I met with my advisor today. After 11 years, I have returned to school to finish up my prereq's for nursing. Upon returning, I have a 2.485 gpa, which 2.5 is needed at my school for nursing. She had told me that they would take into consideration my most recent semesters, but I got a C in Chem and a B last semester, which doesn't look pretty. I am now getting a B in A&P and B in Nutrition, but it hardly competes with the 4.0 students that are coming right out of high school. She told me that for this semester, 80 applied, 40 got in, and they turned away people with 3.2 gpa's. I just about cried when I heard that. I feel like I am now wasting my time and money. I have 3 children, no money, and I really don't want to drag this out for 5 years if I don't get in, you know? I don't know if I should keep plugging along, or just wait 2 more years and reapply, when all my kids will be in school, and maybe I can devote more time to my own education. What do you guys think?
Remember also that allot of colleges have LPN/Rn bridge programs so if you become an LPN, usually you take only 6 prerequs instead of the usual 9-13, a semester course that fills in some gaps, then into the second year of RN program. If you're an LPN first, you'll have fewer prereqs to do later. If you have them done already, (I'm not sure if you do or not) you should be able to go right into the nursing sequence. You may have to take A and P again depending on how long you wait to do the RN. Right now, it may feel like you've waisted time but by then you will be ahead of the game!
I too tried to get inot an RN program first and due to scheduling conflicts, I opted for the LPN route. At first, I was broken-hearted. Didn't really know what LPN's did, but found out that they are REAL nurses much like RNs but not totally. I think that by the time I get my LPN and work a few years, the RN stuff will make more sense to me and I should be able to do it better than if I did it now! Hopefully, anyway. :)Jill
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Remember also that allot of colleges have LPN/Rn bridge programs so if you become an LPN, usually you take only 6 prerequs instead of the usual 9-13, a semester course that fills in some gaps, then into the second year of RN program. If you're an LPN first, you'll have fewer prereqs to do later. If you have them done already, (I'm not sure if you do or not) you should be able to go right into the nursing sequence. You may have to take A and P again depending on how long you wait to do the RN. Right now, it may feel like you've waisted time but by then you will be ahead of the game!
I too tried to get inot an RN program first and due to scheduling conflicts, I opted for the LPN route. At first, I was broken-hearted. Didn't really know what LPN's did, but found out that they are REAL nurses much like RNs but not totally. I think that by the time I get my LPN and work a few years, the RN stuff will make more sense to me and I should be able to do it better than if I did it now! Hopefully, anyway. :)Jill
Go and look around and exhaust your avenues befreo doing anything that resembles givning up on your dream.