Are all states as bad as Georgia?

[kyotosong]

I recently decided to change majors, after much soul searching. I'm an older student (32 this year) and I'm starting down a path that will lead me to being a CNM someday. I already hold an associates in business, and since none of my work transfers I'm starting over. Never in a million years did I expect it to be so hard to get into nursing!

The only tech school in our area that offers and RN had over 400 people apply last year and only 35 get in twice a year. The college in town is just as tough to get into. I dread thinking about how hard it will be to get into the ONLY college in the area that offers the CNM program for a masters. I decided to go the University route and get my bachelors, as my chances of getting into the nursing program are much better there after I do almost another year of core work to make up for what won't transfer.

I was reading threads about other states turning out a ton of RNs and no positions, but here it seems like you can't even get into the necessary programs to get an RN. So is this just GA, or is it like this in other areas too? It's frustrating to be hitting so many walls.

[Calinurse4]

I know how frustrating it is. I'm in California and the school I'm trying to get into takes 44 students once a year and has over 600 applicants. It's also a lottery, so my high gpa and prior medical experience means nothing. Good luck to you! BTW, I'm turning 32 this year, also

[JROregon, ASN, BSN, RN]

I live in a slightly rural area of Oregon. I have my BS in bus admin from a university and when I started my pre-reqs at the local community college, I got into my classes purely by chance. Since I had fulfilled a lot of the elective classes somewhere else, I didn't have priority registration status. I could literally watch classes filling up on-line and thought there was no way I would get in. A computer glitch allowed me to register early for my first A&P class and a wonderful instructor allowed all in the first A&P to sign up early for the 2nd A&P class manually. There just are not enough classes and there isn't enough funding for community colleges or even k-12 ed.

I made sure that I got straight As in all my classes that counted for points. I know now that many of my fellow students got accepted to nursing school for the fall with a couple of Bs so one doesn't need to be perfect. We get about 250 applicants and 56 are accepted each year. So it sounds like you just need to be in the top 10 or so. It can be done!

[addiesmom]

Northeastern Pennsylvania here! I am accepted into my community college's ADN program, to start in the fall. They had over 2000 applicants for 150 spots! That is crazy. I did not know this until I read it in an article in our local newspaper over Nurses Week. I could not believe it.