School Recommendations for Bay Area/NorCal?

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Hi,

I am new to the Bay Area, just moved here two months ago for a job and I have been loving it! I am so grateful to now call California home. I am an MA and in the next year or so I plan to go back to school for RN. I have heard great things about Solano Community College and I keep hearing about Gurnicke and Blake Austin.

I wanted to hear other's opinions about what are good RN programs in the area. Truthfully I see myself in Sacramento eventually just because it is much cheaper than the Bay Area, so I am open to suggestions for the Sacramento area as well.

For profit schools tend to scare me just because it is so much more expensive than community college/state schools but I am open to hearing your experience. I am working on my CNA right now so that I can better align my schedule and finances to fit into the nursing school student life style (which I know is intensive and mostly is offered during day time working hours).

I am looking more into ADN programs at the moment just because personally I like to break my schooling up, I cannot stay in school for years on end otherwise I become this very crabby and cynical human being that I do not like to be. The fact that I got through one associate's program + 1.5 years of nursing pre-reqs while working a full time day job still shocks me, but let me tell you I was ready to rip people's faces off on a daily basis and that's just not good for my mental health LOL. So I am really just trying to do what works best for me right now despite other's judgements/criticism, because at the end of the day I'm the one that has to pay my bills and deal with my attitude and feelings LOL ?. All that to say: I am mostly interested in hearing about ADN programs in the area, but if you did a BSN program I'm open to hearing about that too because eventually I do want my BSN. 

Thank you!! ?❤️ 

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