Have been reading up on this forum. I can retire from my NYC civil service job in 7 years. While brainstorming what to do next (I will be 46 when I can retire) I came up with becoming a nurse. I think I have what it takes although quite nervous of the idea of putting an iv on someone since I'm not crazy about needles for myself lol. Figure you get used to it?
I intend on taking anatomy and physiology at NCC in the fall as I know that is a prerequisite for all programs so I can get a feel for if I like it and how I will do.
My real issue or concern is that I just got back my transcript from Suny Albany and my cumulative GPA is a low 2.61 and using a gpa calculator online it seems even if I received a 4.0 in all prerequisite classes I can't move up my GPA too much. Maybe 2.8 or so.
Is there any hope for me? Sad thing is I think I really want to do this but when I was in college 20 years ago I had no idea what I wanted to do and was just focused on my friends and having a good time.
Are there any programs that will accept a low gpa if I ace the prereqs now? Stonybrooks requirement was 2.8 but admissions office said that is just to look at your application but in reality most students had between 3.5-3.7 GPA. :-( any and all advice is appreciated. I still intend on taking A & P to see if this is something for me but I am a little concerned that I may be wasting my money.
Very interesting! Thanks and it's Rich or Richy lol I appreciate all the positive feedback. Will start watching the videos. I always liked science and math but not being in college for so long has me a little nervous if I could even handle math and science. I think I can but dying to take a class to see how it is in real life.
Yes most of the responses from programs have been unhelpful at best and pretty rude at worst lol. I guess I understand I am asking info with a crappy gpa and about starting a program in 7 years but I am the type of person that would tell the person in my shoes where you could start or who you can talk to to formulate a plan. I'm sure they get inundated with emails, so I don't blame them but I could use someone that can sit down with me and my transcript and say OK this transcript sucks but if I were you I would do xyz etc.
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Very interesting! Thanks and it's Rich or Richy lol I appreciate all the positive feedback. Will start watching the videos. I always liked science and math but not being in college for so long has me a little nervous if I could even handle math and science. I think I can but dying to take a class to see how it is in real life.
Yes most of the responses from programs have been unhelpful at best and pretty rude at worst lol. I guess I understand I am asking info with a crappy gpa and about starting a program in 7 years but I am the type of person that would tell the person in my shoes where you could start or who you can talk to to formulate a plan. I'm sure they get inundated with emails, so I don't blame them but I could use someone that can sit down with me and my transcript and say OK this transcript sucks but if I were you I would do xyz etc.