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They give preference to those who take their prereq's at Marion (of course). However, most take at ivy tech. Ivy tech gives a good bang for the buck on their classes. I have taken all my prereq's there. The only thing I have left is stats and I can take that at IUPUI. There are some members here who graduated from Marion. Hopefully, they will chime in. I have attended their open forums, but it is too $$ for my budget. Otherwise, I would go. I think that is why so many go to ivy tech for the adn degree.

Best of luck!

I am going to take alot of hits for this but you can buy your way through there without really learning a thing......

How can you "buy" your way through? You still have to take the NCLEX and pass after graduation! Are you saying that they don't make you take and pass exams during nursing school? Note, I say this as someone who will be attending Ivy Tech's ADN program and who couldn't afford to attend Marion college. I will grant you that the competition at Marion college is probably less due to the expense. However, that doesn't mean that you don't have to do a great deal of work to get through their (or any) nursing program. In any case most nurses will tell you that the REAL learning doesn't even really start until you are actually working as an RN.

I have heard nothing but positive remarks about the clinicals there, all coming from RN's who went there.

What's your source?

I'm considering Marian College-but I actually don't know the cost...how much are we talking?

Do they offer an ASN? So it could take up to 5 years there? What if you're a transfer student-I've already taken all my English/Speech/Pysch. I will need math, science, etc.

Cool-thanks for the info! If everyone is only wanting to hire BSN nurses, then they really need to start doing away with ASN programs. I mean, why even make it an option if your not up to their standards when you finish it? That's what it seems like-from a lot of stuff that I've seen/read. Like why bother with an LPN or an ASN-all they want is BSN nurses. I don't ever know what to believe. I just talked to a nurse literally like two weeks ago who I had told that I wanted to go into nursing and she told me not to bother with BSN, just get the ASN because you sit for the same test and you'll earn the same amount of money. And she's been a nurse in Indy for 10 years. Then I have this book that basically talks down LPN's and ASN nurses and says you should go for the BSN. It's all so confusing....I REALLY don't have the money and stuff to go into a 4 year program-not to mention that it will make me have to put off having kids for a couple more years-which I also don't want to do. A 2 year program was gonna be a nice option for me. But now I feel like I'm gonna be wasting my time with that....I don't know what to do...