Graduate in 3 or 4 Years

[elijah.jiles]

I have been accepted for the Fall of 2015 for the school I plan on getting my BSN from. I am a senior in high school and I when I graduate I will have enough credits to have sophomore standing. My counselor and I have triple checked to make the classes will transfer, and I'll only have a few nursing prereqs to complete when I start in 2015. I have two scenarios that I would like to hear feedback on:

1) I take the remaining prereqs and apply to the nursing program after my first year and attempt to graduate college in three years.

2) 4 years: I plan on applying to crna school eventually and I want to be a strong applicant. I've read that many schools want to see a student who goes beyond the typical pre-nursing introductory sciences. Because I have so many general education courses out of the way I'll have a freed up schedule. Therefore I could take one semester each of organic chem, biochemistry, and physics. (I also really want to study Spanish and they have a flexible spanish minor program.)

If I graduate in 3 years I'll have more work experience under my belt when the time comes to apply to crna schools. If I graduate in four I'll look more academically mature to crna schools, but lose a year of potential work experience. Id really like some feedback of the pros and cons of each of these "options." Thanks!

[happyinmyheart]

I would graduate in 3 years if possible. It would cost less, you could get to work faster.... Seriously though haha :) I've only heard of CRNA schools focusing more so on experience, test scores, undergrad GPA.... not pre nursing requisites. Just my 2 cents tho :)