Which nursing schools can accept me?

[Porkutoast]

Hello everyone! this is my first time posting on this forum.

I am in desperate need to find a school that I could be accepted into in california.

My current gpa is a 3.0 however that's because I did extremely poorly in my a&p classes. I am retaking them this semester and that will bump my grade up to a 3.4. I do however have a cna license and have been working at a hospital for over a year now as well as years of volunteering in a hospital setting. I still have a year left of community college and then i'm planning to transfer to a university. I'm looking to apply possibly for spring quarter rather then fall. Any info would be appreciated, thank you!

[Porkutoast]

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[anh06005, MSN, APRN, NP]

I'm not from California but I can say that it's impossible for anybody here to tell you what schools you can get into. All you can do is apply to any and all schools you meet admission criteria for and then cross your fingers.

Different schools have different requirements and possibly an exam before you even apply.

Good luck

[muirite]

Apply everywhere you can! You may have to do an ADN at a CC. I know LATTC will admit you but they run a wait list. I would apply there or other schools like that as a safety school. Avoid the privates. The further you get way from a city center the more lax the admissions.

[SquishyRN, BSN, RN]

There are the for-profit private schools that will take practically anyone with a pulse as long as you're willing to sign your life away to $100k+ student loans. I don't recommend this route at all. Cheap schools that are more lenient with GPAs tend to have wait lists or lotteries, so you'll need to have patience for those. Those that don't require all that waiting and are affordable are particularly competitive with grades, so there isn't much you can do about that except retaking courses. A 3.4 GPA doesn't completely put you out of the running in terms of GPA. Score really well on your TEAS, or whatever entrance exam whatever schools you apply to uses, and you'll still have a chance. Like another poster posted, all you can do is apply to the schools for which you meet their basic criteria and cross your fingers. Another option is to do what many others have done and go to school out of state.

[euisme, BSN]

Bakersfield College and Porterville College are community colleges in kern county that are lottery and very respectable. As long as you have a C or better in prereqs and pass the TEAS with a 65 (may need to verify) you can apply. It is a lottery system, and each semester you reapply your chances are supposed to increase. This is for an ADN which starts pay the same here in kern county. then you can apply for the CSU Bakersfield ADN-BSN one year program.Good luck!