Private or State school?

[miss_mia]

I am currently taking my last science courses (A&P, micro) at a community college and am starting to look into nursing programs that I can possibly get into. With that being said, I come from very low grades. All my GED is C's with occasional B's. Because of this my GPA stands at at least a 2.4, which is not competitive when applying for programs. Due to my low GPA I decided to take my science courses one at time so I can really focus on the class. My school does A&P in two parts so I am in part 1 as of right now and take part 2 next term if I pass. My grade in that class currently stands at a low B and probably will turn into a C (with my luck). My counselor keeps telling me to change my career or to try a private school, but I am just afraid that since I'm mainly C student, if private school will even be worth all that money because knowing me I have a high chance of having to retake a class, which will be SUPER costly. If I do look into a state school I will just have to consume more time and classes and my community college to try and regain a better GPA, which also sucks because I've been at my CC for 3 years now and I just feel like I am behind or something. Even though I'm 21 (recently) with big goals. I guess what I'm looking for is some encouragement and someone to tell me if its possible I can make it? As well as which school would be a better option for me? Thank you.

[FullGlass, BSN, MSN, NP]

miss_mia said:

Update! I graduated with my BSN-RN December of 2023 🙂 

Congratulations!

[windsurfer8, BSN, RN]

If you fail out of any school you will owe whatever money you borrowed.  If you can't get above Cs then nursing may not be for you.  There is a reason they have GPA standards.  I would work on your study skills. If you are studying 10 hours a week make it 20.  Make it 30.   Because the school won't matter if you do not get at least a B- in every single nursing class.   Good luck 

[miss_mia]

windsurfer8 said:

If you fail out of any school you will owe whatever money you borrowed.  If you can't get above Cs then nursing may not be for you.  There is a reason they have GPA standards.  I would work on your study skills. If you are studying 10 hours a week make it 20.  Make it 30.   Because the school won't matter if you do not get at least a B- in every single nursing class.   Good luck 

Thank you for engaging with my post! Fortunately my academic struggles are a thing of the past since I started this thread in 2019. 

I officially passed the NCLEX and now hold a BSN, RN making the dean's list at the university I attended. Reading through my previous threads to see how far I came from always makes me feel humble

[windsurfer8, BSN, RN]

OK great! Good work!