Do I have a good shot of getting into a BSN program?

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I'm a freshman. My cGPA is currently a 3.9. My nursing GPA is a 4.0. I've completed 8 courses so far. I'll be taking my last 2 pre-reqs over the summer. I took half of these classes at community college and the other half at university because my university only offers a handful of these classes at a time.

I recently applied to a BSN program that I'll be hearing back from in June. I plan on applying to more schools in the near future. Right now, I'm wrapping up organic chemistry at a community college and I think I'm borderline 3.7, but it could be a 3.6. I never expected to get a grade this low, but rough home life made it difficult to keep up with school these past couple of months.

I'm worried how this would impact my chances of getting into the BSN program I've applied to and I'm not sure whether I can retake the class. The school is highly competitive from what I've heard, but there's no information about what GPA range they accept.

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That is 100% going to affect your chances at getting into the program. Is it to late to drop the class? Also how did you score on the TEAS/HESI?

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I wouldn't drop a course unless I had below a 3.5 because that's the minimum prerequisite grade for some of the schools I'm applying to. However, I didn't know if I could retake to maybe bump up my grade. I'm probably not going to because I'll get a 3.7/3.8.

I do feel like this one mediocre grade might make the school I applied to curious about how well I do in science courses. I really don't know the stats behind getting accepted to more competitive programs. That was all I was asking about. At my own university, a lot of applicants have a 4.0, but the program advisor said he prefers B students before A students because "B students are more predictable" or something crazy like that. I have yet to take the TEAS test, but the school I applied to didn't require it.

I was just asking if I had a shot at getting into a BSN program. Still confused about what they look for in an applicant.

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