Help with TESU AAS in Health Studies Pathway to BSN

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Do you have to get the AAS in order to get into the program? Because honestly, I think you could do this much better and cheaper by just getting the 60cr needed prior to getting in the program, and skip paying the high cost of TESU. I would go to a local CC right now and start on those courses that you can't take via alt-credit (Anatomy and Physiology 1 & 2 with Lab, Microbiology with Lab, Chemistry, Statistics), and then take the rest of your GE and Free Electives via alt-credit (English Comp I & II, Oral Comm, College-level math, Intro to Soc,, Ethics, Am Gov, Intro to Psych, any history course, any Humanities course, Developmental Psych across the lifespan, another SocSci/Hum/His course, Nutrition, and 1 additional free elective). You can do most via Sophia, and the rest via SDC.

There is no need to do any of this at TESU, nor is there a need to pay for the Associates Capstone. Just do it all outside of TESU and you'll be fine.

If you find that you can't get it all done before you move, and you don't want to wait until you're a PA resident to do a CC there, then I think there are schools that will let you do the courses you need online that are RA but cheaper than TESU. Logan University has courses for $325/cr, and take financial aid. They do trimesters, so you can go full-time/year-round. Anatomy and Physiology 1 & 2 with Lab, Microbiology with Lab, Chemistry are all there. I'd probably spring for Stats as well, and hope that TESU would accept it in lieu of their own Stats for Health Professionals course - but if not, it would def make that stats course easier.
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Rio Salado is only $250/cr, and I'm sure they take financial aid as well. They have Anatomy and Physiology 1 & 2 with Lab, Microbiology with Lab, Chemistry, Statistics as well. They are also on a every-Monday schedule - so you can start classes any Monday you want. And you can choose whether you want to do 8-wk or 14-wk courses for most. Not sure how FAFSA works for this, but I'm sure they can guide you.

You could do everything before you move, or close to it, and for far less than TESU will cost. Then transfer in, take the Cornerstone and Stats if you HAD to, and be ready for the BSN program quickly thereafter.