What can I doI dont get into Nursing school?

[Antonyco50]

This is about to be my 2nd year so I know at the end of this fall will be the time for applying to nursing schools. My GPA is on the low side, 3.2. I plan on applying to at least 14 schools here in Florida. My question is what happens if I don't get into any of them? What are my options? I currently go to a community college, can I just transfer to a university and try again after a semester or two of raising my GPA? Keeping in mind my goal is still BSN

[RosePMHNP]

Antonyco50,

I would definitely recommend additionally applying to the transfer programs of universities that have nursing schools you are interested in. At a nursing information session I attended not too long ago, I remember how the admission's officer discussed how the university's nursing school (highly competitive, nursing program ranked in the top 10 by US News, etc.) was more likely to accept applicants who completed the nursing prerequisites at the university's general college before applying.

However, please don't be discouraged by your GPA, because I know plenty of nursing students who were accepted with GPAs similar to yours. As long as you work really hard on your essays and volunteering, you should definitely have a good chance of getting accepted this fall. Best of luck, and I hope you get into nursing school on your first try! :)

[guiltysins]

First you need to make sure that these schools you are applying to have all similar requirements, because there's a good chance there will be a one class difference (for example one require nutrition while the other doesn't). Also if you do take all your pre-reqs make sure you know the schools policies on retaking a course and even if they allow it.

I think it's a good idea personally to have a back-up major, that's how I prepared for the possible rejection of nursing school. But make sure it is something you would equally enjoy. It was simple for me because most of the health professions in my college have the same pre-reqs as nursing.

Most schools depending on how they work will offer you acceptance to the university even if you don't get into the program so you can always go there and take some classes to raise your GPA and you always have a better chance if you have all the pre-reqs for the school done. Meaning not just the science classes but the english, stats, history they also require so you can be stuck with only nursing courses the last two years.