College

Never having gone to college, or even thought about it I know nothing about how degrees work, and th progressive stages. Any info?
I've been thinking about going to nursing school at UT here in Austin and I'm not sure if to be a nurse you have to actually go to college and do that whole thing or if you just go to nursing school. Searchs are coming up blank. Any idea?
Ty

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well i found a nurse forum, ha, and it seems you do have to go to college and get a bachelors(?) before you can do the stuff to become a registered nurse. hmmmmm college.....

Yeah, you have to go the basic 4 years. College doesn't seem that bad anyway. It's a once in a lifetime experience; just imagine all the booze, chicks, and parties. GL AND HF!

A bachelors degree is your basic degree.

I guess that for nursing you'll need to do a Bachelors Science - you need to do mostly science related subjects.

They are also called the 4 year degrees and are needed for most things.

Above a bachelors is a Masters degree and above that the PhD.

I don't think nurses go for a PhD, since that would make them a doctorate. I don't know if they go for a Science degree, or something more specific either though. There are 2 and 1 year nursing schools, but it is recommended that you go to a 4 year first, then take a 1 year for a different type of learning experience.

Geez, is there anything in life that doesn't require a grotesque amount of waiting? I'm starting 4 year college soon for Software Engineering, and no doubt I could learn the exact same job-specific shit I would at a vocational school for a year. Of course, somehow knowing a bunch more shit you don't care about makes you a better person.

God I hate people.

It's so true. I went to school for 5 years, received my Bachelors and Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering, and the job I have now is something my brother has been doing for 7 years, and he only went to college for 1 year before failing out. Ironic, huh?

The only thing I'm not looking forward to in college is having to pay for it. The way I look at it, it's high school with more freedom, closer living quarters, more parties, but a little more studying. I can't wait, but it'll take an arm and a leg to pay for.

College = heaven on earth. more booze, girls, and drugs than you can shake a stick at. Personally I stuck to the girls and booze, but to each his own.

Hopefully, by the time I get to Uni (is your college the equivalent of our University??) I should be get a grant - many universities are closing their Chemistry departments and in a few years there's gonna be a shortage of chemists...and I want to do Chemistry at Uni...government grant...oh yeah...

Lenny = England h4x

Universitys here are like better colleges. You've got your community colleges, your colleges, and you universitys.

I've always thought our colleges are only two year dealies...

I don't know...

How's your search coming along??

The majority of degrees are 4-year degrees.

You can get a 2-year degree and be a nurse, but a lot of people get 4-year degrees (because....?) anyhow. UT has a really good nursing program. If you can't get into it (it's pretty competitive), there's UTA in Arlington that has a really good program and is cheaper (~$2000-2500/semester).

Actually it donned on me earlier that I could just go to the Austin Community College. Cause I know I don't have a chance w/ UT.

I've always thought our colleges are only two year dealies... I don't know... How's your search coming along??

Colleges and Universities are basically the same thing. When a "college" has a certain amount of students enrolled (like a population) it becomes a "university". Simply, the only difference is that universities are larger colleges.

All colleges and universities are the same type of ciriculum, and have the same time frame. Associates degree is usually 2 years. Bachelors is usually 4 years, and Masters is another 2 years. Those are the normals, however depending on how many credits you transfer from high school, and you course load each term, it can be faster, or longer.

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I thought my school was cheap, I am paying around 16000 a year, and it seen to be keep rising.

Snorting hydrocodone is fun.

Don't you even get halls of residence??


Good grief...you poor guys!!

Yes, underprivileged people are funny!