signandreturn

At 43 I have decided to leave a career as an Executive Assistant to a company president and obtain a 2nd degree -- in Nursing. My first degree was in Communications in 1988, so I have to take about a years worth of pre-reqs -- Stats, Biology and Chemistry (scared to death of it all). Aside from my age, my biggest challenge is that I graduated in 1988 with a 2.56 GPA. I didn't do poorly because I wasn't smart, but because I partied and socialized the entire four years and rarely studied (although the friendships I developed have been invaluable to me the past 20 years)! I've been told by school advisers that I really need a 3.0 to be accepted into a nursing program Now...I'm ready to study and pray that I can make the grades in my pre-reqs to be accepted into a Nursing program. And...I would not mind the Nurse Anesthetist program either! To all of you who responded to this thread...thank you! I know the GPA can be fixed, and it sounds like my age could be to my advantage:-)