Can I be accepted into nursing school?

[moisesflores8a]

I was originally going to major in Mechanical Engineering but now I have changed my mind. Right after high school I went through a depression that affected me in school. I started missing class and I even lost my job because I had so many emotional problems. Even though I knew it wasn't the tight time to be in school, I kept trying and trying. I ended up dropping and dropping classes. I currently have a 2.7 and the classes I have taken and received credit for are Trig with a C, Calculus with a B, Intro to chemistry with a B, General chemisty 1 with a B, English 1 with a B, English 2 with a C, Chicano Studies with a B , and Economics with a B . I re took some of those courses too. I had too many emotional problems and i should of taken a break but I didn't. What are my chances at getting into a nursing program if I take the prerequisites and get A's on all the classes i can.

[itsnowornever, BSN, RN]

Take them again and gets as many As as you can. The question to ask is if you retake the class, will they average your grade or just give you the new one? For some reason I thin k they average the grade. Why did you choose nursing? (dont have to share, just think about it) if the depression is stress linked I would make sure you are mentally/emotionally strong and in a good place before trying to get into nursing school. I'm sorry you had to deal with depression, it's rough, BTDT. You can pull through and succeed!

[moisesflores8a]

I started researching other career paths and I came across nursing. I never even thought about being in the health care industry before but when I saw what Rn nurses got to experience at work it made me excited . I was never really excited about engineer was I am about nursing. I just looked over the admission criteria and it says its -3 for repeated courses

[the healer's art]

Take them again and gets as many As as you can. The question to ask is if you retake the class, will they average your grade or just give you the new one? For some reason I thin k they average the grade. Why did you choose nursing? (dont have to share, just think about it) if the depression is stress linked I would make sure you are mentally/emotionally strong and in a good place before trying to get into nursing school. I'm sorry you had to deal with depression, it's rough, BTDT. You can pull through and succeed!

Some schools take your most recent grade/highest grade. I had to retake a class because of personal reasons and I asked the schools how they felt about it and most were really understanding about it and said they were impressed by improvement and/or tenacity, etc. Especially if your reason is legitimate and not just laziness/stupidity

I say go for your dreams! Don't let anything hold you back! Most of the higher ranked schools look at people holistically and not just a point system. Good luck!

[Katie828]

As you don't have too many credits so far, it won't be that hard to raise your GPA. I say that if nursing is what you want, go for it! Start slowly...maybe only take 1 prereq class and put all your effort into doing well in that class. School gets easier when you know how to study and what works for you.

Depression is tough, and I'm glad it sounds like you are heading up emotionally.