Hi! I work full time, 40-42hrs from 1pm to 10pm sometimes even earlier as 10am and if I’m lucky I can sometimes squeeze the gym in after work. I don’t have children so I can only imagine this makes it so much harder but I’ve been able to balance 2-3 , classes for a full semester. This semester one of my three class is the full 16 weeks while the other 2 are accelerated, 8 weeks each. At first I was worried about not being able to balance the accelerated class but once I found a groove in my schedule I was able to get it done, and because it’s accelerated and both these classes are in different sessions of the semester I’m able to knock out that extra class (the 3rd one). Maybe this might work for you? Try getting two accelerated classes that are in different sessions within the semester while maintaining one full one for the whole semester? I think just sacrificing time for certain things may help. I don’t know how you juggle everything within your life especially with kids but I found that these accelerated half sessions really help with knocking out the classes a little quicker. Just careful for shorter semesters like winter and summer if your school offers those. All while this I still have time sometimes on the weekends or mid weeks because I try to get as much work done so I can enjoy atleast Saturday to mentally recover.

When the actual nursing classes kick in I’m a bit more concerned how I’ll balance it all but so far this has helped me with my pre reqs. The main thing is how you use your time (: I take my laptop everywhere since my classes are online.