Which nursing school to choose?

[Michi561]

Ok so here is my situation: Im about to have an AA degree from a community college. i changed my major recently from pharmacy to nursing. I want to get a BSN degree because i would want to advance my nursing career and possibly become a CRNA. Also from where i am now in school, it would take 2 years to complete a BSN degree anyway instead of getting a ADN for the same amount of time. i live in florida and the closest school to me that offers BSN degrees is South University. They are a private, proprietary school and tuition for the two years would be at least $50,000- thats tuition alone not including books and fees etc.. so it would probably end up being $60-70,000 but i would be able to start NS in April 2011. Pbcc is a community college and has recently become a state college that offers bachelors degrees in unrelated fields. pbcc is considering offering a BSN degree that MIGHT start in 2012. I would want to get my degree as soon as possible so I could start working as a nurse. i would have to get student loans to pay for most of it and i would live at home to repay them. Im 20, single, with no kids by the way. is it worth it to have that much in loans or just wait an extra two years for it to be cheaper? two years is a long time to me.. lol and does anybody recommend South University? was it worth it?

[StangGang92]

Also keep in mind nearly 100% of private college students recieve financial aid (the free kind), I'm paying less than half tuition.

You might end up paying $18,000, which is similar to the total cost of a public university.

If you are transfering with pretty decent grades you have a good chance at getting a fair amount of aid

[Michi561]

@StangGang92 yea I thought about that also. My GPA is 3.5 right now. So I hope that would happen. I guess I would have to finish the pre-reqs, apply and talk to someone in the financial aid department to see exactly what it would be in the end. Ideally, if it was like $18,000 I would go there first because it's so close.

And @ Paeonia you also have a very good point and I wouldn't WANT to be like 25 living at home because of a lack of other options, and you never kno what lies down the road.

I think it's more of my mom trying 2 keep me at home as long as possible lol. She thinks I would have a better chance of getting a job if I do the clinicals nearby in local hospitals but I dnt think so.