Help Finding a School

[ryanm7277]

I just moved to Washington DC and I have a car. Luckily my boyfriend is unlike me and has a great job and career where as I on the other hand have been laid off for the second time and thusly have decided to really go for nursing the way I have wanted to several times but just never had time to really focus on my studies. I am looking for a school that has an associates program but I am looking for schools that when accepted I am in. I don't want to be at a school where I get accepted have to do pre-reqs and then have to apply for admission to get in after that. I don't really have that much time as I need to start making some form of income. Hope someone can help.

So far I am going to apply to GlobalHealth! Has anyone heard of this school?

Thanks!!

[AliF]

Apply at Chamberlain, they don't require any pre-reqs.

[leenak]

Any community college you apply to for their nursing program, you are in once you are in. You just have to take the pre-reqs first. Depending where you are at, it is best to look at your county community college (are you in DC or suburbs?)

Having said that, BSN graduates seem to be having luck finding jobs easier than ADN nurses even from highly regarded schools but from what I've heard, they do find jobs. I'd stay away from for-profit schools myself.

[ryanm7277]

I am in DC but I have a car so commuting won't be a problem......community colleges accept you then you have to ace 4-8 classes and then apply for entrance to the program.....that is what I am trying to avoid......

[leenak]

I am in DC but I have a car so commuting won't be a problem......community colleges accept you then you have to ace 4-8 classes and then apply for entrance to the program.....that is what I am trying to avoid......

Well accepting you for a community college really means 'yes you can take classes here'. I'm taking pre-reqs at a community college but I don't plan to go there for nursing. It is also generally the cheaper way to go because you'll have to take the equivalent classes at a for-profit school (which are the only kind that will 'accept you into a nursing program' without having them first). Even if you decide to go to a for-profit school afterwards, the classes you take at a community college should still count towards the program.

And I believe most community colleges around here require 4 classes as pre-reqs, 2 of those being basic college classes. So it isn't that much. BSN programs tend to require a lot more.