winnie5294

The min. GPA for one is a 2.75, the other does not state what theirs is. I am meeting with an admissions counselor at another school this week as well. Thanks for your advice, I'll look into speaking with more admissions counselors.

EDIT - I am also planning on taking a CNA course once I graduate come May. I'm not sure if this will help my chances of getting in or not! Any advice is appreciated!

I am currently a senior in college at a relatively good school majoring in psychology. I currently have a 2.85, which should go up (I'm not sure as to how much) after this and next semester. I always knew I wanted to go into nursing - I didn't get into nursing school for undergrad so my plan was to major in something else and then go to an accelerated nursing program. I was on this track for my first year or so of college, then had some sort of crisis where I wasn't sure if this was what I wanted to do. I stopped taking nursing pre-reqs, started taking courses in other areas and tried to figure out what I wanted to do with my life. In this time, I was diagnosed with panic disorder (which I now have under control) and was dealing with quite a few family issues - which have since been resolved. Although I know it's no excuse, my grades did suffer. If I had focused more on school during these times my GPA would likely be around a 3.3, nevertheless one semester I did awful and got 3 C's which brought my GPA down a lot. After exploring other areas (counseling, law), I decided that nursing truly is what I want to do with my life. I'm looking into programs to apply to and realize I don't think I stand a chance with several of them. Right now I have it narrowed down to 2, one of which I'll be able to apply to in June because it only requires 2 pre-reqs to be completed at time of application. I plan on applying to another in September. I have very few pre-reqs actually completed (only bio, nutrition, and statistics). I'm taking General Chem at my college next semester and am also planning on taking A&P I at a community college in my area. I have an OK resume... I interned at huge hospital in Boston last summer, and am going to be interning there again next semester in the nursing division. I have also volunteered at a few hospitals since high school. However, much of my other work/circulars aren't medical based as I was trying to look at other things before deciding on nursing. I am now very anxious that I waited too long to do this and wasted my undergrad career and will be spending an extra 3-5k on taking pre-reqs at community colleges the next year or so. I need some SOUND advice on whether or not I actually stand a chance or if I am wasting my time, please!