Bad old transcripts from music school

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I know this topic has been talked about to death but most of what I read involves people messing up their pre-nursing classes the first time around. My situation is a little different and I wanted to get y'alls two cents.

In 2011 I went fresh out of high school into college as a violin performance/music education major. At that time I had a whole lot on my plate--no car of my own and had major family issues which distracted me. I never studied and ended up dropping out 3 semesters in with something like a completely ridiculous 2.0 GPA.

3 years later I got back on my feet and decided I wanted to be a nurse. I enrolled in a community college and I have finished my 2nd semester on Thursday with a cumulative GPA (for that school and these pre-NS pre-reqs) of 3.75. Did a complete 180 turnaround as far as academic performance goes. Now I am terrified that I won't be considered for nursing school because of my old transcripts. I WILL be submitting my old transcripts because integrity is a huge part of being a good nurse and if you aren't honest with your school from the start well...that says a lot about you as a person. Will the nursing department even consider my 3-year-old grades in classes like Music History and Low Strings?? My new grades from this Fall semester haven't been averaged in yet, but I currently have an overall GPA of 2.4. Not even high enough to get in anywhere. What should I do? It would be a waste of my time to retake any of the failing classes from 3 years ago because I don't need music theory or music history for a nursing degree. I am hoping that my community college will accept me into their ADN program since they ONLY consider your grades from 5 pre-reqs along with your entrance exam scores and other things. It is competitive though. They only take 30 students a semester.

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