Getting accepted into Nursing School

Students Pre-Nursing

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Hello! I'll preface this with the fact that I attended Columbus State Community College for 3 quarters last year in attempts to complete some pre-requisites before applying into a nursing program. I graduated high-school in 2007, so I figured this was the best angle to tackle this. Simultaneously, I was working as a PCA in a local level one Trauma Hospital at the time. Long story short, I was an working an average of 60-75 hours per week in order to handle some pretty hefty bills at the time and had little to no focus to devote to my studies. Needless to say my college transcript is a mess. I've attempted 81 credit hours but only have completed 17. Most of my classes are withdrawals, and there are 4 classes at which I did not withdraw in time and received incompletes in (or E's). The 4 classes I did complete are mostly A's and B's. In addition to this my high school GPA isn't so hot either (2.64). All of my classes were accelerated and advanced classes, I was just young and didn't have the motivation to try. Again, long story short, my community college has placed me in financial aid restrictions and I can no longer use any form of government loan or aid to pay for my classes. I explained to my financial aid adviser that this is my ONLY means of payment for my education. There is an absolute 0% change of getting a private loan. My family is not in a financial position to handle that currently. Her advice for me was to have a fresh start and apply to a different college in hopes that they don't find my previous college transcript.

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Since then I've paid off most of my financial burden and am ready to put my full focus into a nursing program. I know many people have the same sob story, but I can't imagine there is no option for a second chance here.

I applied to Chamberlain College of Nursing, Columbus campus. Does anyone know if it is difficult to get accepted? Also, I spoke with a Chamberlain adviser and was informed that they do not base your acceptance off of your college GPA if you've completed less than 24 credit hours (in my case I've completed 17). So I did not include this info on my application. Do they have a way of finding this out? I've heard rumors that there is a database that colleges can use to search for individual students past college history/transcripts, but who knows the truth behind that. I have a friend who was recently accepted into their nursing program who did not include two of her previous college transcripts on her application and they never found out. Could this be the same for my situation? This is pretty much my last shot so I don't want to hinder my chance of acceptance one way or the other.

Thanks again for all of your insights!

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