Nj nursing school advice

[Azizah]

Hello! I am currently a person with absolutely no college credits. I graduated from HS 7+ years ago and I want to get into the nursing field. I thought about going to a technical school like Eastwick or Lincoln Tech to get an LPN and start from there. Unfortunately those schools are much more expensive than I thought, and in NJ finding an LPN job will be near impossible.

I would much rather go for my RN. However, I went to several seminars and am in distress. My preferred school is Bergen Community College. The price is right and it's close to home. Because I have no previous college credits, I want to enroll as a non-degree seeking student and take 2-3 courses that are prereqs for the RN program. Besides that, what else can I do to increase my chances of getting accepted?

Another school I was looking at was Holy Name Hospital. But I saw their admission requirements included my HS transcripts.. The majority of my time in HS I was homeless and missed a lot of school. While I graduated and passed every class, my GPA is a sad 2.3 and I feel that would really hurt my chances.

I apologize in advance for my ignorance, and any advise would be greatly appreciated.

[Futurenursequana, BSN, RN]

My advice to you would be to go to the community college and establish a G.P.A take all your nursing prerequisites and then go to a state school like rutgers or william patterson, apply for financial aid .. under your circumstances your should receive it. But I am for warning you that you need to really work hard on the pre entry classes because most schools will only take B's and better hope this helped :)

[crw1313]

I agree with the above comment. Most schools will require HS transcripts, but if you complete all your pre reqs with B's or higher, your high school GPA most likely will not matter that much. Good luck!