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Is this a good degree for pre med students?

Hi! Maybe wrong sub so LMK.

I’m a high school student and I want to get my BSN. I wanted to be a PA/Doctor for a while and then I learned about NPs and I want to do that now because I like the holistic model, I like working with patients more, and honestly I would prefer more hands on training and work experience.

I’m trying to apply to a BSN program out of high school since I have a AS I’m graduating with and my pre reqs are done, however being that they’re crazy competitive I was also looking at a ABSN program and another program where if you have a Bacholors in another field you can get your MSN on 15 months. Basically plan B would be go get a Bacholors of biohealth/biology and then apply when I have more experience. Another option is I could go to community college and get another associates and get my RN and then do a BSN.

Given my options which one would you think is best for what I want to do.

Thanks so much!

Hi I’m not sure if this is the right sub but I was wondering if anyone knew about OHSU’s nursing program admissions. I’m a little confused by their website.

I’m a rising senior in high school and I have my pre reqs almost done for OHSU. However if I apply in February then I still won’t have the second and third anatomy and physiology class, or microbiology done.

The website says:
Finish the full anatomy and physiology series by the end of the fall term before your program starts
Complete all prerequisites by the end of the fall term before your program starts

So basically I would apply February 2027 and finish my pre reqs by June 2027. Is that okay? I am a bit confused.

Second part of my question how insane would it be to apply in high school, and is there a way to increase my chances of getting in as a high school student?

Thanks so much!

Hey I’m looking to get a CNA certification, hopefully this summer or fall. Are they’re any places that train on site or maybe even an online hybrid course a few hours away? Thank you! I looked into UCC but I’d have to wait a whole year so I was wondering if anyone knew of other options or had some recommendations.

Edit: that was supposed to be UCC

So I teach swim lessons and I’m really working on my goal to get requested by a parent this summer (just a little fun thing yk). If you’ve requested a specific instructor for yourself or your kids, why did you request them? Or if you got requested like why specifically?

So basically I slept through our in service (I’m very mad at myself for it). My family went on this trip so I told him I wasn’t going to be there then I stayed behind so I can make it so I told him I was going to be there and I told him I was going to be there. Anyways so the morning of the in service I slept through it by like 2 hours. I am so mad at myself that I did that and it’s not something that has happened before. He cross trained me as a cashier to have a subs for the cashier yesterday and I worked there last year and I have a pretty good rep at work I feel like so I don’t think he’s gonna like be that mad about it but I’m really mad at myself because I really wanted to be there to get a good understanding of what we’re doing and everything.

Anyways I called him and said basically this I’m really sorry I missed the in-service this morning. I wasn’t feeling well yesterday, and I missed the training today. I apologize. I was wondering if there’s any way I could make up the training or get caught up before Monday.

Is there anything else or any advice?

I do dual enrollment and I wanted to do some AP self study. I’d be doing them senior year of high school so I feel like there isn’t much of a risk besides the money for taking the test. I wanted to do AP Calc BC, AP microeconomics, and AP chem. I’m taking some Calc and chem in dual enrollment but the class codes don’t line up the same for college. If I mastered the Khan academy course for those classes is that enough to get a good score?

Is schoolhouse (khan academy partner) any good? Has anyone done it and what was it like? Did you feel like it was personalized at all? Helpful?

Kind of a job hunt like do these jobs exist?

So I was going to be a CNA and work in a hospital setting, but I also have this phlebotomy program I can take and if I did that and my CNA class like both would I qualify to be a PCT or could I use my phlebotomy skills as a CNA or my CNA skills in a phlebotomy environment? Is there any benefit to having both?

I want to go to college; either pre med pre PA or a BSN/NP route, not sure but pretty heavy class loads for all of them. My plan was to be a CNA during college part time while doing classes. Has anyone done that? Is it possible? Are there jobs available and what does that schedule look like usually.

Also if you did did you get a job at home or in the city your school is in (they’re like 2 hours apart). And can you get seasonal jobs and work in the summer somewhere or work somewhere for one part of the year and then somewhere else the other?

I’m a senior and I’m graduating with my associates. Usually my high school does graduation a week before my college does their graduation, but I found the calendars for this year and they are having graduation on the same day as when my college usually does it. I’m really upset because I have been looking forward to walking at both my high school and college graduation for a while and it meant a lot to me and now I won’t be able to.

I was thinking about this, everyone who speaks ASL would have to know some English like at least the alphabet and how to spell right?

To be honest I am applying for a state school with an 80% acceptance so I am not too concerned about getting in I am mainly concerned about scholarships.

So I have taken 12 credits of college courses since 10th grade, I am graduating high school with extra credits and an associate of science, which transfers to a state school (why I’m going to a state school among other reasons).

Freshmen year I got straight As. After this year (if my grades stay the same and I think they will) I will have mostly As, 6Bs, 2Cs, 1 retake.

See last year I took this math literacy course thinking it’d be basic math and terminology and for some reason it was unnecessary hard, it’s a 100 level course that like half the class failed. I got an F and I was like devastated. I retook it over the summer while doing ECs and working 40-50 hours a week to pay for it. Even when I retook it I got a C. Then in the fall I took pre calc and got a C as well.
I had some health stuff too that we had to drive far to treat and I was in hospitals (it’s idiopathic so idk how to describe it), but Mainly I am just bad at math. I’ve aced chemistry biology and other science courses but math is different for me, I think I’ve got it. Anyways I didn’t take any math winter/spring term.

I am considering retaking pre calculus fall term and doing trig winter term. That would be all my pre calculus credits done senior year so in college I’d still have to do probably a year of calc still. I am almost convinced I could get a high B if not an A.

Is my math with the retakes and Cs and the F going to ruin my application? I have a 3.7 Unweighted and 4.2 weighted before retaking it and before my grades from this term come in, idk about test scores yet but I have good ECs and I’m a good writer.

Thanks for reading this far if you did it was kinda long.

Okay I have this big fear that someone’s gonna be unconscious and I’m gonna not be able to locate a pulse accurately and take forever or do CPR on a live person. I can find mine but like I haven’t practiced on other people a lot. And it’s kinda like how do I practice taking a pulse on people any tips to get better at that?

What classes do I take senior year? I am taking fall and winter to finish college general bio, and then spring for phlebotomy certification. I could try to stack general chem but I might need to take an evening lab or labs might conflict. My other option is finish pre calc (111/112) and maybe do calculus (241/242) I did 111 but I got a C and I was thinking about retaking it for a better grade, then doing 112, then do I do 241 and do 242 in university or do 112, 241, 242, or do 111, 112 and take spring off?