<p>Thanks for the advice, everyone! Neonzeus, I’ll definitely keep that in mind. Now I have a couple more questions:</p>
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<li><p>What are the drawbacks/benefits of doing RN-to-BSN vs. a BSN? On a totally selfish level, I kind of don’t want to do that because I want The College Experience: living away from home in a dorm with a bunch of other college students, meeting new people, going to games with them, all that stuff. So just because of that, I’d rather not start out at community college unless there’s definitely no other way to get money for college. (And yes, catsrule, my parents are going to be calculating my EFC with me tonight!) But in terms of how good an education you get and how good it looks on your resume, is there a big difference?</p></li>
<li><p>How risky is it to go to a school for a BSN program that isn’t direct-entry? What do the students who don’t get in do?</p></li>
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<p>“I would assume most schools would be lesbian friendly ( and really, should just be not interested in anyone’s private life ), but I might worry about Catholic schools because of the Vatican’s official stance.”
greenwitch, you’d be surprised. A lot of the Christian/Catholic universities actively discriminate against gays, and will kick students out if they find out they’re gay. (See: Soulforce’s Freedom Rides) I’m definitely staying away from Catholic and even Christian-affiliated schools because of that. But I’m not worried about the school itself so much as the climate on campus: if a lot of the students who go there are very conservative and wouldn’t accept a gay student.</p>