HELP! Applied & got denied what to do now?

[rmariee]

Hi,

I have applied to an RN program twice and got denied. I feel that I am running out of time. I want to become an RN but the programs are so hard to get into the state college that I go to considers EMT, LPN, and RRT as "preferred students" for the nursing program. I'd have to spend almost two years in either of those prgrams and then an additional two years in the RN program. Is it worth it to become an RRT or LPN and then reapply for nursing? What would you do? I don't want to change my major. I already have all the nursing and health science pre-reqs I need. If I dont take classes I'll lose my scholarship. please help c:

[Annaiya, NP]

Also consider other schools. If a school only considers grades, then maybe it isn't the school for you. However, if you do have low grades, do some honest review of why you got those low grades. Did you not study enough? Was the content really difficult for you? Was there something else going on in your life that affected your grades? Are you not a good test taker? Nursing school is hard. It takes a tremendous amount of dedication and work. I know many students that had a 4.0 going into nursing school and found themselves struggling just to pass the nursing classes. If you have low grades in the prereqs, then maybe you aren't ready for nursing school yet. It is better to wait until you are 100% committed to nursing school, than to try and fail. There was a recent thread that talked about some of these issues that might be a good read for you. There are a lot of school that have very low graduation rates. You don't want to be one of those people, so make sure the school doesn't have a legitimate reason not to admit you. I'm not saying they do, I'm just saying it's something to think about if it is low grades that are holding you back. If you know you are committed to succeeding in school, then maybe you need to look at other nursing programs that are more willing to work with you on what you need to have to be accepted into the program.