Trouble getting into a nursing school.. hELP?

eholt19351 · Jul 8, 2009

don't give up is all i can say. i know people who had to apply several times before getting accepted anywhere!

studentinnursing · Jul 8, 2009

St. Petersburg College has an ADN/ASN program; selective admission instead of waiting list, so if you have a good GPA, your chances are better. I do know you have to be a Pinellas resident for 12 months, though, to get the best shot; they take Pinellas County residents first. They are a 4-year school, formerly St. Pete Junior College and have university partnerships with most if not all of the schools you listed, as far as BSN.

shann106 · Jul 9, 2009

How good is your GPA. Good and nursing school good are two different things.

Have any of them told you why you were not admitted?

Do you know how they decide who they admit? At my school and most of the Colleges around me use a point system that includes GPA, ACT/SAT scores, A's in pre-req's,etc. I would try to find out what it is that is keeping you from getting accepted and try to fix it.

studentinnursing · Jul 9, 2009

That reminds me, at SPC, I was told you need 3.5 for RN, and they have a point system too, along with looking at your science pre-req's and stats, etc.

Daytonite, BSN, RN · Jul 9, 2009

what else is required in the application process? are you having to write essays and tell why you want to be a nurse? they also deny admission if people if they do not think they have the personality or other behaviors they feel are necessary to be in nursing. a good gpa doesn't guarantee admission. also, just like in the working world, schools give priority to students who are already matriculated at their own schools before considering students who would have to transfer in. that's just the way the world works.