Here you go:
Direct Admit Nursing Programs (■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■)
You may or may not have test optional. A 26 isn’t bad - and who knows it might go up. If it doesn’t, you’ll know whether to submit it by the fact it’s either higher or lower than the school average. You’d be amazed - test optional schools still collect test data after admitting… U of Chicago accepted someone with a 20 (who applied without score).
You don’t say if you have geographic preferences - so you might look at:
Arizona State, Binghamton, Bradley, Temple, Cincy, UCONN and Delaware. I don’t know if it’s direct admit, but look at Arizona, Alabama, and Arkansas for great merit. Also, Miami Ohio.
Many on the CC point out that some schools, you have to go far for your clinical experience so you may want to find a school with nearby hospital.