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Specializes in Ortho/trauma acute care/med surg.

I received my ADN from West Coast University prior to their accreditation with CCNE or even WASC, but the program was approved by the California BON. My question is that I want to go back to get my BSN online through chamberlain but I'm afraid they will not accept my pre reqs from WCU re anatomy, micro, math, speech just to name a few. I do not want to take those classes over again! Are there any WCU alumni out there that has gone on and received their BSN from another school with out any problems, or would Chamberlain accept my RN license and I just have to take the BSN portion??? I graduated WCU June of 2010. If anyone has any advice or experience with this please let me know! Because I do not want to go back to WCU, it's a great school but too far for me to drive I would rather do it online because I also work full time! Thank you for reading and taking your time out to answer!

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Specializes in Critical Care, Education.

License & degree requirements are two completely different 'buckets'. Accredited schools must follow a standardized procedure re:accepting courses for transfer. They cannot grant a BSN unless you have met all the state requirements. Commercial schools like Chamberlain (AKA DeVRy) may be more willing to work with you due to the larger amount of tuition (profit) at stake.

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.

My former classmate earned an ASN from an unaccredited school and was able to attain a BSN degree through the online program offered at Western Governors University.

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Specializes in Ortho/trauma acute care/med surg.
My former classmate earned an ASN from an unaccredited school and was able to attain a BSN degree through the online program offered at Western Governors University.

Thank you for the information

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