NC Programs

Hello Tacie...I don't think that a nursing program will factor in your GPA from NCSU since you didn't get a degree from there, you wouldn't be applying to an ABSN program if you were to apply to one once completing your BA from UNCG. Basically, when they evaluate your transcript from NCSU they'd only be looking at the classes with a C or better for transfer credits. I'm not sure when you'll finish school but something you may want to consider is the fact that once you get your Bachelor's degree you will no longer be eligible for grants, only loans. Me personally though, I'd finish getting the BA. Mercy School of Nursing may be similar to Watts as well as Carolinas College of Health Sciences and Cabarrus College of Health Sciences.

Now, I can only speak from my past experiences when trying to get into a nursing program.

I graduated from ECU back in Dec 2005 with a 2.88 (that I've rounded to 2.9) undergrad GPA. Applied to WSSU as a second degree seeking student to take the pre-reqs required for their Accelerated BSN program. My science GPA was either a 3.2 or 3.3, I can't remember which. Anyway, I wasn't accepted into their program and at that time did not have a back up plan. I later decided that I didn't have to have a BSN right away to practice nursing. So that's when I researched which community colleges were within communiting distance since I was somewhat new to the Triad area! I narrowed my list down to two schools...Guilford Tech and Forsyth Tech. I applied to both, took the TEAS test twice and had a cumulative score of I believe 76 at Guilford Tech (the miniumum requirement is a 75) and a cumulative score of 78 at Forsyth Tech, but they require you to have a minimum score of 40 for each section...had like a 29 in science therefore I was ineligible to move forward in the admission process. I ended up being wait listed at Guilford Tech and didn't think there was any way I'd be accepted. I got a call like in either late April or early May from the admissions dept saying that my alternate number had come up and they wanted to know if I still wanted a seat in this upcoming class. Of course I said yes!

I'm not sure how many people were alternate listed but I was number 10 and recently came in contact with a classmate who was #29 and was accepted. So there is definitely hope! You really shouldn't just try to get into "any" nursing program that will accept you! Espeically if they have a low pass rate!

BTW...on which test did you score in the 95th percentile...If it's the TEAS or NET, you should be able to transfer that score to any of the schools in the Triad that require one of those tests for admission.

Good luck!

try lenoir-rhyne university. located in hickory, NC. i was in the same boat as you. im just not an "A" student. i make mostly B's and a few C's now and then. which in return puts be below a 3.0 automatically. they are a private school which makes them pretty expensive but it is a BSN program. i got in with about a 2.7 or 2.8. but i also had graduated from my lpn program about one month prior to applying. i think you should look into it. its a tough program with a very good name for itself but is worht a shot. good luck.