What I am Taking This Summer (Is it too much?)

Tweety, BSN, RN · May 24, 2005

Whoa! Yes, that is entirely too much to take in one summer. Those are some of the toughest pre-reqs.

But I suppose if you have no other life (if your addy is correct your a new mom?) and don't like to sleep and love stress you can do it.

Good luck to you!

EMTtoRN · May 24, 2005

Woweee how long are these sessions?????????????? If you are a new mom and think taking the classes online would be easier, it may actually be harder!!! I took A&P with Chem one semester and A&P 2 with micro this past semester and that was tough. I couldnt imagine doing all of that over the summer.

S.N. Visit, BSN, RN · May 24, 2005

:stone Good luck to you. Where there is a will, there is a way. Hopefully your baby is young enough that he/she will sleep a lot of study hours. Is your summer broken up into 6 week sessions, or is it just one full term?

FocusRN · May 24, 2005

Yes I am a new mom. My son is about 4 months now, he doesn't sleep alot at all, but I am lucky I have a very good baby. He has essentially sat by himself awake for 4 hours at the longest, many times. He is a people person, but he loves his alone time with a book or the TV; don't ask me why. So I know I will have the time to study, oh and I am not working and I don't need to but I do want to move, so I want to. I have no daycare bill since he's always at home with me or out on the town with grandma 1 or 2, or sitting outside with daddy.

And maybe I should clarify

Human Anat & Physi 1 - online class

Human Anat & Physi II - online class

ORGANIC AND INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - online class

Microbiology - exam

English Conp (I & II) - exam

Life Span Psyc - exam

General Psyc - exam

I already have a total handle on English comp, and General Psyc. I do need to study a little for Life Span, and a lot for Micro (I found a free online class for that) I've got a littel on anat 1. My biggest hurdles will be the chem, anat2, and micro.

And it is just one session.

Tweety, BSN, RN · May 24, 2005

As was said above. When there's a will, there's a way. You know yourself, your study habits and your capabilities better than us.

So you're going to study and test out of the other courses? Is that what's meant by "exam"?

FocusRN · May 24, 2005

As was said above. When there's a will, there's a way. You know yourself, your study habits and your capabilities better than us.
So you're going to study and test out of the other courses? Is that what's meant by "exam"?

Yeah that is what I meant by exam.

z's playa · May 24, 2005

Good luck ! :)

Z

Alloramadai · May 24, 2005

That seems like way too much to me. Do you want to complete the classes, or do you want to do well? It would be a shame to work so hard to take this quantity of classes, and not make the grades needed to get in to/stay in the program.

I've taken Anatomy and Physiology both online and in the classroom setting; I think the online courses are much more difficult and require a great deal more time than classroom courses.

Best of luck!

oregonrene · May 24, 2005

In one summer, I personally think that's too much. As some have said, online courses can be much more difficult than regular brick-and-mortar courses because you are basically teaching yourself the material. Especially something as tough as chemistry, you need either a really good teacher or lots of time to study. With the 3 online classes and studying for 4 clep exams, and a baby at home, I just don't see where you'll have enough time to do well.

stressgal, RN · May 24, 2005

Why must you complete everything this summer would be my question. Do you have experience in these subjects? You picked some hard sciences to attempt all at once. Also, I have seen students CLEP out of courses, only to have it bite them in the rear later. I counted up the credit hours of the courses you listed, within my school's course of study it would equal 36-41 credit hours of course work. That is too much. Only you know what you can handle, but please don't set yourself up for a situation that will discourage you in the long run.

Good luck and keep us posted.

Congrats on the baby!

FocusRN · May 24, 2005

Thanks for the congrats.

I know it's alot. I want to start a program in the fall, I have gotten into two Practical Nursing Programs already, but with this is an RN program, and I may be able to finish faster. I could wait until Spring but I want the nursing school experience now.