Ocean County College- DL show on transcript

[StudiousME]

Long story short: I will be applying for a Masters in Nursing program at University of Maryland this fall and the prerequisites are:

Anatomy & Physiology I & II
General Chemistry I
Microbiology

Due to time constraints I am unable to attend classes at my local community college. I started looking into Ocean County College and found their distance learning program to be affordable and fit my schedule. Does the college indicate on the transcript that these courses are online? Not that I have nothing against DL but some admissions look down on these courses. Any former students help would be appreciated.

[Grand Wizard]

I don't know whether they note that they are online courses though I highly doubt it. I have classes from Camden CC, also in New Jersey, and there is nothing on the transcript to indicate that the classes were online. I suspect if there is any bias by admissions officers it may be more due their perception that you somehow faced less rigorous coursework by taking the required science classes from a 2-year school, especially since you are applying for graduate school.

[cookderosa]

Long story short: I will be applying for a Masters in Nursing program at University of Maryland this fall and the prerequisites are:

Anatomy & Physiology I & II
General Chemistry I
Microbiology

Due to time constraints I am unable to attend classes at my local community college. I started looking into Ocean County College and found their distance learning program to be affordable and fit my schedule. Does the college indicate on the transcript that these courses are online? Not that I have nothing against DL but some admissions look down on these courses. Any former students help would be appreciated.

Nope. There is no distinction. I took the same courses you're looking at. (be sure to take them with lab)

[clep3705]

Some nursing schools will not accept online courses that have a laboratory component. There are two primary reasons. One is that laboratory exercises done at home aren't perceived to provide adequate rigor. The other is that the exams may not be proctored.

The University of Maryland - Baltimore is ranked 11th in the United States. Standards for direct entry MSN programs are high in general, even more so for a top ranked program. Some schools are aware of which courses are online courses. If you take the courses from a school in a different state than you live in, it is a hint that you took an online, possibily unproctored course. There isn't any shortage of qualified applicants to nursing schools. Don't be surprised if online courses with laboratory exercises are not accepted.

There are people who take online lab courses who get accepted somewhere, graduate, and get hired as a nurse. That's not the point. The point is that some schools are less lenient than others about what they consider acceptable. Even if the transcript doesn't indicate that the course is online doesn't mean everything will be okay. For something this important, you should check with the school and get a definitive answer. It's too important to base your career moves on speculation, whether mine or someone else's.

[bluebooger]

Long story short: I will be applying for a Masters in Nursing program at University of Maryland ...

how about virginia ?
University of Virginia School of Nursing: Graduate: Master's Entry Clinical Nurse Leader MSN

Have a baccalaureate or master's degree from a nationally accredited school
Have a minimum cumulative undergraduate GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale
Successfully complete the following prerequisite courses before enrolling:
Human Anatomy & Physiology within the past five years (labs not required)
A course in life span development (birth to death)
A course in statistics at the graduate or undergraduate level within the past 5 years
The GRE is required only for those with an undergraduate cumulative GPA of 3.25 or lower from your first bachelor's degree