Options For Nursing School

[VanillaTwilight18, BSN, RN]

Hello!

I am a pre-nursing student and trying to figure out my options. The school I want to apply to just had it's GPA increase over .2 points to where the average fall GPA was a 3.86 and so therefore the average spring GPA is going to be a 3.67 instead of a 3.47. I changed my major from pre-med to nursing and am not a competitive applicant anymore. I switched to nursing because I wasn't doing too well in my pre-med classes and because I realized I wanted more hands-on patient care than decision making and diagnosing. However I took a lot of classes that I didn't need and I didn't do as well in them as I should have so my GPA is only around a 3.36. When I made the switch to nursing my gpa shot up and I did so much better in my classes I knew it was the right decision, however now I am in a position where I am not a competitive applicant. My school does not require the TEAS but it seems like the majority of schools do. Moving forward, what would you advise me doing to become a competitive applicant at other schools? I know I feel called to nursing I'm just feeling really discouraged about the increasing GPA requirements.

[Zyprexa_Ho]

Check about the schools' policies for retaking classes and then retake some?

[VanillaTwilight18, BSN, RN]

Our school doesn't recommend retaking classes unless you get less than a C in the course and even then they would just average your 2 scores.