i am in need of some advice from my peers. i am trying to get into a nursing program again. i say again, because i was enrolled in a bsn program at liu son in ny but had to leave because of some family issues. i am living in florida and trying to start my nursing classes again. i have applied to fau, um (both accelerated) but haven't heard back from them yet. i applied to those schools because they require the hesi exam, which is what i took for my previous program. i don't hear back from them until the middle to end of february and i'm trying to implement a back up plan, just in case.
my backup plan is to do the as in nursing either at indian river state college (irsc) or keiser university. my concerns are that they both have different entrance exams. irsc requires the nln and keiser requires the teas. i don't want to keep taking entrance exams so i want to narrow it down.
the pros and cons are obvious between these two schools - public vs private ($$), nclex pass rates are significantly different, and the start dates. i am guaranteed to start at keiser in the fall, i just have to take the teas test and take one additional course, american literature. irsc isn't guaranteed at all though.
my grades are my concern. i have a bs from fsu in exercise science and a graduating gpa of 3.2, but i have a couple of c's in my prerequisites. here are my grades:
enc1101 a
enc1102 a
psy2012 c
syg2000 b
bsc2093 b
bsc2093l c
bsc2094 c
bsc2094l a
mcb2010 a
mcb2010l a
dep2004 c
die2201 b
so, my question to you all is this, do i study my booty off for the nln or just take the teas and start at keiser university in the fall? keep in mind that this is my plan b.
