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Comment posted Are Online College Courses Successful? by stocker.
In answer to your questions:
Is that a bad idea?
NO
Is it more expensive?
Not necessarily. May even be much less expensive
Can I still get financial aid for online colleges?
Depends on the college
Can I train to be a nurse?
Possibly, but you would probably need to take the lab classes on campus
What is the best online college to register for?
One that is accredited. More more info on accredited online colleges, try:http://www.distancelearningdegree.com/
stocker also commented
- An online course is only as successful as you make it. You have to be comfortable with technology, motivated to learn, and disciplined. You should already be well acquainted with higher education and the rigors it takes to succeed in a college-level class.
Some colleges charge more for their online classes, while others do not. Whether the college is public or private will play a part in determining how much you will pay for your classes. Financial aid should be available.
If you decide to pursue online education, be sure that you are enrolling in a college that is properly accredited (this usually means a regional accreditation, such as the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, the Southern Association, the Northeast Association, etc). With a professional program such as nursing, you will also want to make sure it is recognized by the Board of Nursing. Online programs are offered in nursing; I believe one is offered by collaboration in the University of Wisconsin system).
By the way: Online learning came about as a response to public demand and need. It is not a “make money for less work” scheme, as someone implied (the type of work required of the college and its faculty is different, but it does not decrease. In some ways, it’s even more difficult). The average age of college students is getting higher, which means that our students typically have family and work commitments that prevent them from attending regularly scheduled campus meetings. Online learning allows students to take classes when they otherwise cannot. - You can still get financial aid.. It costs the same amount at 99% of colleges.. I do mine online through a local college.. I started off taking classes in person there.. Then switched to online.. So i can do it whatever I want.. and its a lot easier to take tests.. with the book infront of ya.. lol.. However you can’t train to be a nurse online.. you have to do some parts in person.. You can do about anything else..
- Online college (or any correspondence course) is like reading Cliff’s Notes instead of the classic. You’ll get the same idea, but it’s just not the same experience. You’d be robbing yourself of the depth and enjoyment of real learning.
Especially if you’re training to be a nurse – no book or website can show you what a vein *really* looks like, how to calm an irate patient, the feel of the tumor beneath your patient’s skin.
Take pride in your education and your work, go for the best. Use online courses to supplement, not replace, your learning. - I believe STRONGLY that the online courses are a new wave going on right now but it is all geared to getting MORE money and doing less. I strongly feel that he courses are 90% worthless and I did take one one time but NEVER again
- Online programs, like any college program, depends on the individual school, how well it is set up, and how self-disciplined the student is to keep up with studies while not in a formal classroom.
There are many expensive online programs. Before pursuing them, check with your state universities. Many of them now offer online programs of study and will be much less expensive than those private college programs.
Presently, I am working on a double major for an MBA and and MSE (two master’s degrees concurrently!) Online through a local state university.
There are pros and cons to doing it online. As an undergraduate student, I recommend you sit in a classroom. You are a freshman and just beginning to get the feel of what is expected in a college course. My daughter is a sophmore and she feels that being in the classroom provides things that online programs do not. Actual lectures for example, which provide opportunities to ask questions about the material with the instructor right there. Online programs, in contrast, require you to study and learn from the text alone, write papers, and take exams. There are no lectures for discussion.
Online programs do often have discussion board to try to compensate for that lack, but it is not the same.
Overall, Online programs can be very good for some people, but they are not for everyone. There are ads for expensive, private school programs, but you can often do just as well with a state university program, so look there first. Both programs will offer the same financial aid programs from the government, such as PELL Grants and Student Loans. Take the grants, but avoid the loans if you can. You don’t want to graduate with a huge debt over your head.
Some people already posted that you do not get the indepth learning that a classroom offers. That does depend on how well the program is set up. Online education is not a fad or wave. The courses I take are very difficult and comprehensive. Unlike many classroom courses I’ve taken, everyone of these has covered every chapter of the text. I’ve written extensive papers, such as my paper for Global Entrepreneurship, which was on U.S. businesses doing business in China in ligh of the human rights violations. It was a 30 page paper requiring a minumum of 20 cited references.
There’s the rub with trying to do this as a college Freshman: Until you’ve written enough papers with an instructor available to look at what you’ve done, make corrections, let you rewrite it…. you do NOT want to do that online. We have one chance. We write the paper, turn it in, and get a grade. My undergraduate experience in the classroom prepared me for that. By the way, I did get an A on the paper.
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Good Luck to you!
Sue
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- Does The Prestige Of A College Matter For Nursing School?
I understand it completely. I’m a nursing student (LPN). In Oregon, it is crazy to get into any sort of nursing program. LPN is a little less competitive, but most people want that RN first and are willing to spend two years on a waiting list cooling their heels rather than becoming an LPN first and bridging up to RN.
It was still crazy to get into the LPN program. I had to take a test, write an essay on the spot, then right five more and submit them, have two letters of recommendation, and do an interview with the program director.
I think the biggest reason nursing is so competitive is because of the nursing shortage. In such a such @$$ economy, it is a relatively secure job.
Good luck. - Does The Prestige Of A College Matter For Nursing School?
Actually, this is one career area where the place you obtained your RN from is not as important as the fact that you have the RN. And, it is a well known fact that community colleges and some of the Cal States turn out far better nurses (in terms of clinical hours experience) than the UCs where they are heavy on theory but not so much on clinical experience. I spent 3 days a week on the hospital floor in the CC; but my friend at the UC spent 1/2 to 1 day a week in clinicals. She actually had to take some outside nursing extension courses after she was done to get a bit more experience. Once you start staff nursing, almost no one will ask or care where you got that RN from–all they want is a competent nurse on the floor. FYI-CSULB has a really tremendous nursing program–your family does not understand the nursing career path. - Does The Prestige Of A College Matter For Nursing School?
No!
Most recruiters ask if you have a license. - Does The Prestige Of A College Matter For Nursing School?
Nursing is a regulated profession. Everyone who enters the profession must write the same exam to get a license.
Therefore everyone starts at the same level of competency as tested by the exam.
The school you go to does not matter – if they could not prepare nurses who pass the exam they would not be in business. - Does The Prestige Of A College Matter For Nursing School?
Nope!
An RN is an RN and will be an RN. I’m a pre-nursing student at a CA community college and I got accepted to CSU, Bakersfield for their BSN program! With that said, I will be transfering to a CSU and am on my way to be an RN. In the field of nursing, it really doesn’t matter where you get your degree, as long as you are an RN. The nursing field has a shortage unlike other majors, and once you are an RN, you will be working side by side with other RN graduates from top tier universities such as Yale along with community college graduate RNs. If those people tell you to go to a top tier university for nursing, do not listen to them, because they do not know much about the nursing field. Nursing school should never cost you an arm and a leg, so you go to which ever school is the cheapest and convenient for you. Let those other people brag about their lives and their level of education, but one thing they will never understand is that experience teaches.
Good luck with your endeavors!
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I am taking my pre reqs for nursing school online right now. I really like them but not all of them are offered like microbiology and such. Nursing school also is not offered online at my school but there are some that let you do all the work at home and go to a predetermined teaching hospital for your clinicals its a accelerated program. I like them because I can work on my own time and not have to be somewhere at a certain day and time but you have to be very diligent about it or you will fail. Good Luck
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Online programs, like any college program, depends on the individual school, how well it is set up, and how self-disciplined the student is to keep up with studies while not in a formal classroom.
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There are many expensive online programs. Before pursuing them, check with your state universities. Many of them now offer online programs of study and will be much less expensive than those private college programs.
Presently, I am working on a double major for an MBA and and MSE (two master’s degrees concurrently!) Online through a local state university.
There are pros and cons to doing it online. As an undergraduate student, I recommend you sit in a classroom. You are a freshman and just beginning to get the feel of what is expected in a college course. My daughter is a sophmore and she feels that being in the classroom provides things that online programs do not. Actual lectures for example, which provide opportunities to ask questions about the material with the instructor right there. Online programs, in contrast, require you to study and learn from the text alone, write papers, and take exams. There are no lectures for discussion.
Online programs do often have discussion board to try to compensate for that lack, but it is not the same.
Overall, Online programs can be very good for some people, but they are not for everyone. There are ads for expensive, private school programs, but you can often do just as well with a state university program, so look there first. Both programs will offer the same financial aid programs from the government, such as PELL Grants and Student Loans. Take the grants, but avoid the loans if you can. You don’t want to graduate with a huge debt over your head.
Some people already posted that you do not get the indepth learning that a classroom offers. That does depend on how well the program is set up. Online education is not a fad or wave. The courses I take are very difficult and comprehensive. Unlike many classroom courses I’ve taken, everyone of these has covered every chapter of the text. I’ve written extensive papers, such as my paper for Global Entrepreneurship, which was on U.S. businesses doing business in China in ligh of the human rights violations. It was a 30 page paper requiring a minumum of 20 cited references.
There’s the rub with trying to do this as a college Freshman: Until you’ve written enough papers with an instructor available to look at what you’ve done, make corrections, let you rewrite it…. you do NOT want to do that online. We have one chance. We write the paper, turn it in, and get a grade. My undergraduate experience in the classroom prepared me for that. By the way, I did get an A on the paper.
Good Luck to you!
Sue
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I believe STRONGLY that the online courses are a new wave going on right now but it is all geared to getting MORE money and doing less. I strongly feel that he courses are 90% worthless and I did take one one time but NEVER again
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In answer to your questions:
Is that a bad idea?
NO
Is it more expensive?
Not necessarily. May even be much less expensive
Can I still get financial aid for online colleges?
Depends on the college
Can I train to be a nurse?
Possibly, but you would probably need to take the lab classes on campus
What is the best online college to register for?
One that is accredited. More more info on accredited online colleges, try:http://www.distancelearningdegree.com/
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Online college (or any correspondence course) is like reading Cliff’s Notes instead of the classic. You’ll get the same idea, but it’s just not the same experience. You’d be robbing yourself of the depth and enjoyment of real learning.
Especially if you’re training to be a nurse – no book or website can show you what a vein *really* looks like, how to calm an irate patient, the feel of the tumor beneath your patient’s skin.
Take pride in your education and your work, go for the best. Use online courses to supplement, not replace, your learning.
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You can still get financial aid.. It costs the same amount at 99% of colleges.. I do mine online through a local college.. I started off taking classes in person there.. Then switched to online.. So i can do it whatever I want.. and its a lot easier to take tests.. with the book infront of ya.. lol.. However you can’t train to be a nurse online.. you have to do some parts in person.. You can do about anything else..
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An online course is only as successful as you make it. You have to be comfortable with technology, motivated to learn, and disciplined. You should already be well acquainted with higher education and the rigors it takes to succeed in a college-level class.
Some colleges charge more for their online classes, while others do not. Whether the college is public or private will play a part in determining how much you will pay for your classes. Financial aid should be available.
If you decide to pursue online education, be sure that you are enrolling in a college that is properly accredited (this usually means a regional accreditation, such as the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, the Southern Association, the Northeast Association, etc). With a professional program such as nursing, you will also want to make sure it is recognized by the Board of Nursing. Online programs are offered in nursing; I believe one is offered by collaboration in the University of Wisconsin system).
By the way: Online learning came about as a response to public demand and need. It is not a “make money for less work” scheme, as someone implied (the type of work required of the college and its faculty is different, but it does not decrease. In some ways, it’s even more difficult). The average age of college students is getting higher, which means that our students typically have family and work commitments that prevent them from attending regularly scheduled campus meetings. Online learning allows students to take classes when they otherwise cannot.
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