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I just bought the TEAS study guide, but does anyone know what a 70 out of 100 means on a COMPASS test? Still have to take that one! I think it means a C??

Thanks for the encouragement.

Am considering similar out of necessity, so found your question. Concentrating on getting the A.A.S now, becoming an RN, and working part time as an RN while going for the bachelor's, as a bachelor's seems necessary to take the MCAT /enter med school, and not sure if one can work as an RN part time when they are fresh out of school. For people that have to work their way through school, I don't see another way than working at least part time. Because I did well on the practice MCAT as someone who never studied the material and hasn't covered most of the material on the test yet (in class), other than classes I had over 27 years ago! Gotten great encouragement from med students and dr. about taking the MCAT. (I know you can probably take the MCAT without a bachelor's, but why if you don't plan on trying to get into med school?) Don't know if anyone has any thoughts on that.

I've largely been living on beans and rice rice and beans (literally!) for many years BEFORE going back to school. I can't afford to buy a car outright because my employment has never paid enough, and is often only seasonal. I am single with no one to give me a ride. How am I going to get through nursing school without a car? That is my question. I have already been delayed getting to work many times because of unreliable public transport in the polar vortex winter, and was commuting 5.5 hours to get to work on buses and trains (while maintaining a 3.5 thus far in pre-nursing coursework)! The only car I could afford for cash would be a $500-700 piece of junk that would need many many repairs. Found this topic through a search for 'how to get through medical school or nursing school without a car'. BTW: I took the MCAT sample questions test on no sleep, without taking any coursework that the questions entailed except one intro to chem class almost 7 years ago; and after not having a biology or science course in over 26 years, and got 18% correct out of 39 questions. Not sure what this means, other than that several med students have told me to 'go for it' and apply to med school.

Can the article be, in part, on attending college in general as a 'non traditional' student, without mentioning it is a pre-nursing program?

As a full time pre-Nursing student, my education comes first. I am commuting 5.5 hours a work day via public transport (that's right) for a lowpaying, temporary, part time job that doesn't pay enough to afford a car and requires me to stand outdoors for up to 8 hours a day in frigid temps. That is a 14+ hour day just back and forth, and then supposed to cook clean shower and study , do exams, notes, etc. at night. WITHOUT a job, I was often up until 5 a.m. completing schoolwork.

I am in the polar vortex, too. And I have no car and have to get to class and work. The work commute is 2.5 hours by bus. I am doing well in the pre-reqs, mostly A's with very few B's. I am wondering if this means I will do well in nursing school? And is it possible to get through nursing school with no car?? I am going for the LPN certificate so that I can get into the workforce quickly.