Claudiac

Thanks alot guys I feel a little better about the whole situation. I just am so use to the idea that college is meant to be 4 yrs long that I feel like I was going to be in college for the rest of my life. I am 19, 20 in June @Jessicainsantafe. I spoke to the head of the nursing department at my current school and she encouraged me to apply but said it all depends on the grades I earn in my sciences this year. Hopefully I am able to get in at my school because I have alot to lose if I have to transfer out (Full tuition Scholarship, & Free housing for being a Community Assistant). As far as working as a cna that's not possible because im away at school and don't really have the resources to even get my cna and work with it. It would just be to much for me I'm from Philadelphia but go to school in a really small town. If I were in the city i would have had more options because I would be a commuter and I would be able to do more. As I said before I am applying for my current schools nursing program after Thanksgiving break If all goes well hopefully I will get in and start the actual program in Fall because for my current school I will have all of their prerequisites finished by this spring. Wish me luck! Thanks guys

I am currently a sophmore in my fall semester of college. I was considering transferring into a nursing program outside of my school because my school chooses freshman over internal transfers and ill probably have better luck elsewhere. My problem is that I will not be done all my pre reqs by the end of this academic yr and I will have 2 or 3 classes I still have to take to have sucessfully completed all my prereqs. I cant try and squeeze them in to my spring semester because it would mean I would have to take 3 four credit science classes and some 3 credit class which isnt even allowed and would be a major overload for me anyway. This prevents me from wanting to transfer because almost all clinical rotations start in only the fall and require all prereqs to be finished. My pre reqs wont be finished until the end of next fall semester which pushes me back a whole yr making me only eligible to start a actual nursing program in the fall of my senior yr which will mean I will graduate with my BSN in 5 and a half to 6 yrs. Nursing is trully the career path I want to take but I feel so discouraged and really dnt want to spend 6 yrs as an undergraduate especially because I plan to get my masters degree a little while after I graduate. I am now considering just going to my community college and getting my Associates in nursing and then taking the licensing exam to become a Rn this will take me about a year to a year and a half. After that I would apply to a rn to bsn program which takes about 18 months in total this would be 4 and a half years to 5 yrs for my bsn. Since I will be a Rn I can also work during this time which will give me experience and make things a little easier financially. I would like to know if this sounds like a good or bad idea because I honestly do not know what to do. If you have any other suggestions they would be greatly appreciated. I want to be a nurse and do not want to just give up and change my major I like to see all things through! Thanks in advance to anyone who replies.

I will be a sophomore this upcoming fall and have taken no science pre reqs. I however have taken some requirements such as psych & anthropology both easy A's for me. I'm scheduled to take A&p and Chem in the fall but I want to know if Chem 2 is a pre request for anybody on here and also is it going to be hard to take A&p2 Micro and possibly chemistry 2 all in at once come spring semester? If I did I honestly wouldn't even take any other classes but those three just so I dnt damage my brain haha. For anyone who thinks it will be too much another question is how do you feel about the combination of A&p2 Micro and Nutrition? I'm not quite sure if Chemistry 2 is a requirement at all the schools I'm looking to transfer to, that's why I ask. Thanks in advance :-D

Hi guys i'm new on here & need some advice. I am currently in the process of finding nursing programs to transfer into and need some help. My current choices are Drexel, Lasalle, Holy Family & my top choice Villanova. There are some pros and cons for starters Villanova is really expensive and to transfer I would have to take pretty much all my pre reqs in 1 yr (A&P 1&2 Chem possibly chem 2 and Micro) But a pro is that their GPA requirement is a 2.75 I've heard their campus is beautiful and I got a really good vibe when I spoke to the head of the nursing program she was very welcoming on the other hand Drexel has an excellent nursing program and their GPA requirement is a 3.0 and my pre reqs do not have to be finished beforehand. When I called them they were nice and informative also. My only issue is I dnt really like their campus I dnt get that college homey feel if you know what I mean. I like both of these universitys the most but just want to get some opinions & personal experiences on transfering to the nursing program in any of these schools. Lasalle & Holy family aren't my top choices but have decent nursing programs so they are somewhat like my safetys. Which ones would you recommend? Thanks in advance for any inputs :)