Same cost to get ADN vs. BSN

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  1. Which option if you already have all your prerequisites?

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      Option 1: ADN then BSN
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      Option 2: BSN

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Hey everyone. I am a new member to this board, but I have been lurking around reading post for quite sometime now. I am currently attending Alabama Southern Community College in Thomasville and was planning on attending their ADN program in Monroeville starting August 2014. But, after digging a little deeper I realized that in August I will have all of my prerequisites for a 4 year BSN program except for Chemistry, Lit 2, sociology, and microbiology. Which of the following options do you all think would be best and why?

Option 1: Start Alabama Southern's ADN program August 2014 and take the 4 missing prereq's amongst my nursing classes. Graduate May 2016 as an ADN. Then find a job and start working towards my BSN thru South Alabama, which takes another 5 semesters. The total cost of the ADN and BSN programs combined would be $17,000 to $18,000 tuition only.

Option 2: Take the remaining 4 prerequisites at ASCC Fall 2014. Applying to the University of South Alabama's BSN program. Which may be a risk. I hear they have 800-900 apps and only take 100 and something. The program starts Spring 2015 and graduate August 2016. The costs of tuition would only be 1,000 or 2,000 more than option 1. Plus it would cut off 5 semesters of school.

Background on my college history: I attended 3 semesters of college right out of high school and didn't care. I did not go to class or do any of the school work. I was only there to please my mom. With that being said I received all W's and F's. However, I have re-enrolled and will be filling for academic bankruptcy on my first three semesters. After filing bankruptcy I will have a 4.0 GPA. I plan to maintain a 4.0 GPA thru prereqs. The problem is that even though the bankruptcy eliminates those previous courses from my GPA they still show on the transcript but aren't calculated into the cumulative GPA. Do you think that with a say 3.75 to 4.0 GPA a 4 year institution would hold those previous courses against me and make it harder for me to be accepted?

Thanks,

Jon

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I would ask an advisor or counselor at the four year university if they would hold those classes against you. Only they would know the answer to that.

As for your other question if the ADN program and the BSN program are both relatively the same cost I would absolutely just go for the BSN program. For me the only reason I'm considering going to an ADN program is because it would be a significant cost savings for me, I wouldn't even need to take out any student loans for the ADN program or the BSN bridge program after.

Good luck!

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I think I am misunderstanding something. The RN to BSN program is 5 semesters, but the regular BSN program is only a little over a year?? This is odd.....or I just really don't get it. If this is somehow the case, it seems like a no-brainer to do the BSN, but I truly don't get how this is possible.

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Yeah I thought that was odd as well. but maybe it's just a mix up. At the University near me you could complete your RN to BSN coursework in as little as two semesters if you're determined.

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Correct me if Im wrong but it appears to be 2 1/2 years for BSN and 1-1 1/2 years RN-BSN at University of South Alabama post all pre-reqs

http://www.southalabama.edu/nursing/documents/BSNProfCompCurriculum3_13_13.pdf

http://www.southalabama.edu/nursing/documents/RNBSNcurriculum.pdf

Regardless, you have the same timeline give or take a few months but the similarity in the costs makes it such a close call. As memphismom said, speak to the counselor at USA to help make your process easier. All the best

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based on facts do the bsn ...but what if you don't get in ???

umm id ask the bsn school if you are accepted will you get credit for the asn nursing classes if so....id say do the adn program for the august 2014 semester if accepted into the bsn program go there and transfer your nursing classes you took already to the bsn program if you can......if not accepted into the bsn program keep trucking thru the adn program

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