mtrotchie

Dude finish med school. If you don't you'll probably always have a lingering "what if" feeling. Also you're already a 2nd year, meaning only 2 more years to go. That's the exact same time it would take to get an MSN, and you'll still be making money during residency albeit maybe proportionally less compared to your hours. Also in the long run it's still financially better to go deeper in the debt hole now because 10-20 years from now you'll come out farther than you would've with nursing, and probably a lot happier. I really hate to encourage divorce, but marriage is all about compromise, it's a 2way street and it sounds as though she's not willing to compromise. Just my 2cents.

I can't speak from the perspective of a university, perhaps the curriculum/workload would be more difficult there. However, I'm currently taking A&P2 and gen chem1 this semester along with a psych and history class. Essentially a full load with 2 science classes. If you're a studious person (sounds like you are from the 4.0) and have decent time management (basically just don't procrastinate) then I think it's definitely possible. I'm also single/no kids, living at home, and not working. Currently making A's in both.

I'm still finishing up my prereqs, I'll be applying to 2 universities and my local community college program as a backup after next semester. I can say with near certainty that I would be accepted to the ADN program, whereas the 2 unis I am a little skeptical. On one hand I think I have a good shot, but on the other I am unsure. Long story short I started out as engineering major and made a few C's/failed an advanced calc course so my cumulative GPA will be a 3.4-3.5. My actual nursing prereq will be like a 3.85 and my science GPA will be like a 3.8-4.0. I'm getting my EMT-B certification this summer and will be working as an EMT part time so maybe that would help in terms of job experience.

Depending where to, I'd be willing to relocate to some areas. I'm currently in the DFW area. Also what about as a new grad with an ADN rather than a BSN? Of course to get into CRNA school a BSN is required, but I may end up doing my local community college's ADN program for fear of not getting accepted into a universities traditional BSN program. This would also allow me to possibly accrue the critical care experience while working on my BSN. I could then apply immediately after getting the bachelors or soon after.

So my end goal is to be a CRNA and as it seems every CRNA school requires at least one year of experience in critical care setting. However, after doing a small amount of research on critical care nursing jobs, every single one required (or preferred I'm not sure which) at least 6months-1year of experience in critical care. It almost made it seem like a loop... only people who have previously worked in critical care could get a job in critical care. Maybe this was just my location or maybe I missed the fine print where it was only "preferred" to have the experience. I was just wondering then, can a new nursing grad find a job in a critical care setting?

In that case do you know how the transcripts portion works? Like this programs deadline is Jan 15th, but I'll have coursework from that immediate fall semester that I'd like included with it.

So by the time I finish all my pre-reqs for nursing school after next semester, I'll likely have a 3.5 cumulative GPA (started out as engineering and didn't do so hot), 3.85 pre-nursing GPA, and a 4.0 science GPA. I'll be applying to 2 universities and my local community college's RN program as a backup in case I'm not accepted to the unis. Basically I'm a little worried that I'll not be accepted to either of the unis because of my cumulative GPA. My school of choice is Texas A&M university and I'm wondering if anyone has experience with admissions into their program. I've read some stats and it seems they've accepted GPAs anywhere from 3.12-4.0 but the average is a 3.7 and they also only tend to take about 12-15 external applicants out of a total of like 70 spots. I'm hoping I'll be able to score a 95 on the HESI A2. I'm also an eagle scout and am getting EMT-B certified this summer, although I'm not sure there's even a spot on their nursing application to mark these down (they use something called "NursingCAS" as their application if anyone happens to have experience with that). I guess I'm just looking for a little outside confirmation that these will be competitive stats for admission, any opinions?

Well I have some good news I think, if what I'm reading online is correct (granted I need to confirm with TWU advisers) I'm seeing that TWU only uses nursing pre reqs to calculate the cumulative GPA. That's freakin awesome if it's the case because if they only calculate nursing pre reqs I'll still have like a 3.8-3.9. Only one of my actual nursing pre reqs is not an A, and it's a C/C+ (forgot which) in U.S. govt, the rest of the classes I got Cs/Bs (and 1 F in an accelerated calc course... why oh why I let that adviser convince me to take that class I'll never know) in were completely irrelevant for nursing school.

So the classes I took at the university, the only ones that were even nursing prereqs were 2 govt classes (one C and one A) and a business calculus class (I got an A in this one). I did transfer these to my CC, all the rest of my nursing prereqs will be A's earned at the CC. The CC may not calculate these into my GPA, but what about when I apply to a nursing school? Will they only use my CC GPA?

So I have a slightly unique situation (maybe it's not unique but I couldn't find many posts online about it). I went to a university my freshman year and started as an engineering major. Long story short I bombed my first semester, 1.8GPA. I failed an advanced calculus course, got a B in computer science and basically the rest were straight C's. My 2nd semester however I knew I had to pick up the slack and that I couldn't treat college like I treated highschool and finished that semester with a 3.4GPA. It was after this I realized I wanted to do nursing, I've always had a passion for helping/serving and have wanted to be in the medical field since a young age. So I transferred to my local community college and began working on pre-nursing. So far I've taken A&P1 and passed with flying colors, highest grades in my class and thoroughly enjoyed it. I expect the same for the rest of my sciences as I've found a passion in it rather than a chore. However, I've done some math and even after 3 semesters of straight 4.0GPAs my cumulative will still only be a 3.45ish. I fear my first year screw ups will keep me from getting into nursing school. I could go back to the uni and retake a class or two but I would really rather not as it was ~$22k a year, and plus the only class that I could honestly retake for an A would be U.S. govt that I got a C in. No way I could retake that advanced calc course, I feel like I'd just fail it all over again. Right now my top choices for nursing school are University of Texas at Arlington and Texas Women's University, as they are both fairly priced and each ~35minute drive from my house meaning I could save rent and commute. I went to my CC transfer fair the other day and both universities recommended *at least* a 3.5GPA to be competitive. I suppose I could open up to other choices, but these 2 are by far and away the smartest options for me. Does anyone know what I can do to be more competitive, or perhaps other suggestions for nursing schools? If it's worth anything I am an eagle scout and will hopefully be joining my CC honor society as well as getting EMT-B certified this summer. Also I expect to have a 4.0 science GPA even if my cumulative is only 3.4-3.5. I'm just unsure what my options are right now and any suggestions would be very helpful.