Applying for RN school

[Sylina2100]

Hello, I am in central Florida. I have 1 more pre requisite to go before I apply for the RN program. The school I go to is incredibly hard to get into (community college). They get over 300 applications and take 60 students each term. I was wondering from anyone who lives elsewhere. Is there anywhere else in the country where nursing school is not as hard to get in? I am not going to apply 20 times to keep trying to get into. If I have to move somewhere else to go to school, I will. I talk to many people who have applied 4 times, still not to get in. Is every where hard to get in?

[Coriander, BSN, RN]

I live in California, so I'm probably not the best person to give an opinion. I've read in several threads that Texas looks good, and I think North Carolina may be as well (please correct me, someone, if I'm wrong).

I've already been denied once, and am waiting to hear about my rollover application for Spring. I wish you all the best in your journey!

[Meant2beRN]

Stay positive. Try and apply to more than one school if possible.

[PacoUSA, BSN, RN]

I'm also in Central Florida, and yes I hear it is extremely hard to get into the community college RN programs here, in most all the counties surrounding Orange County as well. Have you considered a school such as Florida Hospital College of Health Sciences? It's a private school and costs more money, but may not be as bad as say Valencia, Brevard or Seminole. I am also assuming you're pursuing an ADN as opposed to your BSN, which is a whole other story too.

[springing]

Anywhere urban or densely populated is going to be difficult, period. California has more people in it than the entire country of Canada. Florida has almost as many as Australia. Big, wide-open states like Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma are easier, but you're going to have look in their rural areas. Here in Michigan, colleges in and around Detroit and Grand Rapids are ridiculously difficult to get into. There is one community college in Grand Rapids with a 4 year waiting list. Up in the backwoods where it snows half the year, the situation is less dire.