hello!
i need some help and some creative ideas from you all. i am currently a pre-nursing student as a small college with an adn program in the midwest. i was admitted into an introductory nursing class this spring, but unfortunately not the actual nursing school/sequence.
the average gpa of the students admitted to the program was a 3.44 with an average teas (version 4) score of 83%. my gpa is a 3.16 with a teas (version 4) score of 80.6%. there were 45 applicants to the school. they ranked us and took the first 34 applicants. unfortunately, i was number 38 on the list.
i really, really want to start my sequence this spring. like, desperately. i'm pushing 25 y/o and i have yet to start a real professional job because i've been in one or another school forever. (already have a journalism degree). i already had to sit out last semester because of transcript/financial issues. i can't afford to wait another 6 months and reapply to the fall semester because i am financially, emotionally and physically drained.
since it's such a small program do you think it's possible to appeal their admissions decision? i want to make an appointment with the program director and lay out my case. i am retaking the teas in february (and planning on acing it), and i have an excellent grade in our introductory class (just scored a 92 on the first test).
i am more than qualified for the program, but the issue is that everyone is. everyone is my class either already has a bachelor's or better in an unrelated field or has prior medical experience.
what kinds of things can i present to the director in a meeting to get her to add another seat to the class? is this even possible? i just feel like such a failure for not getting into this program. i know that medicine is a competitive field right now because it's the only field that's has some semblance of stability, but it's an adn program! it should have been a piece of cake for me to have gotten in. i feel too old to be stuck in limbo like this ...
any advice or recommendations? words of encouragement? slaps in the face?
thanks