So, I am about to enter my senior year of college and up until this point I was a Speech-Language Pathology major, but after hours of SLP shadowing at a hospital, realized nursing was much for me. My current school doesn't have a nursing program and my advisor has suggested finishing up my final year of college and entering an accelerated bsn program. However, these programs are extremely expensive and since I will already have one bachelor's degree I will no longer receive financial aid like the MAP grant. I am not afraid of hard work and I have great time management skills, however an accelerated fast-paced program just makes me a little nervous that I won't absorb all of the material needed to be a competent nurse.
Should I try to transfer to a different school that has a bsn nursing program? Take the fall semester to finish up some pre-requisites and then apply into the school's nursing program. In Illinois, most of the state schools give preference to their own students first before transfers. I currently attend a very pricey private college and am already in a considerable amount of debt, so a final year will definately add on to that current debt versus the tuition at a state school. Will having two bachelor's degree one in biology and one in science of nursing make me a more competitive canidate or will transfering be a smarter decision? Thank you for any advice.
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So, I am about to enter my senior year of college and up until this point I was a Speech-Language Pathology major, but after hours of SLP shadowing at a hospital, realized nursing was much for me. My current school doesn't have a nursing program and my advisor has suggested finishing up my final year of college and entering an accelerated bsn program. However, these programs are extremely expensive and since I will already have one bachelor's degree I will no longer receive financial aid like the MAP grant. I am not afraid of hard work and I have great time management skills, however an accelerated fast-paced program just makes me a little nervous that I won't absorb all of the material needed to be a competent nurse.
Should I try to transfer to a different school that has a bsn nursing program? Take the fall semester to finish up some pre-requisites and then apply into the school's nursing program. In Illinois, most of the state schools give preference to their own students first before transfers. I currently attend a very pricey private college and am already in a considerable amount of debt, so a final year will definately add on to that current debt versus the tuition at a state school. Will having two bachelor's degree one in biology and one in science of nursing make me a more competitive canidate or will transfering be a smarter decision? Thank you for any advice.