Associate of Arts or Associates of science?

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Hey y'all! I'm new here and in my first semester of college. I live in NC and am doing my first two years at a community college before transferring to a university. My question is would an associate of arts or associate of science be better? My first advisor (he left) put me in Associate of arts track and my new advisor thinks I should do the associate of science track. In your experience, which is better?

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Specializes in ICU Stepdown.

If you're going to school for nursing, an associate's degree in science would make the most sense.

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I went in as an AA and transferred to my community college's AS-RN program. As long as your degree will allow you to take your A&P and Microbiology classes as part of the degree, it should be fine.

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Specializes in ICU.

Why are you getting a degree there at all? What is your final plan? If you want a BSN and plan on transferring, then just do the prereqs you need for the program to get in to. Why waste your time with either of these degrees? To me, it's a waste of time and money.

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Why are you getting a degree there at all? What is your final plan? If you want a BSN and plan on transferring, then just do the prereqs you need for the program to get in to. Why waste your time with either of these degrees? To me, it's a waste of time and money.

I'm getting my AA or AS degree to transfer into a BSN program. I have a GED, so most universities want one of the degrees.

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A.A. or A.S. isn't an appreciable difference, when applying to a nursing program as a bridge for BSN. What DOES matter is that you've got all the courses that BSN school wants as pre-requisites done.

If your proposed plan of study for AA does NOT include all the recommended sciences, then change the course of study to what will earn you an AS.

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Just go with which ever your BSN school of choice's pre-reqs are covered in.

I completed an Associate's of Science in Pre-Nursing Transfer studies. My CC is a feeder school to many area BSN programs, so I'd imagine most community colleges in big college areas would have something similar.

Considering the Associate's of Science would likely mean more science and math courses, I'd imagine any compatible program track would be an AS degree. Associate's of Art would likely mean more liberal studies (like more humanities courses.)

Really though, in my experience it's the 2 year degree that is worth something, not the arts or science portion.

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here you need to be a RN first before the BSN programs will accept you, every state and colleges are different

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Specializes in L&D, infusion, urology.

You don't need the associate's degree to get into most BSN programs, unless it's a bridge program (ADN to BSN).

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Like others said, what really matters isn't the degree but what courses you will have to complete. Check out the programs you're interested in at what school and take the required courses. I think you need to complete a set of courses that follow the school's specific ge areas that transfer students typically complete before transferring. You'll be taking a variety of courses that will meet the requirements of the school and perhaps the degree as well if they overlap. Maybe speaking with a counselor at school will help you sort this out.

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I'm sorry if I am hijacking this thread, I live in Washington and as far as I know and what Ive been told is that in order to get in the BSN program you need to have your ASN first, is anyone from Washington on here that did it different?

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I'm sorry if I am hijacking this thread, I live in Washington and as far as I know and what Ive been told is that in order to get in the BSN program you need to have your ASN first, is anyone from Washington on here that did it different?

In NC, this is not a requirement. I looked at Washington state's program and it doesn't appear to be one in there either. http://nursing.wsu.edu/Academic-Programs/BSN/index.html

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