4 years to complete an ADN?!?!

[Lauren3249]

I just found out today that by going to the community college to get my ADN, it is going to take 4 years for me to finish. What the heck is that all about?? I don't understand that because why would I want to waste all that time. I thought it was supposed to be 2 years, not 4. That's a fricken BSN. Is this normal?? This is how it adds up (if you care to follow along): 1st semester is pre-reqs that you have to do (A&P 1 w/lab, English Comp, Intro to Sociology, College Algebra). Then they just added that you also have to complete Microbiology w/ lab and A&P w/ lab the next semester before you can even apply to the nursing program. By the time you complete all of these required pre-reqs, you will have missed the application deadline for fall admission to the nursing program. So you have to apply for Spring admission into the nursing program. Add that all up and that comes to 3 full semesters before I can even start the nursing program itself. The nursing program is then another 5 semesters (no way around that).

What kind of crap is this?? Plus, I'll have to fill up my schedule with a bunch of meaningless courses so that I can stay full-time for financial aid purposes. Is this what everybody goes through for an ADN???

[Lauren3249]

Something I was thinking... does a BSN really take 4 years like it is supposed to? I wonder if there are people that have spent 5 or 6 six years working on their BSN even going full-time.

[gladtobeOB]

Wow, you poor souls who have to go to school 4 yrs for a ADN!!!! Ours was 2yrs which included ALL the courses, some students right out of high school as well as others were done in 2 yrs. Our course catalog stated courses were either prerequisites or concurrent with whatever class. Several students after graduating with ADN went back for their BSN and are now done with their studies and have their BSN, although they didn't work full time like me. I will HOPEFULLY be done this fall(5 more classes) I work full time and was taking at least 12 credits a semester for my bsn and am married with 3 kids.

[Energizer Bunny]

Alexander....what school in Buffalo? I am going to JCC in Jamestown!

To whoever said you have to take all your pre-req's before the program, you don't here. I took A&P I, Psych and pre-statistics. That's it and the rest are being filtered into my core nursing curriculum. This also helps me to stay full time for my financial aid. I won't have a problem with credit hours. Now, if someone were just starting this fall in my class (which many are) they are doing the three year deal and will graduate in 2007, but most of them still have to do all pre-req's.

[Pab_Meister]

Hi CNM2B!

This is the policy at Erie Community College. You can check them out on the web at http://www.ecc.edu

You -n- I have chatted before on this forum. I don't know if you remember, but I told you that joke about Gowanda, N.Y. ...remember?

Q: How do you get to Gowanda?

A: Gowanda bus. ...hehehehe... I crack me up!!

[Energizer Bunny]

Yep, I remember now and I was wondering if it was you that told me! LOL! I talk so much I can't remember who I am talking to! LOL! Big downfall of mine. I'll do better next time, I promise!

[opalmRN]

I thought it was supposed to be 2 years, not 4. That's a fricken BSN. Is this normal

And that is right. Some programs take two years and some actually take a little less due to summer courses. Some require prereqs to be completed prior and some have them worked in but I have never heard of a RN/ADN or ASN program requiring 4 years.

In most states you can earn a BSN in 4 years. I don't know about you but I don't have 2 extra years to waste on an ADN degree. My advice, find another school.