Nursing School Recommendations?

[raverm]

First off, I apologize if this sounds like a plead for help...but it is! I've applied and unfortunately did not get in last application process. I hate to say it, but I'm desperate to enter a Nursing program; I just want to start learning again! I have looked at different options and programs, BSN, ABSN, and MEPN programs, so many I'm starting to lose track of and mix up with. Right now I just need some advice on which schools to apply, I'm not too picky :)

I have a B.A. from the University of Washington.

My cumulative GPA is 3.36, and pre-reqs right around a 3.0. My pre-reqs include A&P I,II, Chemistry, Biology, Micro, Nutrition, and Lifespan, with credit in AP statistics back in the day. I have a few years of volunteer/work experience in a hospital, and held leadership positions in extra-curricular activities.

I just want some schools that I have a chance of finding a seat in... any suggestions will be really appreciated. I'm located in the Northwest, and don't have much obligations (family, house), so I am free to move if needed. THANK YOU so much for all those who are willing to help. :)

[spore2008]

I am sorry to hear about your applications being denied. Did you call up the schools you applied to and ask what might make your application more competitive in the future? Do you have your own suspicions? Your stats sound reasonable. If GREs were required for submission, were you in an acceptable range? Good letters of recommendation? A well-written personal statement? Volunteer experience? Hmmm.....I, too, was/am quite confused with the application process and how it differed from PhD graduate programs in biological science. There, I knew my safety schools and my reaches. With nursing schools, I was in murky fog. And I had handicaps in the form of a very unsatisfactory undergraduate GPA from 1994-1998! I called schools to ask about my competitive status. The schools held to words and I was accepted easily and graciously. In closing, I really think you need to find out from the schools where you went south so you can adapt and present a more convincing application package.

[Lula_07]

I just entered North Park University in Chicago.

I asked the nursing dept about admissions and about competetive it is to get in. The school has 40 slots open in the Fall and 40 in the Spring. There are about 2-3 applicants per open slot in the fall and 1-2 applicants per open slot in the spring. They do however give priority to their own students first, so you'd have to be enrolled first before you can apply to the program.

Other nursing programs in the Chicago area are University of Illinois at Chicago, Loyola University, Rush University, Resurrection University, Robert Morris University.

Hope this helps!