Pre-Nursing Help

[Mamaof02]

Hello Everyone,

I'm new to this forum but I have so many questions. I need a little help. I currently just graduated from USF with my BS in Health Science. I'm trying to go to school for Nursing, but I'm not sure of which direction I should take. I've applied to USF Accelerated BSN (Fall 2019), UNF ABSN (Summer 2020), and UF ABSN (denied). My GPA isn't the best 3.6. So I really hope to get into USF because I stay in Clearwater and I really don't want to relocate to Jacksonville. I just want to go to school and finish asap since I have spent so much time in school. I have also thought about going back for my AS at SPC or HCC but have heard the programs are really competitive. I can do RN-MSN. If I do this I don't want to do RN-BSN because I already feel I'm going backwards. On the other hand I've thought about Galen and Rasmussen but I'm worried about accreditation and job placement after graduation. I would have to travel to Rasmussen in Tampa but the program would be about $16,000 over 18 months. I could take my TEAS and get right in to start in Oct 2019. Galen in St Pete is about $21,000 over 24 months. I haven't done too much research on them. Obviously I'd like to finish sooner because I'd be commuting to all schools I applied to, but can anyone with previous experience help me out? This is my second option because like I said hopefully I get into USF and all of this stress is behind me.

[klone, MSN, RN]

I'm sorry, but I know NONE of the acronyms in your post. My recommendation would be to post this question in the forum that's specific to the state you live in (Florida?).

[Mamaof02]

I'm not sure how to do that. I'll try to figure it out. Thanks

[nursestruggles, BSN, RN]

You could try looking at other schools like Polk State?

Really hoping you get into USF though!

[Mamaof02]

4 hours ago, nursestruggles said:

You could try looking at other schools like Polk State?

Really hoping you get into USF though!

Polk State sounds far but I'll look it up. I got the denial letter from USF the other day. I was really thinking about going to Community College in Tampa and getting another AS degree.