I just want some feedback about the various Nursing Schools in North Texas, like UT Arlington, Baylor (Downtown Dallas), Brookhaven and El Centro.
I've done some research into the four of them and the main differences I can find are:
* Brookhaven and El Centro are Associates of Nursing; while UT Arlington and Baylor are BSN minimum. I don't want to start a whole ADN vs BSN flame war, but I'm leaning twards the BSN.
* Brookhaven, Baylor and El Centro are an easy DART Ride from my house while UT Arlington is at least a 30-45 minute commute depending on the time of day.
* It seems like the ADN schools take fewer students than the bigger schools. I know UT Arlington takes 100 students each Spring and Fall Semester while Brookhaven and EL Centro take between 30 & 50 students once a year [Generally the Fall of the year].
* Some of the Colleges, like Brookhaven and El Centro, prerequisite classes fill up so fast during enrollment that the person who has to go down to the college and enroll in person end up not getting in the classes at all. I guess that's one of the advantages of going to a larger school. You get in the classes you need instead of having to take some class like Art instead of A&P.
* I'm wondering how schools like Baylor and UT Arlington handle transfer students like myself. I've got 60 transfer hours from a Community College (Brookhaven College) and would like to transfer to a school that allow me the best chance to get in a Nursing program.
THose of you on the boards who have any sort of experience with any of the four schools that I mentioned above give me some feedback. I'm willing to listen to both the good and the bad and will give you a slice of Chocolate cake with Chocolate frosting just for giving feedback. I figure you might enjoy that with Coffee.
