Questions regarding fit for grad programs

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I have a family and my husband just finished school and launched his career -- I've always wanted to be a nurse, but I maxed undergrad loans and threw it away as an option until I heard about direct entry. Please, please read and tell me if you think I could make it!!

My undergrad GPA was a 2.9 at one college because I have a few Fs to replace. My allied health GPA was 4.0. Prereqs (part of my healthcare degree) are "expired" by most school standards and I'll have to take them at the 2.9 institution so those will also bolster my GPA if I can make As again.

I worked as a patient care tech for 2.5 years and have been volunteering one shift a week (for the LAST EIGHT MONTHS) to keep Medical Assistant skills fresh while I go to grad school because the market is so saturated and until now we couldn't move. I have 30 graduate hours and a 4.0 graduate GPA (do they look at this?).

I have 200 hours of volunteer work at a local non-profit that houses and provides resources for families of sick, long term hospital admits and I teach professional first aid/CPR/AED through the American Heart Association.

I have a STELLAR letter of recommendation from a clinical preceptor (who also is the director of the allied health program I graduated from) and a STELLAR one from my boss as a caregiver. My letter from a Psych professor where I headed a senior research team of six speaks very well of my ability to conduct research and critical thinking skills but doesn't sing my praises exactly like the other two... but the other two in a certain light border on gushing. Some programs want two so how would you weigh these?!

How would you highlight your interest and fit for nursing if you were me?

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