Hello all, I am rather depressed right now and looking for a little advice. I am a pre-nursing student and Certified Nursing Assistant. I am currently attending Georgia State in hope of applying to their accelerated program this fall. I recently spoke to an advisor for the program and reviewed acceptance stats/info and have concluded that I will never get in anywhere with my gpa!! I was registered for 15 credits this summer just to meet the requirements for the deadlines. I got all As in A&P and Microbiology, and my gpa was just above a 3.7. However, this Chemistry class I am taking right now might possibly bring it down to just below a 3.7, and I am already below the program's average gpa of 3.83 (the applicants have low TEAS scores and high GPAs). My institutional GPA is higher, but this program focuses on nursing pre-reqs. I am highly depressed, as I worked very hard for these grades while working full time and dealing with a million other things, and can't stand that 3 Bs (B PLUSES at that) may put me out of the running. I took some of my pre-reqs at a Technical college, and my GPA there was close to a 4.0. I was inducted into Phi Theta Kappa because of it.
I have experience in the medical field, am working on a second language (not mention I write awesome essays/papers that have always blown professors away), recommendation letters from professors and friends who work at other universities, and volunteer experience. Do I have a chance? What did you lovelies get in your pre-reqs to get accepted? I have been studying for the TEAS like a madwoman and plan to take it when I finish Chem. A friend just told me she was denied from Kennesaw state with a 3.75 GPA and 91 teas score. Another had a 3.65 and very high TEAS score. I see no hope, and these unrealistic standards keep increasing every year. What should I do? As all of the schools in my area are so hard to get into, and people with higher GPAs than me are getting rejected. Should I consider an RN to BSN route? I need to make money and cannot keep playing these games with nursing admissions for the rest of my youth. I transferred to GSU because the Technical college "LOST" my academic file (long, ridiculous story) and claimed they could not evaluate me. I feel like giving up....
