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Hello all, Thank you in advance for reading my lengthy post. I am a rising fourth year undergraduate student at majoring in Biology. After a slew of personal challenges (a few are addressed in my first post that I won't repeat here), I managed to raise my cumulative GPA to 2.94 my third year, with nursing prereqs grades of: A in Microbiology A in Developmental Psychology (Life-span Human Development) B- in Physiology (A- in Lab) and Public Speaking and Anatomy w/lab to be completed in this summer and fall, respectively, at my local community college. I am currently taking other filler courses at a community college this summer and fall to raise my cumulative GPA to at least a 3.0 with the hopes of transferring directly into a BSN program in Spring 2016/Fall 2016. (I will probably retake Physiology in the fall as well) In terms of healthcare exposure, I have taken the Emergency Medical Scribe class and ER Technician class that has given me the opportunity to shadow hospital staff and allowed me to directly interact with patients (administer IVs, EKGs, collect blood for labs, splinting, urinalysis, etc.) for a total of ~130 hours. I also plan on volunteering at a hospital this summer/fall. Realistically, I know my goal is pretty much beyond reach--considering my noncompetitive statistics as a candidate and how highly impacted BSN programs are-- but I would like to know if there are ANY BSN programs in the US that I would even be CONSIDERED in. I do not mind relocating at all. I am also prepared to apply to ADN programs as well, but would like to exhaust any direct BSN options beforehand. So, after reading all of that, do you think there are any programs that I stand a remote chance in? -The Optimistic Realist PS. Sorry for the surplus of information; I'm just writing out everything I can think of that might be useful. Thank you, once again, for taking your time to read this, and best wishes in your life! :)

Thanks for you reply. My university doesn't have an undergraduate nursing program, but a graduate one (BS/BA to BSN, RN to BSN, etc). I am thinking of one that does, and the clean slate would really help me out. Just one question, is this the same with all the nursing schools (the clean slate)?

Hello! I am currently a rising 3rd year undergraduate student majoring in Biology looking to transfer into a BSN program. My main concern is that no school will accept me due to my below average GPA (2.66, to be exact). Going into college, I was in my high school's top 10%. I know I could have done better in college: studied harder and applied myself more; but I just did not feel any motivation to do so (from moving across the continent to a contrasting environment, not knowing anyone, being burnt out from high school???) And it scares me that I don't know why...It's been depressing me for a while now that I am not living up to my potential, but I have had no motivation to change it for some reason... However, just this last semester, I took a medical scribe course while in college and shadowed ER nurses, CRNAs (limited), DNPs, Pediatrics. That's when I fell in love with nursing (specifically in pediatrics, CRNAs, and ER). Any thoughts on how I should approach my situation? I also would want to get my Master's in nursing (CRNA or DNP), if that makes any difference. Thanks for taking your time to read this. And thank you in advance for your responses.