help Low High school Gpa

Raise your GPA in college. Take all the pre-requs you can at a community college, and get a's and b's in all the classes. You can do it. My GPA in high school wasn't the greatest either. The nursing program looked at all my college classes that I had taken.

Just do good in your college courses (a's b's)... I never made it to the 11th grade, had to drop out and work.

I believe most nursing programs will only consider your college GPA, not your highschool. Most important thing you need to do is have a plan! Do some research and have a top list of schools you would like to apply for. Figure out what their requirements are so you know how well you need to perform in your pre-reqs. Some will be less competitive than others and a few B's or C's won't be a problem. Others are known for their competitiveness and anything less than a 3.9 gpa won't get you in. I had mediocre grades in highschool, but was able to get my act together in college and have all A's and A-'s since.

There is a school in Oklahoma that accepts EVERYONE as long as they meet the requirements. Its called Oklahoma City University (http://www.okcu.edu). They have some type of agreement with the government to decrease the nursing shortage. They have BSN, ABSN, MSN, and doctoral programs. They only turn people away for the doctoral programs. Of course its pricier than community colleges but if youre really discouraged then you should give it a try. I looked at their ABSN program and its around $43,000. Im in the same boat youre in. I have a 3.37 and thats not good enough to get me into any schools in MI, so Ive been applying to schools in Ohio and Indiana instead. If I dont get accepted into any of those programs then Oklahoma will be my LAST resort. But when you want something bad enough you have to do whatever it takes to get it. If I do have to end up going there the only thing I wouldnt like is the lack of diversity I hear the state has especially since Im black and in MI we have people of all the colors of the rainbow here

I am also in the same boat as you all I have a 2.095 HS Gpa AND I did concurrent enrollment my sr. year and made Fs because I skipped my final! I know I will find something out hopefully get in a LPN program and work my way up from there! Oh and I am from Oklahoma, I can promise you it is nothing like people say and probably the most friendly people you will ever meet!