My daughter is a high school senior and is wanting to go into nursing. Does anyone have any experience with the nursing program at A&M? If so, would love to hear your thoughts on the program as a whole, as well clenical placement - meaning how far away from College Station. Thanks!

My daughter is in same boat. The problem I have with the nursing program, as well as most in state nursing programs, is the secondary application process. A&M has a super low acceptance rate and allegedly doesn't prioritize current students. I have a hard time spending that kind of money and then her not being able to finish school there. Much cheaper to complete prerequisites at a community college, keep the GPA up and save money before applying to nursing schools.

Agreed. In state wise, my kiddo is applying to A&M and UT nursing. UT is direct admit, but the acceptance rate is like 3%. A&M isn't as difficult to get into, but it isn't direct admit. She's also looking at Mizzou and Arkansas, mizzou bcause of the 5 on campus hospitals for hands on learning and Arkansas because of the steep tuition assistance for Texas residents.

Why not look at getting an associates in nursing first? You end up with the same RN behind your name as everyone else and everyone makes the same $$ when hired as a new grad RN.

This is trueish. However, my daughter's ultimate goal is CRNA. For that she needs a BSN.

UMHB in Belton has a strong BSN program and close ties to BSW in Temple.

You can always start with the assoc degree and work as an RN. Most larger systems will then help with tuition for the future degrees.

FWIW. Prairie View has one of the better programs around.

She can look into being an Anesthesiologist Assistant as well. If someone is sure they want to do anesthesiology and not be a physician, it is the route I would personally take,

If you haven't done so already I strongly recommend attending one of their Information Sessions. I know they go into great details to provide a good insight into the program and their admissions.

For the Clinical Placements they have placements in BCS as well as Houston, BCS is just too small to accommodate it all so students do travel to Houston for their placements. This is something I know gets asked and if something you have question on will be responded to if you attend an Info Session.

As for prioritizing current students, I know they take into account Regional Residency so they are taking into account students that are in the BCS area, ie at TAMU.

But as 380Ag said it is much cheaper to complete the prerequisites at a CC and then transfer.

As for the options on doing the ADN first, that is an option and I know TAMU has the ASCEND partnership with Blinn's ADN program.

Again strongly recommend getting to a session and talking to them directly, I know they are open to talking and working with students.