Help!! Which school would you choose?

[heroldbe]

hey everyone, i'm in a bit of a pickle and i need your opinions! i have been accepted to a bsn program that starts this fall. it's about 15 minutes from my house. i did all of my prereqs there and am extremely happy with the school and my experience thus far. the only downside is it's still going to take me 3 years to finish! i've already completed my prereqs but how their classes go it's pretty much three years and there's nothing you can do about it.

my pickle is there is a private school about 40 minutes away from me. it's also a bsn program and is about 5k-7k more expensive. the upside is i'd be done with my bsn in 2 years rather than 3. this is also a hospital affiliated school so the chance's of getting hired right after graduation is pretty significant i've heard.

i guess i'm just going to apply to the private school and see if i get accepted and go from there. i'm just so ready to be done at this point and even if it's more expensive and a much longer drive, 2 years sounds soooo much better to me than 3.

what would you do, if you were in my shoes? i know i'm very lucky to have already been accepted into one program.

[ElizaW]

Please clarify one point. Is it 5k - 7k more for the entire program or 5-7k more per year. If it's tha latter your decision is a no-brainer.

[commonsense]

hey everyone, i'm in a bit of a pickle and i need your opinions! i have been accepted to a bsn program that starts this fall. it's about 15 minutes from my house. i did all of my prereqs there and am extremely happy with the school and my experience thus far. the only downside is it's still going to take me 3 years to finish! i've already completed my prereqs but how their classes go it's pretty much three years and there's nothing you can do about it.

my pickle is there is a private school about 40 minutes away from me. it's also a bsn program and is about 5k-7k more expensive. the upside is i'd be done with my bsn in 2 years rather than 3. this is also a hospital affiliated school so the chance's of getting hired right after graduation is pretty significant i've heard.

i guess i'm just going to apply to the private school and see if i get accepted and go from there. i'm just so ready to be done at this point and even if it's more expensive and a much longer drive, 2 years sounds soooo much better to me than 3.

what would you do, if you were in my shoes? i know i'm very lucky to have already been accepted into one program.

just remember the grass is not always greener on the other side. i've found that good education institutions and instructors are sometimes hard to come by. you stated that you have been "extremely happy" with your school so far, why change now. a 15 minute drive to class is pretty kush as well, you won't fully understand that until you've been driving 1.3 hours round trip on a daily basis. it never hurts to apply for the private school, but a year in nursing school will go by in the blink of an eye.