Spilling my guts

[cookderosa]

THE FORCE BE WITH YOU.......


How will you do it.......the nursing program I mean.
My daughter started on this path 2yrs ago......but still not in the "NURSING PROGRAM" because percentile wasn't in the highest. Please share!!!!

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Well, all schools have various entrance requirements, so it's hard to say what is holding her back. If her school uses a NET test, it helps to score high. I used this site to study and buy practice tests: Educational Resources, Inc. It's not difficult, honestly, just study. I scored in the 90th% and I have never taken algebra.

Also, you need a solid GPA. If she is still motivated, she could take any sciences over again, while it's not a requirement, it might boost her in her ranking. My GPA is 3.875 cum, 3.5 science. In many schools my science GPA is too low to grab a slot, but there are (hard and expensive) ways to bump it up.

You get major points for having a previous degree, so it wouldn't be out of the question to work on a liberal studies degree via CLEP on the side in her free time. This path can take her into an accelerated BSN program for non -nursing degree holders. The competition is much lower because the applicant pool is smaller. While "everyone" meets the entrance requirements for an associate degree program, not so for an aBSN. Like I said, if I don't make the first cut for the community college, I'm going directly into the aBSN.

Honestly, she needs to ask the program advisor how to bring up her rank or what factors are keeping her from being a top candidate. In my city, there are 5 schools offering 15 nursing programs in total (LPN, ADN, BSN, aBSN, MSN). The competition can be difficult. Even with our market saturated, the community college program I am looking at accepts 30 per semester out of 120 applicants :eek: BUT, how many years do you try to get into one program before moving on? That's a personal decision. If she's young, she can relocate- lots of people move away to go to college, I did that back in 1988

[jacanyardie]

Thanks.....I will talk with her about the BSN option.....the others I have tried.

[P00057870]

Don't know if you are aware of this option either....or if it available where you live, but it might be worth checking out:

Here in our area, the statistics are similar to what Cookderosa mentioned, as far as many applying and few getting in because of GPA and limited positions available.

Since I teach another medical subject at our technical center, there is a little known alternative offered in our area for those who have a variety of reasons why they may not make the cut for the colleges directly. We have an LPN program that lasts 12 months. This is through the public school system so is quite a savings but all the same work and requirements of any other school with clinicals and you must also pass the state exam when done.

Now for the little known part. Once you graduate, get your state license and get the degree, and a job....you can get accepted into Broward College (used to be a community college but recently has had a name change and is giving BS now in nursing and teaching). There is a state approved articulation from the technical school's program into the nursing program, which means you are not having to compete with the huge numbers of students in the other programs.

There may be the added bonus that if you go to work in a hospital or other medical facility that offers pay back for advanced education, then the balance of your nursing degree will be paid for or reimbursed by the employer.

I'd like to know if this is available elsewhere.

Judy

[jacanyardie]

Thanks for the insight.......I'll make some calls in the upcoming week and post my findings. I new to this state (GA)........