I am so stressed, Please Help Me!

[rizzy81]

Hello Nurses, this is my first post here.

I am a 19 year old guy, living in Southern California. I am done with all of my pre-reqs and the following are my grades in these classes.

A&P I = B

A&P II = A

Microbiology = B

Developmental Psychology = B

I am also done with all the usual support courses, but because I used to not be a great student before I got Cs in those classes. [2 Years in Cal State San Bernardino]

Now I am looking for schools and trying to figure out which option should I consider taking, and would love your guy's advice on this.

Problem is I have done great in science pre-reqs and am willing to take even more, but don't have a good cumulative GPA. So for this reason I am open to doing LVN first and then doing my RN. But I can't understand which route to take.

Should I go to a good RN Private school and which one?

Should I do LVN at stupid private small schools like Concorde which is starting in October or should I apply to a lot of Adult and ROP schools and try to get in Spring? [second option will waste almost 9 months; during these 9 months I can do more pre-reqs and do chemistry, nutrition, and get grades up]

In the past 2 weeks, I have looked into almost 30 different programs, my no.1 goal is to complete my RN in the next 2 years. I feel like I am ready and extremely determined. Now with this kind of goal, I do not want to sit around on a wait list or wait for a program to start. So I am therefore thinking about doing LVN and then LVNtoRN. I would really appreciate if you guys could share your experiences and advices on which route I should take and what kinds of schools will accept a student with strong science grades but low support courses grades for both RN and LVN programs. For now I am hoping to get into any of the two, but I want to definitely start on it as soon as possible.

Thank you so much for reading!

[JM2011, MSN, APRN]

Hello Nurses, this is my first post here.

I am a 19 year old guy, living in Southern California. I am done with all of my pre-reqs and the following are my grades in these classes.

A&P I = B

A&P II = A

Microbiology = B

Developmental Psychology = B

I am also done with all the usual support courses, but because I used to not be a great student before I got Cs in those classes. [2 Years in Cal State San Bernardino]

Now I am looking for schools and trying to figure out which option should I consider taking, and would love your guy's advice on this.

Problem is I have done great in science pre-reqs and am willing to take even more, but don't have a good cumulative GPA. So for this reason I am open to doing LVN first and then doing my RN. But I can't understand which route to take.

Should I go to a good RN Private school and which one?

Should I do LVN at stupid private small schools like Concorde which is starting in October or should I apply to a lot of Adult and ROP schools and try to get in Spring? [second option will waste almost 9 months; during these 9 months I can do more pre-reqs and do chemistry, nutrition, and get grades up]

In the past 2 weeks, I have looked into almost 30 different programs, my no.1 goal is to complete my RN in the next 2 years. I feel like I am ready and extremely determined. Now with this kind of goal, I do not want to sit around on a wait list or wait for a program to start. So I am therefore thinking about doing LVN and then LVNtoRN. I would really appreciate if you guys could share your experiences and advices on which route I should take and what kinds of schools will accept a student with strong science grades but low support courses grades for both RN and LVN programs. For now I am hoping to get into any of the two, but I want to definitely start on it as soon as possible.

Thank you so much for reading!

i dont live in CA but all i can say is just go ahead and apply for schools to get your RN. I'm in TX. I went to a community college that used a points system for admissions. it was a combination of GPA, entrance test scores, support course points among other things. You should meet with an advisor from the school (s) that you are wanting to attend and get their advice on how to proceed. should you retake classes to improve your GPA or do they only look at the grades for the courses that apply to the program? all things to consider good luck!