Do i stay or do I go? helplessly stuck

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Hello everybody. i am currently stuck in a situation.

My situation is this im currently a student at a university. Before this i was a student at a community college. I didnt get into their nursing program because i didn't pass their entrance exam by two points. At this uni u need 24 creds of their uni(so u spend a full school yr at their school).so before i came here i was told i was able to take nursing classes w.o being a nursing student. Complete lie. So now for the spring semester i am waitlisted for three nursing classes.

I have taken all science and general ed and extra classes..so i only need nursing classes. Now at my old cc they r no longer doing an exam..they go by a point system. I am pretty high on their point system.

So my question is do i transfer back to the cc and do their nursing program? Or do i stay at the uni I'm currently at?

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Specializes in M/S, LTC, Corrections, PDN & drug rehab.

If you're high on the point system & closer to getting in at the community college then go back to that. It seems like it's gonna take awhile at the university to get in.

I had kinda gone through something like that. I applied at a community college but didn't get in. I was missing a class that only THEY offered. There was a RIDICULOUSLY long wait list to take it, plus they gave extra points to students who took classes at that college. I was like :| Seriously? So if you have the points, go back to the community college.

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I forgot to mention that at the uni I'm in is that after you have completed their 24 credit mark..its supposedly a direct transfer into their nursing program. Im saying supposedly because at this point i dont believe anything they say.

So another question is that is it easy for RNs wit an associates to gain a bsn? Or is it another grueling process?

the anticipation or hesitation is that i need to be a student at the cc to apply to their program. And i need to register for classes the end of Nov. And idk if ill get into those nursing classes in the uni until the end of Dec.

Ahhh!! Decisions decisions.

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Specializes in ER trauma, ICU - trauma, neuro surgical.

Did an academic adviser tell you about the direct transfer?

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Did an academic adviser tell you about the direct transfer?

No it was on their website. And i went to an information session..something like that that the nursing school was holding. And some lady said its direct transfer. U must get a high gpa. There is always a catch. hahaha.

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The fact that you are wait listed proves that they did not lie to you. I am guessing that when you say "nursing classes" you are referring to co-reqs (Pharmacology, Microbiology, A&P 1 and 2, etc) and not the actual nursing classes (Fundamentals of Nursing). Most colleges allow non-nursing students to take nursing co-reqs but they will usually give preference to students that are actually in the program (or any other medical program with that particular class as a requirement).

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The fact that you are wait listed proves that they did not lie to you. I am guessing that when you say "nursing classes" you are referring to co-reqs (Pharmacology Microbiology, A&P 1 and 2, etc) and not the actual nursing classes (Fundamentals of Nursing). Most colleges allow non-nursing students to take nursing co-reqs but they will usually give preference to students that are actually in the program (or any other medical program with that particular class as a requirement).[/quote']

Well ive taken all those science classes except pathophysiology. Which im not allowed to take unless im a nursing student. And well i wanted to take the nursing classes.. Because i was told i would be able to. I wasnt told that i would have to be waitlisted. That happened a few days before the fall semester started. Oh well hopefully i get into these nursing classes in the spring

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