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I am in a BSN program and it took 2 years for pre-reqs and 2 years for the nursing portion. If you go full time for each semester, a BSN should only take 4 years. That's not to say that everyone does it that way, but you can't really say a BSN is a 5...

I think that is only case because you get comfortable when you are in school with the surroundings, and you are likely to be networking in your community when you are in clinicals. Also, some employers prefer that their employees be from the area bec...

I say do it. Yes it is very inconvenient, but if you don't and then you do not get in, you are going to be kicking yourself in the rear. Another thought though: can you take an online class with that college? The CC I went to offered several classes ...

I was out of my CC in two years, but I did take 1 course each summer so that I would finish in time to turn in nursing school applications. Also, there were at least two semesters that I was doubled up on science classes. I took A&P 1 with Microb...

I am in nursing school now getting my BSN, and I am going to apply for the Cook's residency next year. I see everyone mentioned how the interview questions were really tough and different from other interview questions. Can anyone be a little more sp...

YES! I am experiencing this too. This is my first semester of nursing school, and I think everyone is just so excited to learn as much as possible that they are getting ahead of themselves with all these questions that don't really pertain to the bas...

You absolutely can! I went this route and saved a ton of money. You just have to figure out your prospective BSN schools and find out what their requirements are because every school is different. You just apply to the nursing program when you have m...

I am starting later this month, but we have 92 in our incoming BSN class. We also have a 99% graduation rate for our school, so hopefully we won't lose very many.

Ours are all red, top and bottom, thank goodness because scrubs with different color top and bottom drive me nuts! I guess its just a personal preference/OCD thing. They have some we can buy through the school or we can get our own and have the patch...

My school also combines A&P and I had no problem with applying to nursing programs. It is very common for that to happen with A&P so I would be shocked if a school didn't recognize that. Just make sure you take both 1 and 2 to count for both ...

My school also combines A&P and I had no problem with applying to nursing programs. It is very common for that to happen with A&P so I would be shocked if a school didn't recognize that. You just have to make sure to take both 1 and 2 to coun...

They just sent out emails a day or two ago with more orientation information so maybe check your spam folder. But Abilene's orientation is 8am-5pm, I would assume everyone's is the same or pretty close.

I wasn't aware they had townhomes but I don't really know that much about them. I did have a friend that lived there in the apartments for a few years and they had no problems with it, and its in a pretty good area of town too.

I took almost all of my pre-reqs online, and I loved it. Personally, I had a problem with actually waking up and going to class (I'm a night owl) so I found it sooooo convenient being able to do homework late after work. But you definitely do have to...

Very good point because colleges in Texas usually have 4 digit course numbers. The only 3 digit classes we have are remedial and do not count toward degree programs. Very important that those don't get mixed up. Also, I agree with doing your own res...

I am accepted into the traditional BSN program in Abilene! I am from here, but just wanted to tell you about the Grove Apartments. A lot of students from colleges in Abilene stay there.

I have heard several people on a.n. talking about their orientations, and they talk about bringing parents or spouses. Does anyone know if that is happening at our orientation? Also, somewhere I read that we are supposed to wear 'business casual' to ...

I took basic chemistry, and it was just that-basic! It wasn't anything new from the chemistry I took in high school. While I haven't actually started nursing school yet, I feel like everything they taught in the class you probably already know, or co...

You're welcome. Its called an Academic Fresh Start and it only applies to classes that have been 10+ years ago. Good Luck!

I would definitely apply and just see what happens. I was in a similar situation and had great grades at the current school but not so good grades at the previous school I attended for 1 semester. My nursing school had an area to make a personal stat...

There is a way for them to know where you have attended college, and if they find out that you didn't send in all your transcripts your application will be dismissed either because it was deemed incomplete or because of dishonesty. However, I was in...

I will be attending the Abilene campus also! SO excited for it to start!