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Help! seeking some advice

I am just beginning my nursing education at NSC and cuurently considered as a pre-nursing student. I have a bit of dilemma in regards to the best way to get myself to started with my nursing career. This is my scenario:

At NSC, my worry, as fellow nursing classmates is securing a spot in their accelerated program. It is still unclear and not guaranteed if I can get in. I have almost a 3.4, but can still raise that because I have yet to complete several pre-reqs before the January deadline. In CSN, however, I am almost certain of gaining entrance into their ADN pgm, but it is just an associates as oppose to NSC's BSN. Not sure which route to take: Get an ADN at CSN which has little pre-reqs to get an ADN (which I can complete the program in a year, probably less), start working while working on my bridge to BSN or stick with NSC which will give me my BSN after 15+ months IF I can gain entrance into their program. But even after I get that BSN from NSC, I will be graduating with no experience yet, as oppose to getting an ADN from CSN, which will allow me to gain experience while working on getting my BSN. Please help. Need some advise. I probably made a muck out of my explanation, but I hope it kinda makes sense

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    I need to correct some misunderstandings here.

    CSN RN graduate here, CSNs program is two years for one and for two, the pre reqs are AP 1 and 2, bio 189 and microbiology, eng 101 and 102, com 101, soc 101, poly sci, and college algebra. Usually it takes at least 1.5 to 2 years to finish those. If you have all classes done and have done well on the teas test you will most likely get in.

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    Thanks, Slinkyhead. Appears I did make a muck out of my explanation. So sorry. As of now, I have most of CSN's pre-reqs completed in order to get in, but again, with CSN, it is a mere associated degree as opposed to Nevada State College's Bachelors degree. If I do the CSN route with my pre-reqs pretty much all set and a good GPA, the ADN curriculum will probably take me less than a year to complete. My issue with Nevada State College is their stiff competition, which I am getting a lot of horrible rumors about how tough it is to get in. I am trying to figure out the best course of action:

    A. Get an Associate's degree from CSN, work, while enrolled into Nevada states's RN to BSN bridge via online (which I heard has no kind of competition whatsoever. OR:

    B. Stay at Nevada State College and suffer through the competition in the hopes I do get in, which will give me a bachelor's degree at the end as opposed to CSN's associates degree.

    side note: I have not taken the TEAS yet, I am scheduled for May 10. ADN while doing a pm work will also give me the experience which most employers are now looking for. BSN, will give me the degree but no experience yet upon graduation. Who will employers most likely hire? BSN without experience or ADN with work experience while working to get a BSN?

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    You can get hired with either but I need to make sure you know that CSN does not have an accelerated program. The program itself is 2 whole years. It's four semesters with summers off.

    CSN is never a guaranteed admission unless you have all classes done before you apply and good grades (which you seem to have) but competition at CSN gets tougher every semester.

    NSC has the benefit of a BSN but I don't know how stiff the competition is because I never went there.

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