Plan B?

[ThePrincessBride]

Ok, so I got my Chemistry test back. It is worth 100/600 of my grade. The average was a 69, and I bombed. I got a 78/100. My labs have been an average of a 9.5/10, and out of a total 130 pts that we have, I only have a 106.4 (an 81%). He does NOT scale the grades.

This is worrisome to me because Chemistry is a prerequisite for Nursing. Luckily, I am taking this at a community college, and I am enrolled at a 4 year school where I have the choice to transfer these credits or not.

So should I drop out of the Chemistry course, and take it at my university? Also, I am extremely worried about not getting into my nursing school, and I need a plan b in terms of career choices. What should my plan B be? I am thinking about becoming an English/foreign language teacher, but they are not in very high demand.

What would you do if you were in this situation?

[Highschoolfuturenurs]

So what are some other careers that are not heavily science or math oriented that I should consider?

It depends on what you really like to do, I wouldn't want you to pick a career that you hate. You shouldn't give up on nursing if you are determined to do it then you will accomplish it. But some careers is advertising or psychology you could be a school psychologist since you wanted to be a teacher + you get an advantage if you speak another language.

[Boog'sCRRN246, RN]

You could always consider doing a LPN program and then bridge if you feel you've totally ruined your chances with this Chemistry class. Bridge programs usually aren't as competitive.

[hiddencatRN, BSN, RN]

The competitive GPA at my school is a 3.655 in terms of prerequisites (English, Human Anatomy, Biology, Gen Chem I and II, and Psychology and Sociology). I only have completely English (AP cred) and Sociology (A). I used a GPA calculator, and I can only get 2 Bs to be considered competitive...and that scares me.

I need some other careers...something! Because school is expensive, and not having a plan is a bad idea.

Why not consider other schools before deciding to drop nursing if you don't get in to your school's program?

[bhanson]

...where I have the choice to transfer these credits or not.?

I'm 99.9% sure you have to transfer the class no matter what the result, even if you fail or drop it.

[KB24]

You are selling yourself short by thinking about giving up nursing because you're getting a B in chemistry. You don't give up on things in life that you really want.

You can look at other nursing schools and transfer for nursing school or you can retake the course for a better grade.

I'm 99.9% sure you have to transfer the class no matter what the result, even if you fail or drop it.

Our school does not transfer any class if you dropped the class on the last possible date and got a withdraw from the professor.