ADN to BSN bridge programs with LCC

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Hello all,

I was doing a little bit of research on the LCC's school site for different BSN bridge programs that I might be able to do. From the little bit of research that I did I saw two that might be good, either the MSU bridge program in which BSN classes would be taken in the summer concurrently with the LCC program plus an additional year after that to finish the BSN, or Eastern's 3+1. I was wondering if anyone is doing the MSU bridge program and your thoughts about it, or planning to do the bridge with Eastern. Thank you for any feedback that you might have. I am planning on talking with my advisor about these options, just hoping to hear back from others before doing so.

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Specializes in Hospitalist Medicine.

I'm doing the MSU bridge program. It's a lot of work over the summer (when you could have the whole summer off), but it's worth the hard work! I'll complete my RN in May at LCC and then go directly to MSU in the summer semester :)

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Specializes in Hospitalist Medicine.

Another plus about the MSU RN-to-BSN: it's designed so you can work full-time as an RN while completing the BSN :up:

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Thanks SopranoKris, congrats on getting so close to completing your RN. My thought is along the line even though it will be hard work, definitely would be worth pursuing. How competitive was it for getting into the MSU program? I definitely want to get any information I can from my advisor. I am waiting until they finalize how they will be awarding points for those applying in March. Depending on how and what they do for points on work experience and volunteer hours I may still be in a fairly competive standing. Since I made the decision to start back this past summer I have been wanting to do everything I can to give myself the best chance. College has been a long road and I definitely feel like it is time to actually get somewhere.

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Definitely good to know, not working is not an option for me. My current place of employment will move me into a nursing position once I finish my ADN, although I am really thinking that I would eventually like to get into one of the hospitals. At this point I just need to keep reminding myself one step at a time. Just a few prereqs to finish up, and hopefully if the point system is not changed to dramatically I believe I should be competive enough to get in my first try.

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SopranoKris, I was wondering how competive it is getting into the MSU bridge program? From what I can figure out with what it looks like LCC is using for their point system for next years applications, I should be fairly competive with about 152 points based on the previous years. That is as long as I get 4.0 in my classes this semester and next, otherwise should stay within the high 140's. I am sure they look at grades, do they take into consideration anything like work experience similar to LCC does? Thanks :)

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Admissions - College of Nursing - Michigan State University

From what I understand the program used to not fill up, but that is obviously going to change dramatically with BSN being required for new hires at Sparrow and many other hospitals. You should talk to an MSU adviser,

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