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Thank you very much for your comment. I will definitely take your advice. I have been trying so hard to figure out what my best option is. I am actually meeting with a physician assistant this week and going to shadow her in surgeries so hopefully that will help me answer some of my questions. I have done a lot of research of the direct entry MSN programs. There are actually quite i few and Ive researched almost every school that has one. For PA though I know not all schools require hours. I have been calling and some schools require hours and some schools dont. But that was my dilema was that I knew i needed hours so I wasnt sure if I should do the accelerated RN program or the directy entry MSN program. Thats my confusion, but if I dont want to be a PA then the masters option would be best. I am sure some of my answers will be answered by the PA i am meeting with. Thank you for your information though. It was very helpful. I am going to be taking more prereqs this fall since i have not taken all my science classes.

Hi All, I will be graduating with my bachelors in kinesiology this summer with a concentration in exercise science. As of now my GPA is about a 2.7. I am still enrolled in my last semester and I am taking 18 units and I now have A's in all my classes and plan to keep it that way so my GPA will be higher when I receive my degree. Although most of my science grades are a C. My grades were not the best because I took on too much. I took 20-24 units my junior and and senior year and I worked two jobs and was also a college athlete on the soccer team. After my college eligibility was up I had dreams of playing professionally so I was concentrating more on training for soccer try outs than I was on school. I played professionally for one season and then the league folded. So now I have decided to concentrate on school. My main goal is to get my masters in physician assistant with a specialization in orthopedics and surgery. I was told it was best to work in the medical field first and since I have my bachelors in a science related field I have most of my sciences classes out of the way so I was going to do the accelereated BSN program but then I saw the MEPN programs and decided that might be best for me but I am not sure? I want to get my masters anyways so I thought this might be my best option and it is kind of the same curriculum as the accelerated BSN. I plan to volunteer at our local hospital as soon as possible. I live in California but at this point in time I am open to going to any school. I am not picky I just really do not want to stop going to school because if I do I feel that it will be hard for me to get back into it. My GPA does not really reflect what kind of student I am because now that I actually have time to open a good I am doing really well in school so I am hoping when I apply I can explain that to the admissions. I love this field and I am so set on doing this. Does anyone have any advice? Or any schools that they could recommend with for me? Or is this even smart plan? Thank you all so much. Emmi

Hi All, I am having the same problem. I will be graduating with my bachelors in kinesiology this summer with a concentration in exercise science. As of now my GPA is about a 2.7. I am still enrolled in my last semester and I am taking 18 units and I now have A's in all my classes and plan to keep it that way so my GPA will be higher when I receive my degree. Although most of my science grades are a C. My grades were not the best because I took on too much. I took 20-24 units my junior and and senior year and I worked two jobs and was also a college athlete on the soccer team. After my college eligibility was up I had dreams of playing professionally so I was concentrating more on training for soccer try outs than I was on school. I played professionally for one season and then the league folded. So now I have decided to concentrate on school. My main goal is to get my masters in physician assistant with a specialization in orthopedics and surgery. I was told it was best to work in the medical field first and since I have my bachelors in a science related field I have most of my sciences classes out of the way so I was going to do the accelereated BSN program but then I saw the MEPN programs and decided that might be best for me but I am not sure? I want to get my masters anyways so I thought this might be my best option and it is kind of the same curriculum as the accelerated BSN. I plan to volunteer at our local hospital as soon as possible. I live in California but at this point in time I am open to going to any school. I am not picky I just really do not want to stop going to school because if I do I feel that it will be hard for me to get back into it. My GPA does not really reflect what kind of student I am because now that I actually have time to open a good I am doing really well in school so I am hoping when I apply I can explain that to the admissions. I love this field and I am so set on doing this. Does anyone have any advice? Or any schools that they could recommend with for me? Thank you all so much. Emmi