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Hey there guys, I got more good news. Asides from being accepted into a BSN program, I have been offered interviews to physician assistant programs. It is looking good so far.

Hello, I have just been accepted to a BSN program so I suppose I will try to speak with some experience including corrections to stuff that I messed up on. It can take up to 2 years to finish your pre-reqs before you can be accepted into a BSN program. The first thing that I would recommend is to take a look at 3 schools of your choice and look at their pre-reqs. After you have done that and write them down, you will have to complete all of them to qualify. And yes, different schools will try to get different pre-reqs out of you but never fear because as you go to school... You will notice that you will always have slots open to add in those extra courses that different nursing programs want. Always be weary when you have a semester that seems like you did not take all the courses you could have because chances are that you could have spent all that extra time completing another pre-req... (but to be fair, I had a great time with so much free time lol...) . Every Nursing program will ask from you: an algebra course, a statistics course, an introductory chemistry course, both anatomy and physiology, microbiology, and English. For more specific requirements that particular schools you look at want, you'll probably find some common variations. Some schools want a second English course, some want an organic chemistry course, some want developmental psychology, some want nutrition, psychology, sociology, a general biology, etc. All of this can be inserted into open slots in your semesters so you can compete them all within good time. Make sure you write these down when you look at your 3 schools of choice. Usually, pursuing an associates degree in nursing satisfies these requirements but you want to make sure that the courses completed for your ADN match the courses you need for your specific schools by reviewing everything. This is where your counselor comes in because they can help you pursue your goals by setting up your semesters with all of the courses you need. It will take about 2 years. So once you have the complete list of required courses needed for your 3 programs of choice, you have to begin planning when you will take them. For best results if you are new to the college thing, you should probably show the list to a counselor and let them format it into semesters for you but make sure that you proofread it. Once you have completed most of your courses and have your last courses in progress, you can begin looking into nursing schools either through NursingCAS (an online application system) or through your schools of choice directly (if they do not participate in NursingCAS). You can start applying to your programs and then wait for the results. Try to get the best grades you can, having experience/volunteer hours will help a lot, and trying to use your free time to do cool things you can put on your resume. Some people also go for their RN license so that they can apply to RN to BSN programs instead of the non-licensed traditional BSN programs.

Hey all, thanks for the advice. I got some good news. I have been accepted into a BSN program at a pretty good place. That may also not be the last as I have more programs pending including a shot at a PA program. I have also been getting bombarded with a lot of acceptance letters to good colleges for a potential back up plan. It looks like things have worked out after all. I thank you all for the efforts to help me out. It was actually someone here who helped me get this.

No, my veterans counselor was bad. She could not answer basic questions of "what should I do with my military transcripts?" They ended up telling me that none of would be accepted and would not even take the paperwork. Someone took the paperwork, browsed it for 30 seconds, and told me it was bad. It took several months for me to get it looked at and when they finally did, it amounted to 55 general ed credits which is of little use to me.

Well, I am going to really try to make it. I have a fear of being like those homeless veterans. So many of them. And most veterans don't even use their GI bill. I am starting to realize why.

I figured but I was hoping that my 5 years of experience as a veteran could carry me since I did medicine in combat zones, around the world, clocked well over 10,000 hours and more but a lot of these places don't even ask me for any of this. X_X

I can switch location because I have the GI bill to help me. I was hoping to pursue a traditional BSN.

Thanks. I'll call around and ask. I am kind of freaking out because after 5 years of experience as a military medic, I am being forced to start from scratch like I came out of high school. I am afraid this is too much as time goes by.

Hello. I have been attending community college for 2 years now trying to do pre-reqs. I am a former military medic for the U.S. Navy (5 years). I earned an associate's degree in science. I have completed all the prerequisites but I did not do communication because my DD214 marked it off. I only took a general chem course not organic. I also never took developmental psychology course or nutrition. Due to life circumstances, I cannot keep spending much of my time doing school anymore unless I use my GI bill but I need it for higher education [if I get in at this point]. So, it looks like I might be missing 3 courses. Some schools do not require it all but I am still missing 1 or 2 here and there. Do you think it is okay if I apply to nursing programs but leave these requirements blank? This is my biggest obstacle right now because there nursing supplementary forms are staring me in the face with their "list your communication course" or "list your biochemistry course" requirements. I don't know what to do anymore.