HCC student not sure what to do

Hi,

I hope someone can help me. I am a HCC student. I want to go into the RN program with them but am in fear that my GPA is not going to be enough. I took classes right out of high school and got into some bad things like alcohol and drugs. I totally messed up on my ENC 1101 class and failed it two times and ended up only passing it with a c the third time. I then dropped out of school for some time and in that time cleaned up and got my life back in order.

I am now a mom of 4 and have not touched drugs and only have a glass of wine every blue moon in over 9 yrs. But my grades from when I thought that the best thing in the world was the next party now are hurting my chance of becoming a RN.

MY GPA right now is a 2.9 and I have A&P II and Sociology to take from my pre-reqs. I was able to get a B in College Alg. a B in A&PI and a B in micro. I am thinking that even with a A in those two classes that it will not bring my gpa up to what it needs to be.

DO you think it would be best to get into an LPN program and then try to bridge to the RN program thru HCC?

What are some other schools in the Tampa area that might be easier to get into for the RN program. I hate that I messed up so bad but being a RN is my dream and I am willing to do whatever I can to be on.