and yes, I have discovered the Khan website..it is GREAT! I also have my college student daughter helping me out and I bought the complete idiots gu...

The Board of Regents in GA crafted a "new"admission criteria..you have to score 20 or above on the algebra portion of the compass to be admitted to a USG college. I got a 19. I have a book to study and I'm retaking the test on July 18th. I don't k...

No the 19 completely keeps me from being admitted to the college at all preventing me from taking the developmental math that I need to move forward. I absolutely would understand if it was keeping me from being admitted to the nursing program. I wo...

I guess I made it come across that I expect special treatment... let me stress again...I do not. I did expect to be able to sign up for remedial math courses at the community college. I thought that is what they are for and up until this semester, ...

Thanks for the encouragement miniangel! :) CDEwannabe: I was trying to get into the developmental math classes at my community college..this is what I was denied entrance for. Last semester an accquaintance of mine who dropped out of school in the...

Has anyone faced this scenario? I got a 19 on the algebra portion of the compass...no surprise there. prealgebra was 46. Since math was my weakest subject in high school...and now thirty years later having had no math since then I'm more than rust...

Thanks for the encouragement. It is definitely encouraging to hear that you both were able to overcome the math deficit and go on to be successful. I was completely set and ready to take the remedial classes. I think I'm just frustrated because ap...

I just took the math compass and scored a 19 on the algebra and a 46 on the prealgebra. Not a surprise since I'm 47, never did well in math in high school and haven't used any complex math in twenty plus years. I was told that the compass was a "pl...

Best of luck to you! Let me know how it goes. I'm pretty discouraged right now. I did awful on my compass math. And now when I check my admission status it says...must have higher math score. I thought the compass was a placement test??? My pr...

As for the math, I had to take the math portion of the compass and did just about like I expected. I have to take intro algebra, intermediate and then college algebra. I didn't let it discourage me. I want a strong math foundation before dosage ca...

Wow!!! This is SO encouraging to me....LinB you definitely inspire me!!! Just curious...do you work on the floor? Someone made the comment to me that 12 hour shifts are really tough the older you are. It did make me stop and think. My brain says ...

LOVE this thread! I'm 47 and starting back in the Fall to finish up all my pre reqs. I went back in 2004 and knocked some of them out of the way but a divorce and being a single mom to three derailed me. Now I'm going back and hope to be in clinic...