Going to easier school for high GPA?

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Hi all, I plan on applying to university this year for an undergrad BSN program. However, I have the intention of eventually applying to a Masters and becoming a Nurse Practitioner hopefully.

My question is if the graduate program will care which school I got my bachelors degree from. I can go to a smaller school and get a higher GPA, or maybe into a more prestigious school but not get as high of an average.

Any help would be appreciated, thanks for reading

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Hope you dont want the easy way out. Nursing school is really hard no matter what. Pick a school that is accredited by Board of Nursing and high NCLEX passing rate. You dont want an easy school because you want a high grade. Remember you want to be competent once you received your license.

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Bottom line, do the best you can at the best school you can. No guarantee your "easy" school will leave you with a higher GPA...plus they may leave you with a failed NCLEX. Just sayin...

I vote lock this thread before it gets some arguments started.

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Sounds like you want the easiest way to NP. How about you choose a school with a good reputation and bust your booty there?

I don't want an RN or an NP who asks these sorts of questions. Sorry to be harsh.

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Nursing content is nursing content. You have to learn it and know it either way. I highly doubt there is such program labeled easy! In order to become a good NP, you have to become a good RN.

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Specializes in psych/dementia.

Some schools will look at here you went to school and take that into account when looking at your GPA. Not saying you can get a "bad" GPA and still get in to an NP program, but saying that if you went to a "harder" school and got a 3.0 that it might not be the end of the world.

And what is hard for some is easy for others. You really don't know what it will be like for you until you're in it. And definitely check NCLEX pass rates for each school.

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Nursing school is designed to be difficult. My doctor put it to me like this: is it designed to weed out those who want to get by with the minimum. It can differ from school to school. Some look at your overall GPA in your pre reqs and others look at each individual letter grade for each course. Either way your going to have to put in a lot of time and effort to be successful which is why they are designed the way they are. Good luck to you!

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I don't know how much easier one nursing school really is from another. We all need to pass the same exam...and many programs use HESI or ATI to make sure we are all on target with every class. Grad schools use GPA (in part) to get a sense of whether the student can handle the academic rigors. If you go to an "easy" program, they have no way of knowing whether you would be successful somewhere tougher.

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