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*sorry I meant to reply to the op, mmerro86

Hi Tactickz, I'm just wondering what you ended up doing, and if you are having luck getting into programs. I have a very similar story to yours-- I graduated from Boston University with a degree from Sargent College majoring in Health Science and Public Health with a gpa of 3.0. This gpa was a great accomplishment as Sargent has notoriously difficult classes and all my Public Health classes were taken at the grad (700/800) level. I was also planning on taking the MCAT and applying to med school. I have worked at MGH as an intern and other hospitals throughout Boston. I was a medical assistant for a summer and became close with the doctors I worked under and one advised me to look into nursing and becoming a nurse practitioner-- I did and I fell in love with the idea. I moved home to complete some of the prereqs that I didn't get a chance to take at BU and applied to 5 schools so far...so far I have received 3 rejections. It is so frustrating and discouraging that we are competing against people with better gpas who majored in something fruity. I don't mean to be boastful or arrogant, but shouldn't a science curriculum and resume be weighted more? I am on a research team at BU School of Public Health and am getting published, I have been working in hospitals since I was 14, and am an anatomy TA. None of this seems to matter to admissions committees. It is so discouraging. Sorry to rant. I just received another rejection notice yesterday and it really got to me. I hope you are having better luck than I am. I'm sorry this response was a little late. Take care, good luck, and I'd love to hear about your progress!!

Congratulations to both of you! That is very exciting. :-) I unfortunately was not as lucky... but my time will come eventually. Good luck with UCSF and your decision making!

eek that is scary! I'm crossing my fingers for us. I am also from California--near SF, but I did my undergrad in Boston so I'm excited at the chance to get back to the east coast :-) Where else did you apply? I have applied to Drexel, Catholic, MUSC, and Barry so far and am planning on applying to a few more. It's nerve racking not knowing where I'm going to end up! Good luck!

Hi there! This is my first comment on AllNurses after stalking these boards for months. I'm sorry if my response is a little late, but I applied to Duquesne for the Accelerated BSN so you are not alone! I too was a little worried because I haven't really read anything on this site about the program! Did you apply?