ways to save time & money on nursing programs?

[1lollipop]

I'm looking into full-time nursing programs, and I am eager to start asap (preferably in the Fall). It hasn't been easy b/c the public colleges have so many pre-req's, so only the private ones are within my reach! I am in the process of completing as many (universal) nursing pre-req's as possible in the spring as a non-degree student at NCC (I already have a non-related BA) to save both time & money. Has anyone else tried this as well before applying to nursing programs? Besides Molloy and Adelphi, are there any other nursing schools (esp. CUNY or SUNY colleges) where I don't have to have my pre-req's completed by the application deadline? Any ideas on how to save time & money would be appreciated. I'm interested in either the ADN or BSN programs. Thanks! :smilecoffeecup:

[nurse2btracy]

I applied to Philips Beth Israel School of Nursing in January of 2007. I was accepted for the Fall 2007 semester. I had to withdraw but plan on reapplying for the Fall 2009 semester. I took all pre-reqs at NCC. If you have most of your pre-reqs finished the cost of school is only about 2600.00 a semester - this is not too bad since this is a private school. I loved this school - I hope they take me back when I reapply.

PS: I applied to NCC's nursing program 3 times and was rejected each time. I applied to SUNY Farmingdale's program and was also accepted but turned them down since I had already been accepted into Beth Israel's program.

[Wsmith16, ADN, BSN]

Your best bet is to take AP1, AP2 micro, dev psychology (bsn), nutrition (bsn), statistics (bsn). I found that those were the classes that will transfer to ADN & BSN programs. If you finish AP 1 & 2 and micro then you can begin applying to an ADN program. Each school has different requirements.

I too went to Nassau to take my prereqs. I took all the classes that I mentioned above & a couple of online courses at Suffolk and they all transferred.

As for the money aspect you save money by taking your preqs at Suny & Cuny schools. I found that the ADN programs were cheaper then the BSN programs. Apply to both as it can be competive to get into a school.