Hi everyone! I have just recently graduated with a Bachelor's. I am wanting to go back to school to get a second degree in nursing, and have been researching accelerated programs. Any advice or tips would be great. It would also be very comforting to hear about your experiences, both positives and the hardships. How many programs did you all apply to? I am wanting to apply to at least three, but each school requires a few different pre-requisites from each other, so it's a little overwhelming. Did you also take an entrance exam? This is all a little stressful, and my community college advisers were not very helpful. I am also a big worrier, so of course I keep worrying that I won't get into any of them. I just feel extremely stressed out and worried. I'm also worried that my GPA isn't very great. I graduated with just a little over a 3.0 in Human Development and Family Studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Any advice, any at all, would be great.