I Transferred to Do Nursing...Now What?

Published Apr 30, 2011

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I wasn't exactly sure where to post this, but I need help and couldn't find a topic on here that helped me with this (although this site did make me want to take CNA classes). Let me give a back story before I go on.

So, I originally wanted to become a pharmacist and attended Long Island University in Brooklyn for their 2+4 Pharm.D program in Fall 2009. I started hating pharmacy and the toll it took on my GPA (dropped to 2.5, left with a 3.3) and wanted to switch to nursing. I know that LIU has a nursing program, but being $50k in debt from LIU, hearing horrible things about the nursing program, and overall just not liking the university turned me off. I transferred to the wonderfully cheap Hunter College for Spring 2011 to finish up pre-reqs.

Now that I'm at Hunter, I want to apply here, Lehman, and...well, that's just my problem. I don't know too many places to apply to because every time I research BSN programs, they seem to be geared towards RNs or those with previous degrees. I couldn't have just finished my degree at LIU because I was pre-pharmacy and the only way to finish was to get into pharmacy school, which was a legit graduate program. I will probably apply to LIU for nursing, but as a complete last resort.

So, I don't know if I should just apply to colleges as I am, but if I do, what BSN nursing school in NYC would take a transfer student without a degree? My research has just come up so vague. Plus, I get really nervous because I don't have an amazingly competitive GPA (although I think I'm getting all A's for this semester) and had retaken some classes I got C's in.

I thought about getting an Associate's or being an LPN (although I don't know too much about LPNs) then finishing the BSN route, but I've already been in school for two years and wonder if that would be a waste of my time. I have tried asking advisers, but they give me a "well, it's your choice" kind of response. I know it's my choice but...I want to become a nurse in a reasonable amount of time, now that I feel like I wasted almost two years on a program I didn't like. That's why I want to become a CNA for now, to get what little taste I can of the field.

So, what is the fastest way to get some kind of nursing degree with my previous experience? Thank you.