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Also, for those of you who are in the Army Nurse Corps, do you feel you receive(d) the full army experience? I've admired service men and women so much and want to be a part of it all. I would love to do what the 68W folk do, but I am already on my way to my BSN and feel it would be detrimental to part from that. Also because the pay and rank are significantly different.

So I know this sort of question has been asked quite a bit already, but everyone's situation is different. I am currently taking the semester off of school, but I have finished 2 years of college/pre-reqs. and am now in the process of transferring to a school out of state for nursing school. I really want to join the military, and am looking particularly into joining the army (I don't do water/the ocean, so I kind of eliminated Navy, although I heard they have great medical programs). I'm wondering whether it would be best for me to wait for me to finish my BSN to start doing anything with the army, or to look into it now and get the ball rolling. I know they have different programs that can help with my tuition; I'm trying to figure out my best course of action, any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you for your help! I'm looking out of state, because California seems to just love making things difficult for attempted nursing students lol. I'll look into some of those other routes you suggested.

I'm actually looking to go out of state/ out of my area. I will check out my area though, in case I decide to come back here for work.

So I attended a state school in California for 2 years for my pre-reqs. and am currently applying to schools to transfer to for the spring. I want to get my BSN. My main questions are: 1. What are some less competitive school that would allow me to get a good nursing education? Right now I have a 3.3 GPA which I know is not that great, but I know whatever school I go to will probably require other prerequisite courses, so I aim to work hard and get A's in them to bring up my GPA. 2. I feel like it's going to take me forever to complete more prereqs. and finally go through actual nursing courses. I've already spent 2 years in college and have been doing research on a lot of schools all over the country. The whole process has felt very frustrating/ long, and I'm just eager to actually start advancing towards a career in nursing. Are there any suggestions for other paths I might take on my way to getting my BSN, other than just going through all the school's new prereqs. and then applying to a nursing program and doing the 2 or so years there? I'd appreciate any sort of input, thank you!