Taking pre reqs while in nursing school?

Silverdragon102, BSN · Aug 5, 2016

Welcome to the site.

I have moved this to the Pre-Nursing discussion forum

We have seen students post that they applied whilst still having course/s to complete and some condition of acceptance was completing the courses first before starting the actual nursing course

roser13, ASN, RN · Aug 5, 2016

In most competitive nursing programs, completion of all prerequisites boosts your application status. Usually there are enough applicants who have already completed their prerequisites that very little to no consideration is given to an applicant who hasn't.

verene, MSN · Aug 7, 2016

You can apply while still have a few pre-reqs left to complete (unless program application states otherwise) however you will need to complete all pre-reqs before entering the program. If you have a plan to do this then go for it. Students apply with courses in-progress or needing to be completed all the time - you just have to make sure you have a plan to complete them by what ever deadline the school requires.

NICUismylife, ADN, BSN, RN · Aug 7, 2016

Depends on your school. My school required all pre-reqs to be fully completed before accepting an application. Reason being, they want to make sure that you pass them and #2, they have to use the total pre-req GPA, and if you're still in progress, that's not available to them.

KellyVT · Aug 7, 2016

Those two courses for us are required for graduation, but not prereqs per se like A+P I and II, Chem, Bio, Math etc. Personally, I am taking Micro during next summer semester, where I will have no other courses, because I still need to work full time while in my RN program. Since I already have 14 credit hours in psych courses from my previous degree I am going to self study that summer for the Human growth and development CLEP too. If you are a good self studier, and strong in the subject it may be an option for you to fit in where you can. You just have to make sure your school accepts it. Both my ADN program and the 5 RN to BSN programs I am considering do. I CLEPed out of Bio and it saved me a lot of time and money. It is no walk in the park, I spent a few months studying the college text cover to cover, along with any online supplements I could find but $125 for 8 credit hours vs around $1400-it was a lifesaver.

pmabraham, BSN, RN · Aug 8, 2016

Would it be smart to go ahead and apply to the nursing program and finish those classes while in the program or just finish them prior to applying?

It really depends on your specific school. Have you talked with your school advisor?

OliveOyl91, BSN, RN · Aug 9, 2016

At my school, I have been advised to finish all of my prerequisites and even my support courses like nutrition and humanities before applying to the nursing program. My school admits a grand total of 60 students to its nursing program every year (20 in Fall, 20 in Winter, and 20 in Spring) and it's very competitive. The more classes you've finished, the more completion points you have on your application. Although, I was also advised that this may mess with my financial aid in the program, since a couple terms will fall below full-time status.

MEH2016 · Aug 11, 2016

Check your application. If it states that those classes need to be completed before applying to Nursing school, then it is probably best to complete it. If there is no restriction, then take it while applying to the program. Unless you plan to take a semester off. No matter, I suggest you finish it before getting into Nursing classes. Most likely, when you hear from the Nursing school, by then you would have completed those two classes (that is if you don't take a semester off while applying).

Good luck!

bellakat · Aug 12, 2016

It really just depends on your school. My school you only need two down to apply, and since there is waiting list you can complete the rest while waiting. The school I went to before required all to be down, but you start the next semester so that makes sense.