Undergrad Transfer Advice

[TillyM123]

Hi!

I am currently a freshman at a 4 year school. I am currently here for a degree not related to health/nursing and my school doesn't offer any degrees like that. I have been looking in to transferring to a school closer to home that does offer such degrees. The options I have been looking at are a Public Health degree from University of Maryland or either Health Care Management or Health Science at Towson University. After undergrad I plan to apply for accelerated programs at nursing schools, and i'm looking for advice for which degree from the ones mentioned would benefit me most for an later accelerated program.

Any advice is appreciated,

Thank you!

[cracklingkraken, ASN, RN]

So you're planning on graduating and then applying? I would look at the prereqs of the programs that you're interested in and see which courses are part of the degree. But I would honestly try getting into a program now instead of wasting 4 yrs for a degree that you're not intending to use. You're choosing quite an expensive and lengthy route.

[TillyM123]

So apply for nursing schools now for a undergrad degree from there? I guess the idea was, because I didn't do great in high school, to do really well the next four years so it would increase the chances of getting into a good accelerated program

[cracklingkraken, ASN, RN]

I don't know about other programs, but my program did not consider my high school GPA. My admissions was based on my TEAS score and my grades in my prerequisite courses. I would check the programs that you're interested in, since admission requirements vary.