Prerequisites take 3 years?

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Hello,

I am a senior in highschool, and kinda confused on some stuff... I am looking into this pre-nursing program that takes 3 to 4 years to complete. You end up with a degree in biochem. After this I would apply to a nursing program. How long would the nursing program take me?

Thanks for your help

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That sounds like a really strange program to me. Even in 4 year BSN programs, you get your nursing degree in 4 years. All the community colleges I've ever looked into have the same pre req requirements and if you go to school full time, they can be done in 1 year. Then you apply to the nursing program and that takes 2 years to get your associates degree in nursing.

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mine almost took 3 years only because I didn't know I wanted to be a nurse at first :/..I will make up the time lost in my Accelerated BSN program however

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So is it really worth it to do 3 years of pre-reqs? Or would it be a waste of money and time?

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So is it really worth it to do 3 years of pre-reqs? Or would it be a waste of money and time?
It sounds wasteful to me to get a degree in biochemistry as a preparation for nursing school. However, you certainly should plan to obtain a BS in nursing rather than an AA/AS.
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I would look at other schools because that plan sounds odd to me.. I think your best and cheapest option would be to go to community college for 1-2 years and get all the prereqs for the programs you want to apply to done. Then apply to the nursing programs.

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Never heard of something like this before. In the end you want a BSN in nursing, not a degree in biochem......

Go for a NURSING degree.

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What kind of school is offering this program? go get your bsn you will be done in 4 years.

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I have only heard of this sort of thing once before. I applied to a private college that said they had a 3 + 2 partnership nursing program. So I would go to their college for 3 years, take pre reqs for nursing, get a bachelors in biology from their school by the end of those 3 years, then automatically be accepted to another college in the state (the partner school) with a nursing program. I would then spend 2 years at that nursing school to complete my nursing degree. So after 5 years, I would have 2 bachelor's from 2 different schools. I thought it was a waste of time/money (why pay all that money & spend those 3 years for a first bachelor's degree I didn't want?) and applied elsewhere.

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