greenbean14

Hello all, I'm a sophomore in college who was originally a BS in biology. I had enough credits where I would actually be able to graduate a semester early as a biology major. My original plan was to take nursing school pre-reqs instead of minoring and go to accelerated nursing school after graduation. After much debating and speaking with some of my family members who are nurses, as well as speaking to people on here, I've finally made the decision once and for all to change my major to Pre-Nursing now as an undergrad. Luckily, a lot of my science classes will transfer over into my new major, but I've still got about a whole year of pre-reqs ahead of me. I'm really excited about switching and feel like this is the best decision, but I am a little disappointed that I will not be able to graduate in 4 years, as my original major allowed me to. My question is... will I "stick out" in nursing school since I am a year behind? I guess I'm just needing a little reassurance that "being behind" isn't as big of a deal as my over-achieving mind thinks it is.

hi, gizm0. I was just wondering what you ever decided on doing. Best of luck to you on whichever path you choose!

I'm currently halfway through college as a biology major. I'm really not sure what I want to do with my bio degree, so I'm taking a career explorations class right now. Nursing really appeals to me, but I don't have any experience shadowing or knowing that it's what I definitely want to do, so I'm not sure if it would be good to switch to a Pre-Nursing major without knowing for sure. In fact, I think I'm going to enroll in a CNA program over the summer in my area so that I can get certified and gain experience in a nursing setting while being able to make some money during the rest of my undergrad. Hopefully, that can help steer me in the right direction as to whether or not an accelerated nursing program would be in my future. That being said, I would really like to keep my options open. I came in with a lot of college credits, so my last 4 semesters have a lot of flexibility/open space as far as adding electives goes. Because of this, I'm starting to think that it would be a good idea to abandon my idea of obtaining a minor to use the extra space in my remaining semesters to do any remaining prerequisite coursework for accelerated nursing school. Courses like anatomy and physiology interest me a lot anyhow, and I'll feel a lot better knowing that I will keep my options to ABSN open, should that be the path I ultimately choose. The only problem is that I'm not exactly sure where I want to end up after I graduate, and thus, I'm unsure as to where I would be attending an accelerated program as well. This poses a problem because it seems like different schools have slightly different prereqs. Can anyone help me out to generalize which prereqs I should enroll in? Thank you so much to anyone who can offer any advice!

Hello! Just a little brief background info: I'm a sophomore at a 4-year university who is switching from being on a Biology BS pre-med track to Pre-Nursing to get my Traditional 4-year BSN. I'm on track to graduate on time if I would have stuck with Biology. However, as a sophomore just now entering Pre-Nursing, I am behind one semester on pre-reqs for clinical courses and have been informed that I will therefore be graduating a semester later as well. As silly as this sounds, I'm really upset that I won't be able to graduate with the majority of my friends and peers in my class year! Cue the alternative: bio advisor told me that I could switch my BS in Bio to a BA (it involves less chemistry and physics, which I detest) and take nursing school prereqs during undergrad. Then after graduating with my BA in Bio, I could apply to an accelerated program and get my BSN that way. I like this option because 1) I do love Bio 2) I have more room for a minor this way as well and 3) ... I could graduate on time (silly, I know). The main drawbacks are that I will be paying more money for schooling and putting time and effort into classes for an entire degree that is not even necessary if I were to just go the traditional BSN route. I would ideally love to get my BSN, pass boards, and begin my nursing career as soon as I can! I just can't decide which path to go... Can anyone offer me a little bit of guidance or share what you did with me? Thank you so incredibly much for the help!