I am taking my pre-requisites and I keep having these thoughts about being rejected and do not have any idea what I should do if I am. I am doing well in my classes, but when I first attended college (seven years ago) I partied and such. Now I am serious about my education and know what I want to do (I had no idea the first time around). I have moved to a new state w/ my husband and have started the pre-req's. What is worrying me so much is that from my first go-round in college I am starting out with less than a 1.0 GPA. This is on my record and, to the best of my knowledge, nothing can be done about it. I am so worried that no matter how well I do in the classes I take now, that first-time college experience will come back to haunt me.
To make matters worse, my one relative who usually gives great advice, says that if I don't get in it should be a sign that God has other things planned for my life and this was just not meant to be. I don't want to think that because this is the first time I have ever actually wanted to do something (I was very spoiled) and I gave this a lot of thought and consideration before making the decision.
it's too bad that these schools are making it so difficult for those of us who want nothing else but to be good nurses: especially since everyone is complaining about a nursing shortage. our nursing schools need to reconsider their admission guidelines. good luck to all of you!! i'm sure you'll all be great nurses. don't give up, since you have patients who need you!
i think schools do need to keep a certain level of difficulty for entrance into a nursing program. it shows that you are at least willing to work towards a goal. my school probably has the least amount of requirements for admission of those that i have looked up for adns. it is not uncommon for someone right out of high school to get into a bsn program... but the first couple of years (at least around here) are still not doing clinical work but rather taking all of those wonderful general ed classes.
i was a little ticked a couple years back when a big local university cut the bsn program as well as a teaching program. it left a lot of students with no choice but to try to transfer to the other university. i know a gal who was getting ready to go into her final year of the bsn program who then had to transfer to the other university only to be put on a wait list for a year. she did not want to go and do the adn program because she had already gone so far in the bsn (can't blame her! but i think it was pretty crappy of the university to do). i think when schools start cutting out some of these big programs it hurts everyone. it has put a higher demand on both our adn and bsn local programs as well as giving a lot of people no choice but to go to the lpn program (which now has a huge wait list!)
I don't want to think that because this is the first time I have ever actually wanted to do something (I was very spoiled) and I gave this a lot of thought and consideration before making the decision.
Glimmer
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i think schools do need to keep a certain level of difficulty for entrance into a nursing program. it shows that you are at least willing to work towards a goal. my school probably has the least amount of requirements for admission of those that i have looked up for adns. it is not uncommon for someone right out of high school to get into a bsn program... but the first couple of years (at least around here) are still not doing clinical work but rather taking all of those wonderful general ed classes.
i was a little ticked a couple years back when a big local university cut the bsn program as well as a teaching program. it left a lot of students with no choice but to try to transfer to the other university. i know a gal who was getting ready to go into her final year of the bsn program who then had to transfer to the other university only to be put on a wait list for a year. she did not want to go and do the adn program because she had already gone so far in the bsn (can't blame her! but i think it was pretty crappy of the university to do). i think when schools start cutting out some of these big programs it hurts everyone. it has put a higher demand on both our adn and bsn local programs as well as giving a lot of people no choice but to go to the lpn program (which now has a huge wait list!)