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I'm confused on which route to take here is my dilemma:

I graduated a community college with my Associates of Arts and nursing was my major, but that was in 2008. I know most schools will want, the most, your science class to be within 10 years of the application when applying. My 10 year will be next year for a few of them. I live in Florida but moving to Georgia summertime of 2016. I read some colleges in Georgia and they require for your classes to be within a certain time frame and to not have repeated any science classes more than two times, I repeated one twice and pass the third. So here are my options.

1) stay in Florida and try to apply for a nursing school by next year.

2) Move to Georgia and see if there is a school that doesn't have to 2 repeats requirement.

3) Go to a technical college in Georgia and go for my LPN then continue from there.

4) Go to Georgia wait the year for in state residency and take my necessary classes all over again and then apply for the nursing program.

Any advice or direction will be helpful.

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Specializes in NICU, ICU, PICU, Academia.

How did you 'major' in nursing and not take NCLEX? I am thoroughly confused.

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I'm confused too. You graduated in 2008 with nursing but you are trying to get into nursing in 2016? I don't think anyone here can give you the direction you are looking for because you need to decide what is the best thing for you to do- accepting that most schools will probably want the classes within the last 10 years. Scientific discoveries aside, you are not likely to remember the content from those classes after that much time and you need the knowledge for nursing school. Best thing to do is decide if you want to stay or move and then look for schools. Talk to the adviser there. I wouldn't suggest doing LPN if you are looking to do RN because you will STILL have to take the classes and you will have spent time and money to end up just where you are now.

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I guess I explained that incorrectly I did the prerequisites and received my AA degree. I have not yet completed a Nursing program.

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Thank you not2bblue

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Specializes in UR/PA, Hematology/Oncology, Med Surg, Psych.

We really can't know what's best for you. I guess alot matters on how important the move to Georgia is? Personally, I wouldn't base a large move on which nursing program I'll be attending. I'd do what I needed/wanted and then find a school that met my needs.

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Specializes in ER, Pediatric Transplant, PICU.

From Ga here - and let me tell you a little story...

My best friend and I met in nursing school 6 years-ish ago. We were in our last semester when her dad suddenly died in a car accident, and it made her have a mental breakdown and she failed the last semester. Now, at that time, since we had already been in school 2 years and it took her a few tires to get into nursing school, all the schools around here wanted her prereqs within the last 5 years. So, she had to go back and take A&P1, 2, and Micro because her A&P1 expired, and by the time she took that the other was expired... you see where I'm going with this.

Anyways, I would make SURE what schools you are looking into say they want them within 10 years, because I really thought 5 years was the mark. As far as retaking them.... I think you will have a more difficult time actually getting into a program around here with that many retakes unless your grades are really great. I would look into more community colleges or like you said, maybe getting your LPN first then bridging to RN if that's what your ultimate goal is.

My advice would be to apply to all the places you can (within reason) and see if you get accepted. If you get accepted in Fl, I would suggest staying there. Its so competitive, it would be difficult for me to tell you to move if you got into a program in Fl.

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Thank you A&OxNone and I understand exactly what you are talking about. The ten years is a community college in Florida. I will do just that apply and see where it goes. Thanks for the advice

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