Soon to be nursing student

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Okay well I am getting ready to send in my applications for Nursing schools this year and it turns out that I have two choices. The community college I am currently attending or a private universtity for my BSN. I really want to presue my BSN right off the bat, but I found out last night that I am going to be at the lower end of the GPA and when I called today I was told not to worry so much cause if I am granted an interview they look at the questions they ask me as well as the essay they ask me to write. I have to apply by December 1 to this program. I will take the rest of my classes to finish up my AA in the spring and I would start my BSN program in May. There is no entrance exam for this program. If I choose the ADN program at my current community college I would have to take the NAT. I have taken it before but I found out a month later I needed glasses and my husband had returned from Iraq two weeks prior. so I did not do as well on it as I think I could have. I have one more chance and I just need to bring it up about 10 points, to start in May at the community college the deadline to apply for the com. college is Feb. 1

With all of this being said I feel I am going crazy trying to get into a program can anyone offer any advice?? :banghead:

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Specializes in Med/Surg.

"With all of this being said I feel I am going crazy trying to get into a program can anyone offer any advice??"

Have patience, apply anywhere you can, and keep your grades up.

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Specializes in med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt.

there are usually books to prepare for these types of tests. check the book stores. this is the study manual for the teas test, a different nursing school admission test: http://www.atitesting.com/onlinestore/productpage.aspx?code=61&isproduct=1. it focuses on these areas: math, reading, english and science

  • math covers whole numbers, metric conversion, fractions, decimals, algebraic equations, percentages, and ratio/proportion
  • reading covers paragraph comprehension, passage comprehension, and inferences/conclusions
  • english covers knowledge of punctuation, grammar, sentence structure, contextual words and spelling
  • science covers science reasoning, science knowledge, biology, chemistry, anatomy and physiology, basic physical principles and general science

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