molamar07

Hey! This site has been so helpful with answering the many questions that I have had about nursing school, but I still have one that has been bothering me. First off, I'm 20 and looking into going to college for the first time since my 11th grade year. I've always wanted to do something health related, but have doubted my ability many times. When I read about how competitive nursing programs are it scares me. I had to drop out of high school the last month of my senior year due to numerous personal and home problems, and I have an ACT score of 19 (I only took it one time my junior year.) I know that if I studied a bit more and took it again I could make higher, but a counselor at a nearby college told me that as of right now I have those two strikes against me. So I did a bit more research and I noticed that they had an LPN to RN bridge program. It interested me, because becoming an LPN was my second choice, and the RN program only accepts 12 applicants a year, and the LPN program accepts 24 in January and 24 in August, so I thought I would have a better shot at getting into it if I tried hard enough. My question is, should I TRY to go straight for RN, or would it be my best bet to do the LPN route, work for a while and gain experience, and then try the bridge program? I hope everyone can understand my question. I feel as if I jumbled it all together! lol