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I completely agree with you! Good luck!

I'm just going to go ahead and elaborate since there were some people inquiring about this a few years back. Hopefully this is helpful to anyone who may stumble upon this thread in the future. I got accepted to Los Angeles County College of Nursing, Long Beach City College, Golden West College, and I think there was one more that I don't remember. These are a few of the ADN programs I found near the LA area with point based systems. What helped me was the fact that I had extra things such as prior volunteering experience at a hospital, 1 year work experience as a CNA, prior Bachelor's degree, letters of rec, etc. And the science prereqs I retook were A's. So if you have the same problem I had, just look for a point based system and make sure you've got the points to back yourself up. I attended Los Angeles County College of Nursing and it was the best decision I made! As it is a program run by LA County itself, our clinicals were all at various LA County Hospitals such as LAC + USC Medical Center, Harbor UCLA Medical Center, etc. Because I am employed at a LA County hospital, my tuition was $2,800 total for a nursing degree. And because I was a county student and had clinicals at the facilities, I had a higher chance of getting hired there as well. Wishing everyone the best of luck!

Hey! Original poster here. For some reason I never realized there were responses to this thread because I never saw any notifications. However, I got the email notification for your response! To answer your question, yes I did! I got accepted to a few schools that didn't have a prereq repeat limit. I graduated in 2019 and am now a surgical ICU nurse. Happy Nurses Week, everyone! Let me know if you have any questions that I can help you with regarding this topic. :)

Hey guys, I was wondering if anyone has the same problem as me. I'm currently looking into applying to a bunch of different nursing programs (ADN and BSN at Junior Colleges and State Universities) throughout California, mostly in Los Angeles and OC areas. However, I keep coming across the same policy at most of these schools that makes me ineligible for almost every school but 3 community college ADN programs: the repeat policy. Here's the problem. Most schools only allow students to have one repeat, with some more generous schools allowing 2 science repeats total. I, unfortunately, have had 3 repeats. 2 in Anatomy and 1 in Physiology. And because of this, I can't apply to most nursing programs and now am limited to only 3. However, I'm so scared that because I'm only applying to 3 different programs, I will not be able to have a career in nursing. I guess I'm mostly wondering if I'm all alone in this problem. And also, if anyone knows any schools in CA that doesn't have as strict of a repeat policy. I've been really discouraged lately about nursing, but it's what I really want to do.