Competitive GPA for NYC job market & the future??

[gennn19, BSN, RN]

Hey everyone,

I'm a traditional student at NYU. Before getting to my nursing sequence I had a 3.73 cum. GPA. I've made 3.6's since I started nursing classes--which is lower than normal for me. I'm now 1.5 semesters from graduation and at a 3.69. But I feel like my GPA is going to drop even more this semester. Worst case scenario my cum. GPA upon graduation would be a 3.6. (Goodbye Cum Laude hopes!)

Even though I know a 3.6 in & of itself isn't THAT bad, I keep stressing out over this! I'm just not sure what a good GPA to graduate nursing school with is, especially in NYC. I've lived here my whole life and have dreamt of working at NYP-Columbia (grew up in that neighborhood), but I heard they're very tough to get into. And the job market here is tough for new grads! I did an externship with NYU Langone and have excellent connections there, but NYP Columbia has always been my dream hospital to work at.

I'm not sure how competitive my GPA is, especially when it feels like everyone else is getting 4.0's whereas I can study for dayssss and never get an A on a test. Add in the fact that I'd love to go to CRNA school but I'm afraid I'll fail out. I'm so overwhelmed by RN school, can't even imagine CRNA!! Am I over-stressing this GPA thing???