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I graduated from the four semester accelerated program at Kent State. I had several out of state classmates who came to Ohio for the program. A new cohort begins each semester and Kent State was toying with a weekend program too. Most of us were unable to sustain both the program and a full time job as this is a difficult, intensive course of study. If you think about it, you will have a BSN in the same amount of time it takes to get an RN and most hospitals want to hire BSN's. The prereq's do take a year if you need all of your sciences, but you can also get a head start on some of the non-nursing classes at the same time. On the downside, it took quite a while to find a good job because I had no previous experience working in a hospital and schools are graduating LOTS of nurses now. I do have a good nursing job, I have been out of school for 8 months and the future looks great! I love nursing.