I really need help

[mike2014]

Dear nurses, students, and prospective nursing students,

Please bear with me. It is a long paragraph, but I would appreciate it if you read all of it.

I'm a recent graduate (2013) with biology major from american university. I have been thinking days and nights before posting in this forum because I didn't think earlier that I may receive useful help through this forum. I apologize in advance for my negative opinion. I was trying to reach out to people for help and advice in real life but I couldn't reach out someone. The latter was due to many reasons. Some of them are :

1_because I'm not American( moved to the states 4 years ago).

2-most of my friends are not american. They are my fellow citizens who are most of them not interested in education. So, they know a bit about education, colleges,etc.

3- Even though, my English has improved a lot during college, I still don't know the meaning of many formal and slang English words. This reduced my chances of meeting and reaching out to American students who can help.

4- It is hard to meet really passionate people in real life who are willing to offer advice and help to people who have the same background of mine.

I firmly decided this year to complete nursing prerequisites to hopefully be admitted into nursing programs later.

However, I have concerns about GPA and pre-requisites fulfillment.

I have 3.1 cumulative GPA, 2.85 science GPA.

I know this issue has been raised by many on this forum, but I feel my case is different.

I need more help because of my special background. I have read many questions on this forum on how to resolve a low GPA requirement, but I still feel I need to start a topic for myself because of the reasons that I mentioned above.

I have been looking lately for private nursing school that accept students with lower GPA requirement as Denver school of nursing and Remington college of nursing. The cost is very high, but I was thinking this my might be my only solution to be accepted into a nursing school. But, could I enhance my application by any means to be competitive for public schools?. I'm asking this question because I'm not comfortable going for my degree in a private school. I always think that they are scam.

I also would like to mention why I didn't do better in my academic study in school. It was mostly because of two reasons. They are:

1- My English language quality: When I moved to the states, my English was very limited. I only knew few words. however, I didn't wait to learn English well before I apply for University. I was learning English as I was learning college material at a time. Can you imagine learning a totally different language than your home language and learning science materials written and spoken in this language at the same time?. Yes, it was very hard. It wasn't the best wise decision to apply for college before learning the language well. But, my ambition for college and science couldn't stop me from learning both at a time.

2- the second reason is that I was home sick. I was thinking of my friends and family that I left back home specially when it is unsafe country.

3- It took me sometime to adapt to the American culture because I entered college right after I moved to the states.

4- These three reason have also affected my studying habit. I didn't study hard for two or three courses.

Thus, I don't feel my GPA reflects my academic ability and critical thinking. Someone can imagine that he may know the material well, but he doesn't understand the question on the exam. If he didn't receive a good grade, does it mean that he didn't know the material well?. He might didn't even understand the question because of his limited English.

now, most of the reasons have been removed because My English has improved. Also, I feel united states is my home country now.

any advice on how to enhance my application to apply for public nursing schools?. If I volunteer in a hospital and do well in my prerequisite science courses, will it improve my admission competitiveness?

Any help, advice is welcomed. Can I write a personal letter to nursing schools that I apply for mentioning the reasons that I did above? will that help?

I'm mostly looking for a second traditional bsn or Accelerated BSN.

I also need advice on how to apply to multiple nursing schools.

Since every school has its own pre-requisites and requirements, how do you fulfill all of these requirements to apply to multiple schools. I want to apply to multiple schools because that will increase my chances of being accepted somewhere in the states.

I'm really desperate for help. Feel free to give any help you can afford. Also, if someone has the same GPA concern, feel free to write and become friend with me.

Also guys feel free to even correct my writing if you notice any mistakes, haha. I'm a very friendly guy.

I just really need help!

My regards to all potential readers.

[Miley22]

If you are willing to move, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (public school -www.utc.edu) has a BS RN program on campus, and very easy to get in. No entrance exam or TEAS required. All science courses could be over 5 years old and must have at least 2.5 GPA. Hope this helps.

[LadyFree28, BSN, LPN, RN]

Vintagemother, I found a nursing school that is willing to accept me as a transfer student. They said I can apply now and start in the spring.This is the good part. The worst part of the school is they will have me start nursing school almost as a freshmen student. I will have to finish 7 out of 8 semesters to graduate. I'm now wondering if I should wait and take pre-requisites. Then I apply for accelerated programs. But, they are so competitive as many claim.

Is this for a BSN program?

You are starting out as a freshman because you don't have the appropriate pre-req's and required university requirements (if this is a university; CC applies as well).

Either way, you are at an advantage, especially if you are going into a BSN program; taking your pre-req's before going to the program, as GrnTea has posted, it is STILL going to be the same amount of time...maybe more.

I think you are getting hung up on time instead of the end result that would be beneficial to you...you may not realize the benefit of the position you are in but we do. :)

[mike2014]

GrnTea, yes it is an accredited program. It is expensive though. It costs about 700 per credit.

[mike2014]

Thank you for the comment Milley. yes, I'm willing to move anywhere. I will check out the university. Did you study there or you know someone who was/ is student there?

[mike2014]

LadyFree, thank you for the comment. I'm not really concerned much about time. But, the more time will take to graduate, the more expensive it will be. I will have to accommodate the cost of living, mostly renting since the school is out of state. It is a BSN program.