Can you start a BSN as a freshman even if you've already completed a semester of college?

[Calvin Dawe]

I started university at a liberal arts school and was getting a BA, but I had to take a leave of absence after having only completed one semester. Instead of going back to continue my BA, I decided I want to go to nursing school instead. Are there any BSN programs that I would be able to apply to as a freshman and NOT as a transfer? Because to transfer into a BSN there are several required classes and I am not eligible. My previous university also does not offer these classes required to transfer. I am in a very strange situation. I want to get a BSN but I can't transfer to one, and I am not sure if universities will accept me as a freshman as I have already completed one semester. Does anybody know if any universities will accept me as a freshman? Thank you.

[llg, PhD, RN]

If a college accepts new students right out of high school who have taken zero college classes, the fact that you have taken a couple of courses would probably not make you ineligible. But you would have to apply and get accepted, just like all the other new students -- and might not get credit for all the courses you have taken.

But each school would have its own policies and procedures for admission.

[NICU Guy, BSN, RN]

Students are usually not accepted into a BSN program as a freshman. You are required to complete a set of pre-reqs prior to applying to the nursing program. You are usually accepted into the BSN program starting your Junior year. You can take your pre-reqs at a community college to save money and then transfer into the BSN program or transfer to the college with the BSN program and your major will be something like Undetermined, General Studies, or Pre-Nursing, then transfer into the BSN program.