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I just received my acceptance email and I’ve never been so happy. I knew I was going to get in but the doubt was eating me alive. It’s so good to know my hard work really paid off

And now I’m on academic probation and need some classes to raise my gpa during the summer and fall semesters. I’m already going to quit, that I know because in the fall I’ll be going to school full time and that will be too much for me but in the summer I’m only taking two classes and I don’t know if I should leave or stay. I pretty much need As in my classes to stay in the nursing program and raise my gpa. Any advice is welcome thanks!

Looking at nursing programs and would love to do an ABSN but it’s recommended to not work for the duration of the program and at my age… I NEED to work. If there’s such a thing as a self-paced hybrid ABSN with local clinical rotations, I’m all for it.

I already have a BS in Neuro and masters in healthcare admin. I completed most of my pre-reqs about 15yrs ago with the exception to ap2 which I’ll be taking this summer.

Hoping to find a reputable program that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg. There are SO many programs out there, it’s impossible to know that each and every single one will be what I’m looking for.

Going to begin applying once the ap2 class is done in mid July.

Anyone with a similar experience? What did you end up doing?

Edit: seeing as it’s unlikely for an online/self-paced ABSN to exist, I wonder if an entry level MSN would be a better option.

I've been processing all this for a couple weeks now. As I was trudging through the prereqs, I swear everything felt like it was going on for decades. And now it feels like I'm finally waking up from some sort of years long haze to this acceptance letter.

I'm honestly baffled!😭 I had to retake A&P I because I got depressed due to life circumstances during my first attempt after the drop period had already passed. It's an F on my transcript. When I retook it, I got a B+. I went on to get just a B my first attempt of A&P II. I've got no healthcare credential or experience. My other science classes and prereqs went mostly well, and I got a 90% on the TEAS by some miracle my first try. But one test day doesn't define you, so I worried with my less than perfect stats it still wouldn't be enough.

Well, it was! And I've been to my first program orientation! It's all hitting me, and now that's a whole new wave of anxiety and fear to grapple with about not messing stuff up, but I've *really* been accepted!

I'm sure in a few months I might be floundering wondering why I worked so hard for so long and sacrificed so much just to get even more work to do LOL, but I'm trying to celebrate this win in the present! After all this time, I'm really in!

I’ve applied to 6 different programs. It’s incredibly competitive where I live (SF Bay Area) and so far I have been rejected by 4. Yesterday I got an email informing me that I am #18 on the waitlist for my local community college. They said my application was highly competitive, and to go ahead and start getting my paperwork ready in case they reach out. This is so huge for me, as this campus is only 10 minutes away from my house so obviously my #1 choice just for convenience sake. It’s also one of the cheapest programs I applied to. Everyone is congratulating me as if I’m already in, and telling me to stay hopeful. I’ve been struggling. I want this so badly, and I am so anxious about not ending up in the program. They said they would be accepting waitlisted students up until June 20th, so I have over a month of living as a ball of anxiety

Hi everyone,
I am from California, and I am finishing up my prereqs at my local cc and plan to apply to university in the fall of this year for nursing. I have around 50 hrs of volunteer experience and plan to obtain 200 hrs by the fall admission cycle. I have not taken my TEA's yet.

My path at cc has not been linear and I have found it extremely discouraging because in CA I know that the CSU's are extremely competitive and part of me feels like I have a chance of getting in but at the same time don't. Because I do have a couple W's on my transcirpt with a GPA of 3.086.

These are the grades I have received from relevant nursing prereqs.
Anatomy - A
Microbiology - B
Physiology - C
Stats - B
Lifespan dev - A
Nutrition - A
Health - A
Pharmacology - B
General Bio - B
Public speaking - B
English - B
Psych - C

Gen chem is my last prereq.
I have thought about getting my LVN first, if I don't get in this round, then I will reapply for my BSN once I am licensed.

I’ll be finished with prereqs for my school’s CC RN program after this term. I’m taking a class this summer and some other classes in fall for extra points—my school recently removed microbiology from the required list and made it a bonus class. My end goal is to bridge and get my BSN (I live in oregon, OHSU is an end goal)

My CC does not require chemistry for the nursing program. We have a chem-bio hybrid course that is a prerequisite for A&P that I took last year. I was planning to take chem with lab this summer to knock it out for my BSN down the road.

My advisor advised me NOT to take chemistry because it would be a waste of time and resources since my school does not require it. I will apply to one other CC in my area that requires chem as a prerequisite for A&P (but I’ve already taken my A&P sequence by this point).

Should I take chemistry anyway? I want to trust my advisor but I don’t want to get behind. I’m taking another summer class already so it wouldn’t make or break my summer term either way

Hi, so I’m currently finishing up my prerequisites at Foothill and De Anza and getting ready to apply for transfer to SJSU for nursing. I know that to attend the nursing program in Fall 2027, I would need to apply to SJSU itself in Fall 2026 and to NursingCAS around Jan-Feb.

So, now here’s my dilemma. I have a 4.0 GPA which would likely be maintain, I don’t see any foreseeable significant changes to it. I haven’t taken my TEAS yet and I unfortunately haven’t been able to get any volunteering experience, licensure or certification (ex. CNA or EMT), basically extracurricular stuff that could boost my application. I had a lot of family issues going on, but I know schools don’t care about that so really it’s still my fault regardless I know. But I only have roughly around 6 months to get those in if I do want to. I’ve heard that SJSU Nursing mostly looks at TEAS and GPA, but I don’t know if other stuff can help boost your application tremendously or not. My main question is should I just use my time to study and focus on getting a high TEAS score and not do anything extracurricular or should I at least try to maybe split my time and do something while studying for my TEAS?

Now my follow-up question is if doing something extracurricular would help, are there any recommendations on what I should do? I try looking into CNA program and I was going to apply to EVC, but I wasn’t aware applications already opened in April (I know that was bad planning on my part), so now if I do apply I’ll probably be waitlist very far down the line. And I also look into volunteering opportunities like at hospitals (Kaiser and SCVMC), but they require references. I haven’t been employed nor do I have any professors who knows me well enough to write one so that’s iffy too. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated!

Hi Reddit, I’m Sarah Greene, an OHSU School of Nursing student at the Ashland campus. I’m here to chat about undergrad nursing degrees and programs at OHSU live on Friday, May 29 at 1:00PM PDT.

Ask me anything!

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So I got admitted into my local ADN program and I was sooooo excited, and today I got my acceptance to USC for Health and Human Sciences!!! The insane part, my mom is an NP at Keck so my tuition is completely free. I think it would be so stupid of me not to take this offer and then apply to ABN programs when I graduate. Either way it would take me 3 years to achieve my BSN. And the networking through USC I feel like I can’t give up. I’m 21 and am a year behind from being on academic probation in 2023 so this is a crazy accomplishment for me, USC has always been my dream school and k was crushed when they got rid of the FNP program. I Was so prepared to start nursing school this fall but this is insane news!!!

Quick background, I’m 28 and currently 10 weeks pregnant as a gestational surrogate and I have a 19 month old. I graduated college back in December of 2023 with my bachelors in psychology, and I’ve worked in the ABA field the last 2.5 years and I’ve also worked as a home health aide for a little over a year as a second job. I got injured back in February and quit my job in ABA, finally made up my mind I wanted to go back to school to become an RN as I kept putting it off due to finances, My senior year of college is when I wanted to change my major to nursing originally but my university denied my request since I had to many credits. Oh well that’s how I got into my current situation.

My goal is to try and complete all my required prerequisites for my community college nursing program by the end of the year. Which basically consists of anatomy, physiology, microbiology, chemistry, nutrition, sociology, and a public speaking class. I took several of these classes when I was pursuing my bachelor’s degree although a lot of my credit unfortunately did not transfer over. Anyway I’m currently taking two classes sociology and intermediate algebra. Although my intermediate algebra professor seems to have a vendetta against me. I have never been late submitting an assignments or missed a deadline, plus I have attended class regularly on zoom. This is a 8 week block course so it’s very intense and fast paced. I told my professor at the beginning of the block class that I was currently pregnant and dealing with awful morning sickness. He’s been very hostile towards me with passive aggressive comments that my pregnancy isn’t an excuse to be lazy or that I should be rethinking my priorities. Obviously I haven’t told this man I’m a gestational surrogate as that is none of his business but I’m super stressed that he’s going to fail me or tank my grade down to a C. I’m barely sitting at a 87% right now. I have reported him for discrimination but my college disability services haven’t done anything about it.

I just feel so discouraged right now because I need to pass this math class in order to move onto chemistry for this summer but I’m worried this bias man is going to fail me because he doesn’t like pregnant college students. Plus I’m also trying to look for a part time job and that’s a whole other issue I’m having because job market sucks. Idk if anyone else is facing similar stresses whether it be school or finances, how do you keep yourself motivated?

I've been studying for over a month, and my method is studying by the organ system so im getting kind of overwhelmed. I know the basics of all the systems, but it's the cardiovascular system that always stumps me up! I know the blood flow, the valves, ecg waves, and the electrical conduction system, but should I go more in depth like all the different types of capillaries, walls of blood vessels, the different tachycardia's etc etc? Please save me from not crashing out

I was placed on a waitlist as a transfer student in March and they haven’t had any movement yet. They said they will let the students know once the waitlist closes at the end of summer and they won’t tell me what spot I am on the waitlist. I have emailed checking in a few times and I don’t want to keep bothering them lol I was wondering if anyone has experience getting off the waitlist and what the likelihood of getting off of it is.

My (26M) significant other (26F) just took the TEAS for the second time and scored a 61.3%. We just received the denial letter from the ADN program she applied to at our local community college. Admission is based entirely on TEAS score and completion of prerequisites. She has all the pre reqs completed, but the TEAS cutoff fluctuates every cycle depending on applicants (must be within 45th percentile). This cycle, the required score was 68.3%.

For background, she has worked as a CNA/PCT at Sentara for 3+ years, but unfortunately that experience does not count toward admissions. From what I understand, Sentara also removed the requirement for nurses to hold a BSN in Virginia, only requiring an RN license, which is why we’ve been focused on the ADN route instead of a BSN program. I’m an engineering student, no stranger to difficult exams and competitive programs. I’m trying to help her approach this the right way moving forward. Please help me understand the following:

- What helped you significantly improve your TEAS score? She is on short term disability right now with an injury, so she has plenty of free time to study.

- What are the recommended study methods/resources? I've seen NurseHub, Mometrix & youtube videos.

- Can somebody please share some encouraging words/experiences for how they dealt with denial letters & what changed for you to get accepted?

Would really appreciate any advice or encouragement from people who have been through something similar. Thank you!

Drug tests, health insurance, give me a break. Now my chronic back pain is back being i cant take my medical weed for it. Im out 550$ for insurance ill never use for anything.

For me its 45 minutes away.

Dad was less then happy about it.

It honestly made me consider if i should've just applied to the BSN in may area or the ABSN where the commute wouldn't be as bad.

It just the cost of it though jesus.

Hey guys, I guess I'm just looking for some advice or maybe just a reality check from people who’ve been through something similar.

I recently turned 21 and just finished my second year of community college doing prerequisites for the ADN program. My original plan was to start this coming fall, but I failed the HESI, so now I have to retake it and hopefully start in the spring instead.

Honestly, this delay is hitting me harder than I expected. I already spent two years on prerequisites, and the ADN itself is another two years. So instead of having my BSN in four years total, I’ll have my ADN in about four years, and then by the time I bridge to my BSN, I’ll be 24 or 25.

The only reason I’m taking this route is because it’s the most financially smart option for me right now. But mentally, it’s hard seeing people my age already in BSN programs or graduating sooner. I feel like I’m falling behind.

Not only that, my GPA is a 2.7 right now, which makes me feel even worse lol. I’m retaking classes and trying to improve, but I’m getting frustrated with myself because I feel like no matter how hard I study, I never get the grade I want the first time. I always have to do it a second time to understand or get a good grade. Also, I've never been academically smart like my peers growing up. I've always struggled a lot, and I'm just mad at myself.

I know nursing isn’t supposed to be a race, but lately it’s hard not to feel like I've messed up my future or that I'm falling behind. Has anyone else felt this way? especially if school never came naturally to you. How did you stop being so angry at yourself and stop comparing?

Thanks for reading. I could really use some honesty and encouragement right now.

Rio HONDO, sorry

Just got my acceptance. Stats:

4.0 prereqs

3.55 cumulative

92 TEAS

no volunteer hours

no 2nd language

prior BS degree

Male (but I heard they dont do affirmative action anyways)

So. Overall GPA is 3.1. I’m taking like 4 easy credit classes over the summer to boost, and without studying, I got a 76 on a TEAS practice exam. My science GPA is the kicker. I had an initial D in anatomy, and I got a C on retake. Strike one. I got a B in micro and nutrition, and I’m in physio which ends tomorrow with either a C or a D. If I get that second D, I already know I’m doomed.

I’m in the north bay of California, and while I’m casting a BROAD net when I start applying, I just know I’m not the ideal candidate, 6 years of CNA experience notwithstanding. It’s competitive up here, but I can’t move because I have soon to be two kids and all my family support is here.

Do I have ANY shot do you think, or do I start enacting my backup plan? (I’m already starting the backup plan lol.)

Hi everyone! I am 22 years old and currently figuring out my next step after graduation. I just graduated with a bachelor’s in Psychology, and I’ve recently been interested in doing nursing. One aspect that drew me to nursing was how versatile it is and how many opportunities it opens up so you’re not limited to bedside nursing. As a psych major I was drawn to the nursing model of care. Psych nursing and the idea of being an NP caught my eye. Is nursing worth it in 2026? I’m scared of the burnout and being able to find a job, since I’ve heard that some people are struggling to find a new grad job which is crazy. I’m also not that smart and I’m scared the pre-reqs like anatomy might make me reconsider, but I believe I can push through it. 😭 Is the ROI also worth it since I do also want to make good money as well? If so, how should I start? Should I do an ADN/associates program at community college? I also want to work a PRN shift maybe so I’m hoping I can find a hybrid program that has classes online with clinicals in person. I’m in the Orlando FL area. I also want to hear your experience as a nurse as well and if you love your job, since I’ve heard a lot of negative things about it. Sorry I’m just really freaking out right now on what to do next and I feel like I’m behind in life hsjdjde