nursing school prerequisites

[cookderosa]

I am planning on enrolling in Straighterline (ace approved) courses in:
chem and Chem (lab)
Bio for non major and Bio ( lab).

I understand each nursing program is different.
Do you think or does anyone have any experience with these course qualifying as prerequisites?

-Vivian

I would discourage it. I was accepted into 3 nursing programs this year. I completed all of my prereqs online, and did a lot of research into the best practice.

My suggestion is NOT to use ACE because no one understands ACE. That's just a fact. You are applying to a program that has an admissions committee, even if you are applying to a community college- this is different than EVERY OTHER department in the college. Nursing advisors are not going to understand, it's just a fact. I was a department advisor for 4 years- department advisors have a very limited scope of expertise.

Your best bet- take the 4 credit lab courses at any of the regionally accredited colleges. Take them all at the same location, and be sure they ALL have labs. You can do this locally but at a distance too. This will keep your hair from turning gray, and prevent you from having a conditional admission. Even if your top school knows about ACE and accepts ACE credit, in the unfortunate situation of you not getting into that program, you'll have to apply to your second/third choice schools...and again, you'll be up against ignorance.

I completed all of my nursing prereqs here: Ocean County College which is in NJ though I live in IL. It was obvious that an applicant living in IL was not attending a butt in seat class, but it was NEVER a factor. Nursing, as a field, is very progressive about accepting distance learning.