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Well I called them and was told that no one has dropped yet and no alternates have been selected. There are apparently 24 people on the alternate list so it doesn't look good for people on the alternate list.

Well it's been a couple of years now since I went there and I know a few things have changed. That being said when I went it was your GPA in select courses mostly in the sciences that mattered whether you where selected in the program. Taking a quick glance at Orvis website confirmed that this is still the case. Also I believe Orvis has started interviews being required now which it didn't before. So first I would calculate what your GPA is regarding Orvis school of nursing specifically, and what your nursing GPA would be if you got A's in your 5 remaining courses. That being said and I don't want to be mean here or anything here but back when I applied if your pre nursing GPA is 3.3 when you applied to the program you wouldn't have had a chance in getting into Orvis or WNC or TMCC for that matter. However I believe these schools have started admitting more students so you might have better chances now. Also the Apollo nursing school which is a for profit school would probably definitely be a possibility for you. You also might want to consider retaking those courses which you didn't get A's in that count towards your Nursing GPA. That being said if you truly want to be a nurse and are willing to relocate or to retake certain classes I am sure you can get into nursing school somewhere. I should warn you however the really hard part comes after you graduate when your trying to get a job. The California Institute for Nursing and Healthcare has had a survey revealing 46% of new new nurses not finding jobs after 18 months.

Well if you look at the study the RAND corporation did a few years back it does indicate that there will be a surplus of CRNA's by 2020. That being said in the field of nursing CRNA's are going to be the most in demand due to it's selective and restrictive entry requirements into the profession. Entry level nursing already has a massive surplus with new nurses struggling to get jobs. A separate study has also been done by the RAND corporation regarding NP's and they are facing a huge surplus by 2020. So while it is true in the future it may be difficult to get jobs as a CRNA it's going to be much more difficult for all other careers in nursing. I have posted the link to the study below: http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/technical_reports/2010/RAND_TR688.pdf

Hi tgibs87: I can't really compare RNs to radiation therapy since I am not that familiar about the pay and job opportunities in radiation therapy. However I can say that the job market for new RNs is pretty abysmal right now so you might want to keep that in mind. However I have taken both microbiology and two semesters of physics. One thing you should look into is if the physics required for radiation therapy is a technical, intro, or health science physics class. Those types of physics courses are significantly easier than college level physic courses that one would need to take for things like medical school. I took two semesters of college physics courses and from my own personal experience I can tell you that I found microbiology to be much easier and the labs far more interesting. However the two are quite different with microbiology being much more memory based while physics as you can imagine was extremely math intensive. I will say though that I am surprised that if you got through human anatomy and physiology that you wouldn't be able to get through microbiology. All of those courses I thought where pretty much the same in terms of difficulty. Are you having problems with the micro lab, or do you find the class boring? Perhaps you just have a bad teacher. Have you tried taking microbiology with another professor? One suggestion I have that may help you make sense of a class you are struggling with is to look for a book like microbiology for dummies. This may seem a little silly I know but when I was in calculus I found the book the professor assigned to us to be absolutely no help whatsoever. If I had relied upon that useless 12 pound book I would have definitely either failed calculus or done very poorly. My calculus professors lectures also sucked and I learned absolutely nothing about calculus when I attended them. The only way I made it through that course was by taking my calculus for dummies book and using it to literally teach myself calculus. I also would encourage you to examine your own study habits and try to see how they might be improved. I know when I first started taking the science courses my study skills where really lousy. When I took general chemistry for the first time I got a D+ and in my first semester of human anatomy and physiology I got a C+. I would latter go on to retake both those courses and get A's in both so it can be done. In any event I wish you the best of luck whatever future career path you choose.