Tidewater Community College-Prereqisite Nervousness

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I have been slowly truckin' away at my pre-requisite course work for the past 2 years while I have been active duty in the Navy. I have successfully completed every course required for my ADN with TCC and the BSN program with ODU with the exception of my science courses (because of the lab requirement). Recently, (right after I went to the nursing information session) I starting to get really nervous about spring semester and contemplating only doing one science course instead of 2 like I previously planned. By the start of the spring semester I will be on transfer leave/starting at my new shore duty command. I had always planned on taking BIO150 and BIO141 together because I want to apply for the Spring 2017 nights and weekends program and have always felt that for the best (really any) chances I had to have all of my science courses completed prior to applying. Due to my hesitation I think I'm going to just focus on BIO150 for the spring 2016 semester and take BIO141 for summer 2016 semester which means I will be missing BIO142 when my application gets reviewed. At this time I have an A is all of my other course work except for PSY201 where I got a B. Will not having BIO142 at the time of applying hurt me enough to not get accepted or will my application still be competitive? Has anyone else gotten accepted when they were missing BIO142? Or should I just silence my fears and buckle down and do what I need to do the guarantee I get in on the first try? Oh and if it helps besides working in the Navy and volunteering with Hospice a few hours a week I have no life. It's just me and my dog Bentley; no husband, boyfriend, or kids vying for my time.

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I'll be honest most of this anxiety came up right after the information session I attended. I'm worried that I'm going to be penalized for 2 horribly failed semesters that put me on academic probation back in 2012 even though it is obvious I took 2 years off in-between and have received nothing but A's since I returned and I even re-took all my failed or D courses. I'm even part of PTK Honor Society now due to my grades.

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I got in the program with only BIO 142 left (I am currently taking that right now), so it is doable. I would not recommend taking two lab sciences at once because just one takes up so much time. I did my sciences one at a time and it worked out fine.

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I got in the program with only BIO 142 left (I am currently taking that right now), so it is doable. I would not recommend taking two lab sciences at once because just one takes up so much time. I did my sciences one at a time and it worked out fine.
Thank you for that info! Yeah thinking about it if I'm already having hesitations then I need to follow my gut instinct. I think I'm going to take BIO150 this spring and then do BIO141 this summer. I would rather get 2 A's and be missing 1 science course then get 3 B's or worse by taking on too much! Plus it will give me time to study for the HESI.
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Hi Kitkaite,

your story has some similarities to mine. Back in 2011(fall) and 2012(spring) I failed out of those courses. I just stopped going and received an F. So Last year(fall2014) I reenrolled back and was also placed on academic probation. I retook all of the courses with the exception of one(it was a computer class for teaching) and also received A's(with the exception of eng--B)--fast forward to today and I am taking bio142(doing pretty good) and then spring 2016 I will take bio150. I too am applying for the night and weekend course in spring 2017.

I know a girl in my 142 class and she was accepted into the program, so I think that would be fine, the only thing is you will be missing out on the most total points that they give for each class.

have you thought about taking micro in the summer?

have you taken the HESI A2 yet? I have not, I will most likely wait until after micro, but that could change.

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The original plan was to take Micro in the spring with A&P1, but I think now I'm just going to take Micro this spring, take A&P1 during the summer, and A&P2 during the fall. The classes I failed were not science courses it was Eng Comp 1, US History 1, and I got a D in Music Appreciation but like I stated earlier I have retaken all of theses courses since returning back and got A's across the board. I have not taken my HESI yet because as they stated at the info session it is best to wait until closer to the time you put in the application so you have the most science knowledge and get the best grade possible, plus you can only take it once per year.

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yea the classes I retook, were music appreciation(HA), eco 112, mth158. whew! good luck with everything too

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I would not take 141 or 142 over the summer.

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I have been slowly truckin' away at my pre-requisite course work for the past 2 years while I have been active duty in the Navy. I have successfully completed every course required for my ADN with TCC and the BSN program with ODU with the exception of my science courses (because of the lab requirement). Recently, (right after I went to the nursing information session) I starting to get really nervous about spring semester and contemplating only doing one science course instead of 2 like I previously planned. By the start of the spring semester I will be on transfer leave/starting at my new shore duty command. I had always planned on taking BIO150 and BIO141 together because I want to apply for the Spring 2017 nights and weekends program and have always felt that for the best (really any) chances I had to have all of my science courses completed prior to applying. Due to my hesitation I think I'm going to just focus on BIO150 for the spring 2016 semester and take BIO141 for summer 2016 semester which means I will be missing BIO142 when my application gets reviewed. At this time I have an A is all of my other course work except for PSY201 where I got a B. Will not having BIO142 at the time of applying hurt me enough to not get accepted or will my application still be competitive? Has anyone else gotten accepted when they were missing BIO142? Or should I just silence my fears and buckle down and do what I need to do the guarantee I get in on the first try? Oh and if it helps besides working in the Navy and volunteering with Hospice a few hours a week I have no life. It's just me and my dog Bentley; no husband, boyfriend, or kids vying for my time.

Oh My Goooddd!!!! Me finding this post was heaven sent!! I''m in the same boat as you!! Active duty mil, all pre reqs completed MINUS the sciences.. What did you end up doing? were you accepted??? and are you in Virginia?!? WE NEED TO TALK!!!!!!!! lol

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I just applied for a hopeful Spring 2017 start at TCC for nights and weekends. I ended up doing Bio150 in the Spring and Bio141 in the summer and applied without Bio142 which I'm taking this Fall. I got a B in both so we will see what happens.

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