Fayetteville Tech RN Hopefuls

I have applied to the RN program and have been told that my cumulative GPA is too low. When I graduated high school in 1998, I took some classes at FTCC and totally failed out. At the time, I was more interested in partying than school. In 2001, I got serious and completed my LPN at another school. I returned to FTCC this past summer to try for the RN program. I have made all As and Bs on the classes I have to take, but those grades from 1998 are included in my GPA, bringing it down greatly. Is there anyway to work around this?