Transferring into a BSN program from another 4-year university

[Guest757702]

Hi,

I am at a crossroads and need some advice from other nursing students assessing my options.

I am a current junior (I just started my 3rd year) at UC Berkeley and am a declared double science major expected to graduate May 2015. I want to go into nursing (Berkeley doesn't have a BSN degree option) and was considering applying to a few BSN programs which would mean transferring to a different undergraduate institution. A know I have a few different options:

1) Stay one more year at and graduate from Berkeley. Do a BSN to MSN/Direct-entry MSN program (fewer program choices if I go this route since not all schools offer these types of programs).

2) Stay at and graduate from Berkeley. Do an ABSN, then an MSN program.

3) Transfer into a BSN program. Do an MSN program afterwards. (I know that transferring into a BSN program would mean me doing another 2 years at the new university)

What are the timelines for each option? Would doing option 1 take longer than option 3?

How difficult would it be to get into BSN to MSN/Direct Entry MSN programs after graduating from Berkeley?

[nurseprnRN, BSN, RN]

I think that whatever you learn here may not be applicable to your neck of the woods. Every program is different. What you need to do is call the programs you'd consider attending for each of those options and ask them what their timelines and admissions prerequisites are, make yourself a chart of all of them (and don't forget the costs) and then decide.

(UCSF has a dynamite program! and so does the University of Washington in Seattle, and Oregon's Health Sciences program, if you don't mind moving).