Advice needed! ADN or BSN??

HalfBoiled, BSN, RN · Sep 10, 2018

Shoot for BSN first. It is the most linear and without extra steps.

Only go for ADN if you cannot get into a BSN program.

bitter_betsy, BSN · Sep 11, 2018

How NE Georgia? I know you can't PM me yet - but if you are more east - ie Savannah area - let me know and I can condense a lot of information for you. If you are more North - like HalfBoiled says - go for BSN. I made a list of every school (ADN and BSN) and their pre-reqs and how they over-lapped and worked towards pre-reqs that would satisfy the most schools.

dcevans · Sep 11, 2018

Shoot for BSN first. It is the most linear and without extra steps.
Only go for ADN if you cannot get into a BSN program.

Thanks! It's definitely what makes most sense, but just nervous about getting accepted!

dcevans · Sep 11, 2018

I'm in the Athens area! So I have Brenau, Piedmont, and Augusta University all within a reasonable distance. I am at Brenau atm, but after researching these boards and their pass/fail rate I am very hesitate to stay. I have my eye on Piedmont as of now, I'd love to see your list!!!

bitter_betsy, BSN · Sep 11, 2018

I'm in the Athens area! So I have Brenau, Piedmont, and Augusta University all within a reasonable distance. I am at Brenau atm, but after researching these boards and their pass/fail rate I am very hesitate to stay. I have my eye on Piedmont as of now, I'd love to see your list!!!

I had TCL and Savannah Tech available for 2 year schools. I also had MUSC, USC Beaufort and Armstrong (now GA Southern). I literally used a giant whiteboard and made a column for each school. Armstrong wouldn't accept any other schools Micro class - so that went under just Armstrong and then any other micro course would satisfy the rest of the schools.... I applied and was accepted to this school just for this course as well as patho (oddly they changed the pre-reqs when the flipped to GA Southern and I couldn't get the patho course in order to be accepted without another year delay).

Armstrong_____Sav Tech_____ TCL_____USCB______MUSC

Micro here ------------------ any 4 hour micro course ----------

---------------------------------------------- Nutrition -----------------

---------------------------- Human Growth & Development ------------

Looked something like that. Did that for every pre-req. USCB required a nutrition course that no one else required so it looked something like the above. Also, GA required the HESI and SC required the TEAS. I bought apps and studied both (but have actually taken neither because MUSC doesn't require it).

Eventually my only path appeared to be MUSC for a number of reasons. USCB would have taken another year to get into because of that stupid nutrition class and when it was offered, TCL required a pre-req for A&P and it would have taken longer to get into there too.

When it was all written down in front of me (and I used previous course schedules to get an idea if courses were offered every semester or only once a year) it helped me figure so much stuff out. It was also helpful to make another list if someone required a pre-req to a pre-req. I bought a 3ft by 4ft board at Hobby Lobby and its the best investment ever. I also have shower board I bought at Home Depot and it is cut into various size squares that I can tote around the house. I homeschooled my daughter and we had them car size and giant size (for when we played interlinking sudoku games - 5 puzzles that linked together).

It took some time to go through each schools documentation, but in the end it made my life so much easier. In the end - it actually left me with only 1 choice that made sense.

dcevans · Sep 11, 2018

I had TCL and Savannah Tech available for 2 year schools. I also had MUSC, USC Beaufort and Armstrong (now GA Southern). I literally used a giant whiteboard and made a column for each school. Armstrong wouldn't accept any other schools Micro class - so that went under just Armstrong and then any other micro course would satisfy the rest of the schools.... I applied and was accepted to this school just for this course as well as patho (oddly they changed the pre-reqs when the flipped to GA Southern and I couldn't get the patho course in order to be accepted without another year delay).
Armstrong_____Sav Tech_____ TCL_____USCB______MUSC
Micro here ------------------ any 4 hour micro course ----------
---------------------------------------------- Nutrition -----------------
---------------------------- Human Growth & Development ------------
Looked something like that. Did that for every pre-req. USCB required a nutrition course that no one else required so it looked something like the above. Also, GA required the HESI and SC required the TEAS. I bought apps and studied both (but have actually taken neither because MUSC doesn't require it).
Eventually my only path appeared to be MUSC for a number of reasons. USCB would have taken another year to get into because of that stupid nutrition class and when it was offered, TCL required a pre-req for A&P and it would have taken longer to get into there too.
When it was all written down in front of me (and I used previous course schedules to get an idea if courses were offered every semester or only once a year) it helped me figure so much stuff out. It was also helpful to make another list if someone required a pre-req to a pre-req. I bought a 3ft by 4ft board at Hobby Lobby and its the best investment ever. I also have shower board I bought at Home Depot and it is cut into various size squares that I can tote around the house. I homeschooled my daughter and we had them car size and giant size (for when we played interlinking sudoku games - 5 puzzles that linked together).
It took some time to go through each schools documentation, but in the end it made my life so much easier. In the end - it actually left me with only 1 choice that made sense.

Smart!!!!

I will definitely utilize this!