Rerouting. Help

[mnegash86]

Same problem, except I started my undergrad for nursing through my journey I chickened out. I realized my junior year that I wanted to go back to nursing but, i only had one year left to complete BA. I completed my BA with a 2.6. So now am in a bind. I have debt up to 32k and I want to go back to complete my BSN. I have taken all the pre with the exception of Pharm. I have applied to OU-Duncan nursing school for spring 2012. It will cost me 32k. Is it a bad decision to go there? I am worried it will put me into more debt. I would love to find a school that is inexpansive,accelarated and start fall 2011 or 2012. Sombody help me!

[HouTx, BSN, MSN, EdD]

I would advise some hard introspection before making any further decisions. What exactly caused you to "chicken out" and not continue with nursing the first time around? Are those circumstances any different now? Are you trying to pursue nursing now in hopes of landing a job? Recent information from the National Student Nurse Association revealed that 45% of new grads were still unemployed after a significant period of time - I think it was 6 months. is this something you could deal with - after running up >$60k in student loans?

With your GPA, you probably ought to be concerned about being admitted to a nursing program rather than trying to find the easiest, most inexpensive route. Chances are, those types of programs are also popular with others who want a fast track - so admission would be very competitive. Your best bet may be to look into local community college ADN programs. They are much less expensive.