I just got my GED, and..

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I never did TOO well in high school, even though I definitely had the potential to and I know I am a smart person. I just had never had a passion or did not believe I could do it. I dropped out just shy of 16, and now being 22 I have finally gotten my GED and am ready to do something. Facing problems with family money work and home, I am ready to put that behind and do something I have always wanted to do! Many people in my family are nurses or doctors and I know I have the passion for it and can see myself doing it.

I was wondering (since my counselor at my community college has not been of much help, and all of my friends went right in to BSN programs after HS).. what would I be looking at?

I am thinking from what I know and have heard, something like this. Just to get a ASN.

A semester, or two of gen-eds, just before the prereqs to get into a nursing program.

THEN a year or two of pre-reqs?

Has anyone been on the same route that I am? I am just wondering what time length and things I will be doing to get up to get a ASN in my community college program.

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Specializes in Trauma Surgical ICU.

My story is very similar to yours. I started at a community college in Jan 06 and graduated the nursing program Dec 09. My nursing program had a wait list so that time is included in the dates above. Gen ed classes can be taken with the lower level pre-reqs; in some places they are the same. I took up to 4 classes a semester and had all my gen ed/pre-reqs done in 4 or 5 semesters.

I wish you the best :)

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Well nursing is very difficult. If anything, you're going to have to take non credit courses or courses that doesn't count towards nursing but helps understand the ACTUAL pre requisite material since you dropped out. Do you may need to take biology (which doesn't count as credit towards nursing) but will help you better you understand A&P 1&2. Nursing is a memory challenge from what I hear. I'm applying for January of 2013. It is very competitive and depending on where you are, you may need to take an entry exam known as the TEAS V.

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Specializes in Med-Surg.

I started my ADN pre-reqs last year. I have been gradually chipping away at them taking, on average, 6 credits per semester. I plan to apply to the program that will start next fall. So, after it's all said and done, I will have spent 4 years attaining my ADN. It really depends on how many credits are required for you to apply to the program. As the PP stated, the gen-ed courses can be taken in conjunction with the nursing pre-reqs. I will have completed 34 credits when I apply. If I were able to dedicate myself to school full time, I think that I could have completed them in 2 maybe 3 semesters.

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I have been in school 2 and a half years. I will finish my nursing courses in July 2013. Total will all prereq's and general ed courses I will have been in 3 and 1/2 years to get my RN(ADN). It is a long process not something you are going to do in just a year or two. It takes time and dedication. So be sure it is what you want and you have to have a high GPA to qualify because nursing is very competitive. Don't take someone else's spot that reallly wants to be a RN if you are not serious... enough said...

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My school is a 2-year program, but they suggest you do it in 3 years. They actually will not even consider you until you take A&P I, so you are looking at at least 2-1/2 years. Very rarely though do people get accepted after only taking A&P I. They usually look at the people who have A&P I and II completed. I have only heard of 1 person being accepted after A&P I, and that is because she went to the school after letters went out and fought her way in. She must have fought hard because they usually do not do that kind of thing. I took 2 years of prereqs because I work and have kids at home. I wanted to do it slowly. I start the nursing program today, so I have 2 years ahead of me, but I have ALL my prereqs out of the way. The only classes I have left are my actual nursing classes, which I think will make things a lot easier. So after I am done, it will have taken me 8 semesters, but I could have done it in 6 if I wanted to get it done faster.

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