I'm sure you've already chosen one of the schools to attend and know they are both great schools, but as a recent grad of Charity, the reason if I did it all over again I would still choose Charity is b/c although you only earn an ADN it is a 2 yr program. Since you would already have an ADN you can work as a nurse and still do the RN to BSN program at LSU which is what I'm doing. It only requires one Saturday attendance a month at the actual school. Another reason for choosing Charity is b/c of the reputation Charity RN's have and the experiences we get in clinical. You start clinicals after about only a month of skill labs and it's b/c the best experience comes from a hospital. I think LSU is a great school as well, which is why I chose it over others for the RN to BSN.