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I agree with a previous poster pick your first choice and work on all their classes, once you have them all, apply and if you don't get in, while you wait for the next cycle to apply start working on pre-reqs for the other programs.

The advisor told me that the lowest score was 10.5 for the first cut off, and then they went out lower then that for the waiting list at Riverland.

Mayo takes ASN, but will require you to get your BSN within 6 years.

I start the LPN core courses in August and wil graduate in May 2016

Is this all 8 in one semester or just the first year? Here, even for LPN, you need to finish the Gen Eds before you start the LPN courses.

Hi Everyone, I am not applying this year. but will next year and I am hopeful since I attend the local college (RCTC) that I will get in. Good Luck to everyone. Mayo and Rochester are both great!!

I'm in this boat. I'm homeschooling my middle daughter, she knows that once I'm in the nursing program full time, we will have to figure out something else. which might mean she has to go back to campus and attend a traditional school with her siblings again. We do have other plans, such as my mother and MIL helping out with schooling based on my plans, but will I have time to keep up making lesson plans for her and my own studying, which in this case ultimately takes priority. We are doing some trial and error over this summer, and will go from there. take it in stride and just see what happens.

I've heard good things about Mankato and Winona State.

the cost of them are all the same (all state community colleges) it will cost a little more in gas for driving, but for school C, it's very near my mom so if I need to stay with her I can. oh and won't be working. school will be my full time gig until I'm an RN. :)

A little back ground:I live in a very rural area. There is a Community College about 20 minutes away(A), then another 45 minutes away(B), and one 1 hr 20 minutes away©. School B requires the TEAS test, A and C do not. The pre-reqs/gen eds are all mostly the same, save for a few differences. The NCLEX pass rates from 2013 are: A - 98%, B- 73%, C- 93%. The reputation from school A isn't the best (but the test rates are obviously higher) the rep for B is the program is really good, and C is the best rep out of all of them. School A and C go off points, based on various things, school B goes off TEAS and GPA for a certain set of courses only. I've been working on pre-reqs through school B, but I am open and avail to go to any school. (all courses will transfer between the three schools with no issues School C offers fall and spring starts, where as A and B offer only fall starts. Would you apply at all three or pick one and go for it?if you pick just one what would you pick? (I thought I had this figured out, and then I looked up the NCLEX pass rates :/ )

you can do it!! I was the same way the last week of my summer session, all motivation gone. you got this!

Full time, this summer term (4 weeks) I took 6 credits. but in a full length semester I take 12-15

A C isn't a great grade, but it's not horrible, look around to other community colleges in your area and see where you have the best chance to get in. if that fails, are you in a position to relocate for school?

I use google calendar as well that syncs to multiple places. I then carry my course schedule in paper form in case I need to add any notes.

check with your original college, here all pre-reqs cannot be older then 5 years, so you might have to retake them any how. thus improving your grade.

good points! I'm going for the full semester length.

Yes, I checked and they do accept the CLEP for it. it will count as the intro to soc, which is one of the options to take, but it seemed really boring so that is why I was looking at other options. :)

just signed up. way cool. so glad I posted asking!

I didn't even think about CLEP. I'm signing up now.!

If you had to pick which would you take, Marriage and Family or Sexuality and Relationships? just curious what you would do. :)

My school offers A&P 1 and 2 as either full semester courses, or as accelerated half semester courses, so you can complete both in one semester... This fall I will be taking Statistics for sure, do I dare take the accelerated A&P? I usually like the faster class types, but I don't know what to expect of the stats class. any input?

I am excited to read that some of the other CC in the MANE program do twice a year starts. I'm going to Riverland, and I will be applying in Jan for Fall 2015 start. (they only offer that once a year start) so if I don't get in there, then I'll look at the other CC as well to apply for a spring 2016 start.

THanks, I was thinking it might be since it's under the BIOL category here. :)

Yes. My Bio-chem class is killing me, I'm so ready to be done. I will never ever take a class that's as intense as science that only meets once per week, again. ugh!

Around here they require Chem as a pre-req to A&P and A&P is a pre-req to even apply to the nursing program, so I wasn't sure if I could use that as I biology I need as a pre-req too.