CBxoxo

Do you think they'll still take me in even with my bad grades if I applied to schools in philippines?!

i'm not sure if it's common?! i have a classmate who's in med school in philippines and she was born and raised here and went to college here. the education level should be the same because i have a cousin who is from philippines and is going to finish nursing; all she has to do is pass the boards and apply to a hospital in the states and she'll have the title of BSN. i don't think you'd need to catch up with anything when u finish the nursing degree in philppines:) but i'm not sure though...it's a plan b for me if i can't get into a school in my state:( So yea look into it yourself...i'm still kinda researching it..

I'm taking prereqs right now at a community college for a nursing program. I have an undergrad degree, but I didn't get good grades. But now I'm getting better grades in my prereqs...but I feel like the damage is done because I'm having such a hard time getting into a program because of my GPA and my horrible transcript. My mom told me if all else fails, maybe I should do nursing in Philippines...is that a good idea do you think?? For the most part I don't mind at all because all I want to do is become a nurse...whatever it takes to get the degree. But in reality do you think it's a strange idea??

I'm interested in a nursing program. Right now I'm just researching schools and figuring out the requirments for the different nursing programs. I just need a general opinion I guess and a honest one too...:) I have a bachelor's degree in another field. My problem is that my GPA is a 2.7 and the grades on my transcript are not too great. That was about 2 years ago..at the moment, I'm taking prereqs at another school getting better grades (A's and B's...only have taken a few (finished 1 class and currently taking 2) classes though. I'm really worried that my first school is hurting my chances of getting to any school because I did so poorly...but since I'm getting better grades, do you think schools will take that into consideration? I know these nursing programs are so competative and they only accept top students, do you have any advice on what I can do now since the damage is, I guess already done? Is there anything besides getting good grades that can help makeup for the past? I'm trying really hard in my prereqs and really want to be a nurse.