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Ok, so I emailed admission office for many of the nursing BSN programs in my area...no response so far. I don't have a good feeling about it. Do you think I should just check out community colleges in my area for associate nursing programs? Is that worth it? I was thinking of just becoming an RN and then go for lactation consultant. Of course I could just go for lactation consultant without being an RN, but I did research and noticed that today (especially in hospitals) they want more nurses lactation consultants. Of course I could just start my own practice without being a nurse, but I'm afraid it won't be high pay as nurses and not a steady enough job.

Hello, I'm interested in applying to the accelerated nursing programs in NYC. I know how competitive the programs might be, but I don't want to go back to school for 4 years. Also, I have kids and I'm now very determined to get this done so I'll become a registered nurse. I looked up at some programs and I do have most of the prerequisites since I have a BA in Nutrition. However, I graduated in 2006. Do you think they'll ask me to take the courses all over again? Also, my GPA in 2.88. However, in 2008, I went back to school to take a few more classes for Dietetics and got a 3.25 GPA. I also have experience working at a hospital. I'm scared that this won't be good enough and I don't want to waste any time applying if I don't have a chance. I was tempted to apply to NYU since they don't list the GPA requirement, however, it's very expensive and I'd need a cheaper program (with financial aid since my husband is the only one working and we have kids).