Waiting 2 1/2 years in Cali, feeling like giving up

Hi all, this is my first time posting. Anyway, here's the run-down of my situation and I would love any advice or even just a fresh pair of eyes on what I should do next. I feel like I'm in a rut.

Last week, I just got my fifth letter of denial so I've been waiting 2 1/2 years. I know there are a lot of people out there who have waited longer than me but it is incredibly disheartening to keep getting rejected over and over again.

I'm 25 years old and I've always known deep down that I've wanted to be an RN, just like my mom. I know I will be a good nurse if someone will just give me a chance. I also so badly want to start a family but I can't knowing that I wouldn't be able to financially support them. Right now, I'm working as a scheduler for a local outpatient radiology company and before that I was a surgery scheduler for a vascular surgeon. I have my CNA license but cannot find any suitable openings at a hospital to get experience.

I live in Roseville, CA which is a suburb of Sacramento. We have four CC's around in this general area that have 2 year RN programs (which is what I'm looking for). I think where I messed up is that I was in such haste to get my applications out to those schools that I made the stupid, STUPID mistake of trying to take Microbiology and Physiology at the same time (at that point, you couldn't have any classes in progress at application time). Needless to say, I didn't do well; I got a B in Micro and a C in Physio. I did well in Anatomy, getting an A. That puts my core bio classes at a 2.93 GPA.

1) Sac City College requires a minimum 3.0 GPA in you core bio classes so I've never been able to apply there, no exceptions.
2) Sierra College uses this Chancellor's Predictor of Success equation calculating your cumulative GPA, English 1A grade, core bio GPA and # of core bio retakes. You have to have at least 84% to apply this last semester so I can no longer apply to them. Unfortunately, my cumulative GPA is horrible (2.5) because when I first started college, I was young and totally unmotivated which really screwed with my GPA and now I'm paying for it. Even if I were to raise my GPA to a 3.0 which I would have to take 30 more units to do that, it would still only put me @ 82%. FRUSTRATING.
3) American River College also requires a 3.0 core bio GPA but they are nice enough to accept my 2.93 GPA - this is the only school that I have been able to apply to so far, or so I thought...
4) Yuba City College is a four year waitlist. I had two separate counseling appointments at their campus and both times I was told I needed to have my pharm and pathophysio classes completed before applying to their program. Problem is, with nursing being so popular these days, all nursing pre-reqs fill up within minutes of priority registration. Notice I said, priority, I had never been a student there so I've never been able to get into those classes. Recently, I tried to see if there was any more room in their online classes so I could add them and the nursing department told me that they've never required students to have those classes done before applying. Since I've already waited almost as long as it would've taken me to get in, you can hopefully understand my anger and frustration.

My boyfriend is done with his school in Feb 2010 which would give me 2 more tries with American River College. If I don't get in, we're really serious about moving to the Los Angeles area. We're both originally from that area so it wouldn't be a culture shock or anything like that if we do move, my fear is that even though there are more RN programs down there, I'm still going to end up waiting because there are WAY more people down there too.

I have also been looking into Mt. St. Mary's College and I love what I see. My hesitation with that is since it's in the LA area, rent for us two is going to be sky-high. How many hours would I be able to work while in the program if I'm even able to find a job down there? Is that reasonable? How would I make it work to attend that college? At this point, I would rather pay the high cost for their tuition than to wait any longer. I haven't found any other private colleges that offer 2 year degrees like the Mount does.

What do you suggest I do? Any other avenues I haven't covered? I don't have a competitive enough GPA to get into Sac State. I obviously don't want to move if I don't have to but it's looking more like I have to each time I get denied. My mom has lupus and she's getting older and I really worry about her. She has a younger sister here but she has a serious illness as well and no other family members to take care of them if they get sick. I'm hesitant to move away from my mom which I think is understandable. Also, am I being unreasonable or impatient? Again, I welcome any and all advice or constructive criticism. What am I doing wrong?

Oh, and I can't retake physio to get a better grade because I know retakes look really bad. Why do they say a C grade is acceptable when in reality it's not?!?

I'm SOOOOO frustrated... I have everything ready to apply to the rad-tech program but I cannot see myself taking x-rays for the rest of my career. I want to do patient care. Being an interventional radiology nurse would be cool though. But I digress, what else can I do?

Thank you all for you input in advance