Where on earth are CA students with a low GPA(3.3) applying!?!?!

My suggestion is getting to know important people. Volunteer, get hospital jobs, do something to meet managers in the area so they'll know you when you need a job as an RN. For example, I know the V.A. is HUGE on students and education. In fact, I'm enrolled in one of their career experience programs right now and work one-on-one with RNs. Hospitals aren't hiring new grads, but the more experience you have for your resume, the more of a chance you have to get hired as a "new grad". The V.A. also has what's called the VALOR program which pays you 80% of an RNs pay to do RN work during the summer. Each campus hires VALOR students each summer. If you do this, you'll have an easy time getting hired at the V.A. after you're licensed, or at the very least it adds an excellent experience to your resume for applying to other hospitals. They also have an agreement to pay almost all of your student loans off if you work for them once you're licensed. You just have to look around---these kinds of things are definitely out there and are here in the bay area, too! I know the V.A. isn't the only hospital that does these kinds of things...but it's the one I chose!


I wish you and everyone else on here the absolute best of luck. If you have any questions or are interested about the VA thing you can PM me on here.

OH! and good luck on the TEAS!!! If you have any questions about THAT you can PM me too! I took it twice--uugH!

I feel screwed right now. My pre-req. GPA at my school is only 3.3, it is based on 9 pre-reqs:

Ana/phy I (I got an A-)
Ana/phy II (C+) I got this grade before I was very serious about doing nursing
Micro (A)
biochem (A)
general chem (A)
English (B-) recieved this grade freshman year (my don't care stage)
Speech (B-) (same reason)
critical thinking (A)
college algebra (B)

gpa: 3.347

I would love to take ana/phy II again, but I can't! the university won't let me. A new policy came out saying that if you recieved a grade of C or above you cannot retake it. I feel stuck. I don't know what to do.

info about me

I have a BA in Biology (doing my post-bac for nursing) my cumulative GPA sucks 2.6! I wish I did better, I know without a shadow of a doubt if I was a serious as I am know I would have gotten a 4.0, I just wasn't as motivating back then as I am now..I know I know making excuses, but it is what it is.

I haven't taken the teas yet (do you think there is still hope)

I am a pharmacy technician (was a pre-pharm student)

I volunteer at Loma linda university hospital in the emergency area

I volunteered at Kaiser for a couple of months in high school in the nursing and pharmacy area.

I really need advice, someone help me!!! the advisors at my schools aren't helpful, I need some guidance. I really want to be a nurse. I don't care what school (has to be accredited though lol), I just want to be a nurse.

There is definitely hope!!! But you'll probably have to dish out the big bucks and apply for private schools.

Someone with a 3.3GPA made the waitlist at my school for fall 2009 entry. She didn't get in for fall, but is almost guaranteed an in for spring because it's SO much harder to get in during the fall (it's even hard to make the waitlist for fall!) and they accept 20 more students in the spring than in the fall. So make sure you're applying for spring terms and that you find schools that focus more on the TEAS (do well on that!!) and on letters of recommendation and experience instead of GPA. They're out there

I'm not yet, I'm still #1 on the waitlist for fall 09 entry. But I'm assuming I won't get in since there's only a week left for them to accept me. That's okay though, there's always spring!!

Sorry, I figured since I mentioned in a previous post to this thread that I was waiting on SMU you'd realize that was the same school I was referring to.

This is why you ought to consider moving for the ADN, not a BSN. ADN = community college = MUCH MUCH cheaper. Even state schools that are very cheap for in-state students get expensive for non-residents. And once you're done with the ASN, you could apply for residency in the state (make sure you change your driver's license address and register to vote in the state and everything as soon as you move!) and you can take an RN-BSN or RN-MSN bridge program with resident tuition.

You could also check this out: http://wue.wiche.edu/

Many regions have established tuition programs like this (for my state, Michigan, we get reduced tuition at schools in Kansas, Minnesota, Indiana, Nebraska, Missouri and South Dakota through MSEP) and California appears to be part of your region's tuition exchange program.