Denied again...New major ideas?

[E2251]

Hello!

I am currently a junior and I just received my third rejection letter from nursing school. My first two years, I went to University A. At this school, I applied as a freshman and sophomore and was denied both times. I decided to transfer to University B to try and get into their program, but received another rejection letter tonight. Now, I am a junior without a major. I can't keep applying to nursing schools because I've already spent so much money and time trying to get in. I have a 3.6 pre-nursing GPA (this round the cut-off was a 3.65 to get in....). The only classes I've really taken are pre-nursing classes, electives, and gen-eds. I've decided to change my major but I'm not sure what to change it to. I'm interested in the advanced track BSN after I get an undergraduate degree.

Has anyone been in a similar situation? What did you change your major to? I'd love to stay in the health field and have looked into majors like Kinesiology. It's hard to come up with a new major since being set on nursing for so long. I don't want to completely start over so can anyone think of majors that also require classes like biology, anatomy, physiology, and chemistry?

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks so much.

[applesxoranges, BSN, RN]

Can you afford to branch out further? In general, I tell people to apply to around 5 nursing schools. You may be able to get a general bachelors of science but I am not sure what you would be able to do with it. You could probably find a general program like English or some sort of science classes.

In general, I would recommend taking 1 semester off and thinking about what you really want to do. Just getting a degree with no plan afterwards won't really help you. I would consider taking that semester to apply to a lot more programs. Some people had better luck going to a private (but not diploma mill) university or to other community colleges when our waiting list was over 6 years. Some people switched over to LPN and then completed an LPN to RN program. I have seen some people do EMT then paramedic and then paramedic to RN.

In fact, some of my friends that failed dropped into an LPN program and have come back to earn their RNs through bridge classes. LPN is sometimes called LVN and a lot of community colleges have programs for it. Also, in our community college the LVN classes required a lot of the same pre-reqs for the RN track.

[mindofmidwifery, ADN]

Have you looked into a community college program? Or other healthcare fields? Dental hygiene, medical imaging, physician assistant (I believe you'll have to get your masters to ultimately become one but it's a great option), etc. I would research :)