Well, it wouldn’t hurt to ask your lax coach to assess your level for college teams. It sounds from what you’re saying like you’re probably more of a club-team player, but who knows, maybe you’re underestimating yourself - doesn’t hurt to run it up the flagpole.
Nursing programs are shockingly competitive. Being admitted directly to a four-year BSN program almost always requires stats that are several notches higher than what it takes to get into the school in general. This page of score ranges for Rutgers shows how the nursing stats are almost as high as engineering. https://admissions.newbrunswick.rutgers.edu/applying/admissions-profile
I am not directly familiar with Temple’s BSN program, but my guess is it’s too competitive for your current stats. You’re already a little below median for Temple-as-a-whole; applying to an extra-competitive major would have a good chance of sinking your application altogether. Don’t take my word for this - confirm with someone who knows the school/program well - but that is my prediction. Assuming I’m correct, my suggestion would be to apply to a communications major - there is a general “Communication Studies” major, but if you’re interested in health care (like, maybe specializing in health communications and considering a nursing grad program), then consider the “Communication and Social Influence” major. https://klein.temple.edu/academics/undergraduate-programs/communication-and-social-influence-major Other possibilities would be non-nursing majors in the school of public health, including public health, and the pre health professions program. Look into which programs add an additional layer of competitiveness to the application process, and which don’t. Apply as early as possible, definitely before the Nov. 1st Early Action deadline - they use a rolling approach in which earlier applications have an advantage.
At Ramapo you have to have an 1150 SAT to even apply to nursing, and successful applicants will have higher scores than that as well as high GPA’s. Getting in as a communications major is possible (could go either way) but this isn’t a school where you’ll want to apply to nursing.
Rowan has a Communication Studies major and also a Community Health Advocacy & Education major that prepares students for Certified Health Education Specialist credentialing (which would be a great pre-nursing major as well as a good stand-alone degree).
If you want to apply to BSN programs, it would be best to target schools where your stats are above the median. Montclair State, that I mentioned in my other post, is one to look at: https://www.montclair.edu/nursing/4-year-bsn/ (I’m not familiar with the school beyond finding in the D3 Lacrosse bracket, but it seems like a good fit stats-wise and basically any accredited public-university nursing program is bound to be reputable.) It’s test-optional so it would be a matter of the GPA-ranges for their nursing program, combined with your ability to get strong recommendations and write a good essay. https://www.montclair.edu/admissions/apply-and-check-status/admissions-requirements/satact-test-optional-policy/ It may well be, however, that your GPA won’t be high enough for the BSN program.
Here’s the info for another NJ public U with a BSN program - Wm. Paterson has lower overall stats than Montclair State, and yet the nursing program still sounds very competitive: https://www.wpunj.edu/admissions/undergraduate/first-year-students/application-for-nursing-majors.html
So, it could definitely be worth a try to float a couple of BSN applications at less-competitive schools, but it’s not unlikely that to get into the nursing field, you’d either need to target a community college nursing program, or else major in something else, get good grades in the nursing prereqs as an undergrad, and apply to a direct-entry MSN program.
Sorry to be the bearer of grim news re: nursing admissions, but forewarned is forearmed.
