so i graduated with my bachelors of science in Health & Behavior Science back in 2023. i was majorly depressed during undergrad, which reflected poorly on my GPA. I have gone back to community college to retake courses over the last three years and I now have a 3.8 cumulative GPA and a 3.6 science GPA. I want to go to nursing school but I'm running into GPA issues but my real dream is to go to perfusion school or maybe PA. I figured I could use nursing as a stepping stone so I've applied to ADN program at my local community college. I got accepted to Texas Lutheran ABSN program, but unfortunately I can't afford it. I also applied UT Arlington and got waitlisted so waiting to hear back from that and got outright rejected from UT health.
I'm just at this phase where I feel like I can't really go anywhere due to my terrible GPA even though I've made up credit hours in core classes. I'm finding it hard to find a program that will look at my most recent courses in my science and cumulative rather than my overall undergrad. I don't know where to go from here.
it's also worth mentioning that I did take the TEAS test and I got a 90%. I also have seven years of healthcare experience, including four years in organ donation. What should I do? Is there any programs that are lenient with GPA or maybe have a more holistic approach? anybody been in a similar position?