Transferring to a University instead of getting ADN

[StormC]

Hi there everyone, I am a new member here and facing a dilemma.

I am attending a community college in California and have just recently completed my pre-reqs. In March of this year I applied to two ADN programs, I got a letter from one saying there was no more space and they would like me to try again next year and I have not heard back from the other. I wanted to apply to more schools this coming August but getting my BSN sparked my interest instead.

I didn't do as well as I wanted in my Sciences but this is what my Stats look like:

Science Pre-reqs: I believe I have a 2.9 (two B's and a C)

GE: Somewhere between 3.85-4.0

I wanted to apply to CSULB this coming Fall Semester 2013 But I still need to take Chemistry, Statistics and I wanted to re-take Microbiology since I got a C in it and try to get an A to boast my GPA.

Taking these three classes this summer feels as if it would be overkill. I am not sure what to do. I am trying to be very patient and trying to take things one day at a time but i feel flustered...

[Sadala, ADN, RN]

If I had it to do over, I would wait the extra semester it would have taken and gone straight into a BSN program. I did have the grades to do it, and I have a prior bachelor's, so I probably could have been accepted to an accelerated BSN program. But, the school I was attending for my pre-reqs was willing to accept me while I was still completing the last of my pre-reqs (ADN program), so I just went with that.

In hindsight, I would have waited the extra semester and gone into an accelerated BSN. However, you really have to talk to the schools and see if you would meet the reqs for a BSN program based on your current science scores, etc. (Getting all A's in your upcoming three courses would certainly be helpful, and of course, entrance exam scores are important).

Also, I URGE you to speak to students in the programs at the schools in which you are interested. This is something I did not do. I assumed that the nursing school would function in the same manner as the science department at the college, and that turned out to be quite inaccurate in my case.