Is Going to a Non-Accredited School a Waste of Time?

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Would it be a waste of time to go to a non accredited nursing program? Or does it not make much of a difference. My plan is to get my ADN at a non accredited school because the school is not far and then get my BSN at an accredited school online. Bad idea? I’m almost done with my pre reqs 

On 11/4/2020 at 6:12 PM, DMQ48 said:

I'm no longer thinking about it because I got into a community college program, but some of the 'BON-only' accredited were tempting because of their credit hour requirements. Hypothetically, if you graduated from one of these associate RN programs and were able to pass the NCLEX, what would be the issue? I know limited initial employment opportunities but I can't see a huge downside to it vs. going to PIMA, ECPI, Carrington

What community college did you get into? For your nursing program. 

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ah sorry I just saw your question, I got into Brookhaven in Dallas. I actually wasn't expecting it because my grades aren't too hot, but I scored well on the HESI. I'm in New Mexico and thought I'd get into Central NM community college because their ADN is a noncompetitive lottery system. But I didn't get drawn! Apparently there were a lot of applicants this semester (170 or so applicants for 60 seats- that's still a pretty good chance if you ask me) but I can't put it off another semester waiting around, so TX here I come. 

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On 11/1/2020 at 4:52 AM, RNperdiem said:

When the BSN school won't accept your classes as transfer credit and you have to retake the classes, it matters.

About if the perquisites  were taken from a regionally  accredited  school  but the ADN degree was unaccredited school do you think that I can still get my BSN in a regionally  accredited school?

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