Transferring to another community college?? What are my chances of getting into nursing school??

I’m currently at a community college with a 0.98 GPA (I know I know it’s really bad). I completely slacked off my first 2 years. I thought I could handle working full time while being a student but I couldn’t and my grades heavily suffered. So now, I am on academic probation at my currenr college. I only have 17 credit hours and a 0.98 GPA. I was just wondering, could I attend a different community college, get myself together and raise my gpa to be able to apply to nursing school?? Will the school look at both colleges that I went to or will they only count the current one (if I go to a different community college). I’m really trying to get myself together so that I can graduate college and get my degree.

I might suggest starting over. Go to a different community college and retake the classes you already took. Pretend the last two years never happened. Good luck!

You will always have to list all colleges you attended. There is a national database that tracks this, so anyone who thinks they can “forget” to mention one will be caught. I’m not sure if this is what you have in mind by going to a different CC.

As mentioned, if this means not listing your current CC this will never work.

Whether you raise your gpa by staying at your current CC or by going to a new one, colleges are going to place more emphasis on your more recent work. They understand that for a variety of reasons students may start off poorly and then catch on to college-level work.

There is more than one way to get to your goal (presumed) of a BSN in nursing. You should talk to the career center at your current school and look for information sessions offered by 4-year colleges in your area with a BSN program.

For example you could get a LVN degree and then go for a BSN degree. You could also get a ADN degree which qualifies you for applying for a RN license, then apply for a full-time or part-time BSN program. You can find info on some approaches on the web, such as http://www.rasmussen.edu/degrees/nursing/blog/rn-vs-bsn-what-you-should-know/

Look at your options and choose what works for you.

Since I have only 17 credit hours completed over the past 3 years, how hard do you think it’ll be to raise my gpa by a significant amount in the next 2 quarters? That’s if I get A’s and B’s from now on. Thanks so much for the input, I really appreciate it.

^^^ a basic part of nursing practice is figuring out dosages based on ratios and simple math. If you can’t figure out what your gpa can be after 2 more quarters of good grades you might want to reconsider if nursing is really a great fit for you.