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[BlackHouse]

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Hello gang, BH here 🙂

Ok, I'm currently in CC en route to an AA degree than transferring to a Uni, what do you think would look better when applying to Medical School, an AA in Computer Science, or an AA in Nursing-RN.

All opinions are greatly appreciated!

 

[AntiHouseMD]

From what I've read, most people discourage going the nursing route. Some people would have better opinions than me, but I assume med schools look at a nursing degree as inferior to other degrees (for whatever reasons).

 

[Monocles]

From what I've read, most people discourage going the nursing route. Some people would have better opinions than me, but I assume med schools look at a nursing degree as inferior to other degrees (for whatever reasons).

Yeah, I think sometimes medical schools will think, why don't you want to become a nurse if you're already investing time into it? (Whereas computer science could just be an interest type of thing)

 

[TooMuchResearch]

Hello gang, BH here 🙂

Ok, I'm currently in CC en route to an AA degree than transferring to a Uni, what do you think would look better when applying to Medical School, an AA in Computer Science, or an AA in Nursing-RN.

All opinions are greatly appreciated!

They will not care what your AA is in, as long as your grades are good. Just a boring ol' general AA will do just fine. Keep your grades up after you transfer.

 

[Person0715]

As your undergrad major does not really matter, it doesn't matter what your AA is. Just get the AA, transfer to a four-year university, rock your classes, and get an awesome GPA.

 

[Astarael]

From what I've read, most people discourage going the nursing route. Some people would have better opinions than me, but I assume med schools look at a nursing degree as inferior to other degrees (for whatever reasons).

This applies more to the BSN than to an AA degree. We had a pretty lengthy discussion about it a couple months ago, the cliffnotes version is that applied sciences degrees may or may not be equivalent to a B.A. or a B.S. but probably are not better (and so a person choosing between them, if they don't have a preference, would potentially be better off with the B.A. or B.S.)

However, if you had an AA in nursing and actually worked as a nurse while you were finishing up a BA/BS in another field, that could potentially help your application quite a bit. Having that clinical experience in there would be great. You just have to figure out where you're going with your university career, because an AA in nursing could leave you a bit behind the curve getting finished up with another degree, whereas the computer science degree could maybe be finished off quickly.