Can I go to community college and transfer into a BSN program?

Yes, yes, yes. :) You can definitely start doing pre-req's at a community college and will ultimately save money, and have much smaller class sizes. I'm a HUGE advocate for starting at community colleges, even if it's just a year, for really anyone who is going to go to a 4 year school, not just for nursing. The caveat would be that you need to look at the individual BSN programs that you're interested in to see how they work. For example, there's one in my area that there are two nursing classes (that are basically like a CNA certification course) that you have to take as a sophomore, before you're admitted to the nursing program as a junior. You should also check into things like how their admissions work and if preference is given to those that have gone there for all of their pre-reqs. But it's definitely doable. There are plenty of people I know from the community college I got my ADN at who started at the community college (and often got an AA or AS) before transferring to a 4 year school to get their BSN.

You can get a transfer degree at a CC then transfer to a University and start a BSN program. You should check into the requirements for any BSN programs you are interested in. Some require that you take at least 15 credits (of anything) at the University before applying to their BSN program, and some may require classes that won't transfer from the CC you are going to, so you might end up being at a University for a year before starting the final 2 year "core" part of a Nursing program.

What area of CA are you in, by chance?

I did my prereqs and general ed at a CC, then transferred to Fresno State, where I got in to their BSN program right away. There was no waiting around for me.

I did my pre reqs at a community college. I was eligible to get an associate's in science for pre nursing, BUT you don't necessarily have to do that. You can find out what the university requires, take the equivalent courses at the community college & apply to the university's BSN program. Many people do this.

Absolutely yes! Just make sure that you get all of your prerequisites done and that you have all of your lower division generally ed done and that you have a written/completed transfer agreement between your junior college and your four-year university so that they will accept all of your classes as equivalent to theirs. You will find that it's very important later on. You should also determine where you want to go and follow their requirements, not the requirements of the Junior college that you are attending currently, as far as what they will accept for transfer. Another thing that you need to consider is whether or not you have been accepted into a BSN program. Once you have been accepted into the BSN program, you need to make sure that you have everything else done, as much as possible, so that when you complete the BSN program, you are ready to graduate from the University.

Even though it was a different educational path, I did exactly what you are considering doing. I transferred from a junior college into a four-year university and completed all of my educational requirements to be granted/awarded Bachelor of Science degree. My only fault in that process was that I did not look closely enough at the coursework that I had taken at the Junior college so I effectively had to repeat a course that I had are taken simply simply because the course was just slightly different enough that it was not equivalent to their own in-house course covering that subject. In the end, it just simply meant that I had to take a 3 unit class in addition to the rest of my studies, so there really wasn't that much extra load placed upon the at the time. But let that serve as a warning to you so that you don't repeat the same mistake I did. Get your transfer agreement done, did get it in writing, make sure that the coursework you take at the Junior college is acceptable to the University so that you get credit for it.

Good luck!

That's what I'm doing.. In fact my CC has a direct relationship with my 4 yr and provides a detailed list of the 64 credits I must earn first to get accepted into their BSN program. I have 6 more classes to complete and I apply to the program this Feb for Fall 2014 program. Then it's 4 consecutive semesters and graduate in Dec of 2015. Starting researching and talking to the nursing advisors. Sometimes this type is referred to as a "pathway".

Of course you can! I'm doing an ADN program and then a RN-BSN program as going straight BSN would literally cost 4 times as much where I live. :)