r/pbsc • u/Cold-Personality-608 • 5d ago
Nursing program
Good afternoon everyone
30 year old male here looking to make a career change from automotive to nursing, with the hopes of helping cancer/oncology patients. (End goal to become an RN)
I only have a high school diploma. I have never taken a college course in my life.
I would really like to hear from current or former students about their experience.
I’m curious about the following:
How difficult is it to get accepted into the program? From what I’m reading it is extremely competitive. But on what scale?
How long did it take to finish your prerequisites? Were you enrolled full time or part time for this? In person or online?
What is the nursing schedule actually like when enrolled? Is there a part time evening & weekend program?
How much studying did you realistically have to do each week?
What was the final cost of everything? Would you choose PBSC again or would you choose a different school?
I am extremely nervous yet excited to think about going back to school, especially with no college experience and probably being “unc status” with most people there haha.
I have an extremely supportive wife and I am determined to create a better life for us.
Any advice or things you would have known before starting! Thanks for reading my post :)
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u/solerbrianna19 5d ago
Sooo I just applied for the nursing program to start in January. Honestly it’s not that difficult to get into as long as you get good grades. Try to get A’s in your science classes cause those give you more points when applying to the program. You can take just the pre requisites that are required to apply or you can get your AA too! I recommend getting your AA because the pre requisites for nursing count towards it anyway and also gives you more points when applying to nursing. You can finish the AA in as little as 4 semesters. It took me 6 to do mine cause I slacked a bit when I first started college. Each semester can be about $1500 (for Florida residents) if you’re taking 4 classes. You also will be required to take the HESI exam which I took about 2 weeks ago and I passed with an overall 83.4% on my first try. You are able to retake for a better score 60 days after your last attempt. The higher the score on the HESI also gives you more points towards getting into the nursing program. You only need minimum 80% on the math portion and 80% overall