Part time school for 2nd Bachelor? Nursing school & Career advice for Michigan

suzanne4, RN · Feb 1, 2006

I took the liberty of moving your post to the MI forum.

Since you are downriver, the easiest will probably be the community colleges in terms of ease of driving for you. You should be able to get your pre-reqs done part-time, but the clinical portion is going to take more of a full time approach. The accelerated programs that are for someone that already has a degree, are full-time plus. Plus you are also looking at having to get pre-reqs completed before getting into the program.

Wayne State actually has one of the best rated programs in the country.

There are several programs in the central Detroit area that offer accelerated programs. But on a part-time basis, these will not work for you.

Hope that this helps, I am sure that others will be along.

7-7-2004 · Feb 1, 2006

Thanks so much for the info and for putting my question in the right forum. Yeah, the accelerated programs will not work for me. I need flexiblilty. What is the maximum credit hours you have to take during the clinical portion? Can you take a semester off if you need to? If I went to a community college to become an RN and I already have a BA, will I have the same salary potential and opportunity for advancement as a BSN? Can I still pursue a Masters in nursing as an RN, BA? I just want to make sure I'm taking the best path. Does anyone know anything about Monroe COmmunity College? Is there a waiting list for the nursing program? Is it very competetive? Sorry about the 20 million questions....

Heather

bethg5 · Feb 4, 2006

Monroe Community is very competitive. It is based on a point system. You earn points for GPA, ACT, Credit hours completed at Monroe, Science grades and if your a Monroe county resident. So basically what that means is you need very close to a 4.0 GPA, you need to have completed at lease 28 credit hours and score at least a 22-23 on ACT, and get A's in your sciences. There is no wait list, just the point system. They have only been accepting 40 students once a year out of 600 applicants. I transfered to Monroe from Missouri when my husband got a job transfer. My GPA (4.0) didn't transfer. They took my credit hours once I took a semester at their college. I am applying in May and I guess we will see. I have maxed out on possible points earned for GPA, credit hours, science scores and resident points. I earned 10 points for my ACT. You needed 57 to make it last year and I have 66 right now. You have to have CHEM 150, BIO 152, CIS 130, and I believe a math course out of the way before you can apply (May 15 cut off). It is strongly suggested that you take A & P (1 and 2) before you start the program. English comp 1 has to be completed before the first nursing course. I believe the reason they didn't transfer my GPA was because, they want to prevent people from other schools who up and decide at the last minute to just transfer instead of waiting, from taking all the spots from those you have been attending Monroe. Good luck with whichever school you choose.