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Hi Hawaii! The Ashland campus of OHSU only houses the BSN program. When you apply to the OHSU BSN program, you declare which of the 5 BSN campuses you are applying to.

Hi Wishful! Have you heard about the accelerated Bachelor's programs? The majority of nursing schools nowadays have accelerated programs where you apply with any Bachelor's degree finished and then take a year to a year and a half to get your BSN. It sounds like you have done so much work on your Psychology degree that you should consider finishing that up at OSU and then apply to accelerated programs. True, the programs are extremely competitive as well, but if it were me I would hate to see those 80 credits go to waste. And you could try to incorporate the pre-req classes for the accelerated programs into your last years at OSU so that you're ready to apply during your senior year. You'd have two Bachelor's degrees done in 5 years' time. Just giving you some food for thought! The other thing I wanted to mention is, in terms of competitive acceptance rates, if you can go outside of the Portland Metro area for school, I HIGHLY encourage it. I'm 19 as well and I applied to OHSU Ashland, knowing that I had no shot at any of the Portland area schools, and it paid off - I was accepted. I had a 3.9 GPA in pre-reqs (I did my pre-reqs at WOU) and have good volunteer experience, but no CNA or previous degree (obviously), and my pre-reqs weren't even finished at the time of applying. I know lots of people with the same or better qualifications who applied to Portland schools, got rejected, and have to wait for next year. Good luck with your decision and believe that if you want badly enough to be a nurse that it will happen, regardless of competition. You'll get there!