roddyt

Hi, I am a Nursing student currently enrolled in a 4 year bachelor's program at Alfred State College in New York. I have completed my first year of pre-requisites and have just finished my first semester of nursing courses and clinical. I am located in western New York while my family lives in New York City. I have recently had some change of heart on my location of college and want to transfer back home. Partly because my grandfather has recently gotten sick and I want to be at home with my family during this time as well as get my degree. The problem is, most 4 year bachelor's programs in the city require you to have a 3.0 cumulative average to even apply to them and I currently have a 2.8. Also, I also want to get my degree faster so I've been thinking about switching to an Associate's in Nursing because Community Colleges only require a 2.0-2.5 GPA to be accepted and also to get done faster but my concern is that I would have to start the full two years over and have been in college for almost 4 years anyway, which would defeat the purpose of changing to an associate's degree. So my question is, would I be able to continue on in an associates program and finish in a year? Also, if anyone is from the Queens/Brooklyn area and could tell me a good school to get an associates in nursing at and where I would be able to continue on without restarting, I would appreciate it.