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I am a former student with a BS degree in Psychology. Cumulative GPA is pretty bad at 2.6, university gpa nothing special at 3.2. I was accepted last semester at an out of state nursing school with an insanely high (~55k not including housing, etc) tuition rate and I declined. I am looking at my home university's bachelor's program, which is essentially 2 years long as I've already completed the prereqs. But I am still not very confident I will even be admitted here.

My prereq grades:

Biology 1 B/ Lab B

Chemistry C/ Lab B

Microbiology D/Lab A (don't ask)

A&P 1 B/ Lab B

A&P 2 A/ Lab A (Community College)

Nutrition B

Developmental Psych A

Stats B

(there are more but ill save you the monotony)

Long story short, the required gpa for all my prereq's is 2.5, and I will have a 2.8, as long as you replace old grades with new, better ones (or the highest ones). What I have going against me is many courses retaken and not strong gpa. I was a terrible student at one time and got less terrible as time went on.

I'm hardly competitive even for community colleges. It's a crazy situation to be in...Honors BS degree and I can't compete with new freshmen for a spot in the nursing program.

Any advice here? My big question is say I made an A in Micro at a CC and then a D at Micro at my university..which one would they take or does it just vary?

Thanks!

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Well, honestly all your grades look good except for that D in Micro. Also, all your questions can be answered by calling the school of your interest. Finally, if you have tried everything, you may consider ASN programs since they are more lenient in terms of GPA.

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What state do you live in? Contact your local community colleges and ask about their admission criteria. I would personally never pay $55k for a degree!!

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MS. Even the schools here are very competitive. Applied last year and didn't get in to two local CC's

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MS. Even the schools here are very competitive. Applied last year and didn't get in to two local CC's

and yet you turned down the one school that accepted you.

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I've already mentioned the 55k tuition as my reason for turning that school down.

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All of your grades aside from the D look completely fine. I would say rather or not the school you choose to go to accepts the A or D in Micro strictly depends on the school. You likely wouldn't qualify for financial aid anymore due to already receiving a Bachelors so I'd suggest finding an affordable program as an LPN, those tend to be much more cheaper. You already have more than enough prerequisites so it could take as little as a year to complete the program. You don't have to attend a college to be an LPN , you just have to complete a program, just make sure its accredited. Then you could go the LPN-RN route which is affordable, faster and flexible. This way you could gain experience as an LPN and decide if Nursing is the right career choice for you and decide if you want to advance into being an RN!

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Don't know what part of the state that you are in... but retake the Micro and bring the gpa to a 3.0 and there are several programs in the delta that will be happy to have you.

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I would strongly consider a community college for your ADN. I had a terrible GPA from courses and all my prereqs that were completed 20 years ago. My program was pretty competitive, however, I do believe that some admissions were based on a lottery system that took other factors into account like work experience, previous degrees and test scores (TEAS.) Complete your ADN with a great GPA (or average, it doesn't really matter) and then a RN-BSN program will be a piece of cake!

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Regardless of whether or not the schools you apply to will look at the D in Micro, you NEED to retake that class. Other than that, your grades aren't too bad. Whether or not schools will consider that D (and average it with the A, if you got that) is a moot point. You will not be eligible for any programs if you have less than a C (unless they let you retake it while you are enrolled, which I wouldn't recommend).

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Thank you for the responses.

I was just notified that the D i received in Micro will disqualify me from the BSN Nursing program I was looking into.

I suppose I should really consider the CC route. My family is moving to Colorado so I will be applying to local community colleges in the state as an out of state student. I don't know how friendly the CC's there are to out of staters with the enormity of applications they receive each year anyway. Also, I'm not sure if it matters but "technically" I have a B in the Micro I took from a CC and a D from the Micro I took at University (the CC course is 200 level and the Uni course is 300 level), would this fact maybe let me slide?

It is pretty overwhelming all of the tests I have to take (HESI, ACT, Placement, etc) and even HC experience I am recommended to have ( i have no CNA cert., just several jobs helping sit for elderly people as a patient caretaker at their homes). I suppose I figured it might be easier, but wow, it's a good bit of work! Maybe just to avoid another year or two of waiting/disappointment since I can't afford to quit my job and take classes now, I should just start from almost the very bottom of the totem pole with an LPN program. They might be a little more forgiving.

All of this is pretty overwhelming. Thank you again for all of the replies! So helpful. I hope to be able to come back and say I was accepted and I'm ready to get to work :)

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