harper5683

I am starting school in a few days to complete my pre-reqs for nursing school. My original plan was to go to community college to get my ADN and then do a BSN dual-enrollment program that the university here offers. I'll try to explain the dual-enrollment and why I am considering it: After completing one semester of nursing coursework at the community college you are eligible to enroll at the university to do the coursework you would do in an ADN-BSN program, but you are able to complete them while you are in school at the community college. There are a few perks to doing this instead of just going straight into the BSN: 1) You are able to start working about 2 semesters earlier while you finish your classes for your BSN. 2) You save $$$! I am completely paying for college on my own, so this makes the cc very appealing. It's about a $16k cost difference. But, I am now having doubts that by going the community college route that I might be cheating myself out of a better education and training. I'm curious about what everyone else would do? By saving some time and money am I doing myself a disservice? Also, if I ever decide to go NP or another higher degree, will the cc look really bad? Tell me your opinions and ask me any questions if you have them. :]