One suggestion if you go the public CC route is to look into participating in their honors program. At LBCC, for example, the handbook at http://www.lbcc.edu/Honors/Honors-Program-Handbook.cfm says students get priority registration. This can be helpful in making sure you get the classes you need. If considering this you’d need to look into whether the requirements of the honors program can be satisfied at the same time as the ADN program. Or perhaps you participate in the honors program your 1st year and then leave it the 2nd when you are primarily taking nursing classes.