Hello everyone. First off, congrats to everyone who was accepted! Great job! I have been staking this thread since mid-October, and finally decided to register and participate. I graduate in May 2015, and also applied to the NCP in November. I just found out yesterday that I was not accepted into the program. I haven't spoken to my recruiter yet, I just called the office and asked. I don't officially know why I wasn't accepted, but I'm sure it has to do with my GPA. My overall GPA is a 3.27, I am a strong B+ student (B+ is rated at a 3.25 in my school). When I applied, I was told that all I had to have a 3.0. I put my entire packet together in a month. I was literally at MEPS a week after I walked into my recruiters office. I received great reviews on both of my interviews with Navy Nurses, and had excellent remarks and scores on my five character references. I also have a year of experience as a CNA in a skilled nursing facility, and graduated from high school with my IB diploma , a 4.1 GPA, and was pre-admitted into my nursing school at a state university.
My main question for all of you now is how influential do you think your GPAs were in your selection process? I thought the other aspects of my packet would be enough, but apparently not. I want this, I want to be a Navy Nurse more than anything.
I plan on reapplying whenever the next boards are being held, and then again to DA if I still can't get in. I've calculated that I can raise my GPA to a 3.4 with 6 classes in the next two semesters. I received my grades from my first semester of nursing school, and have an A, B+, two Bs and passed my clinical lab for this semester first try.
Do think I'll have a better chance the next go around? My GPA still won't be very high, but at least I'll have a good semester of nursing school on my transcripts. Is this the second time applying for any of you?
Again, congrats to everyone who is in! Hopefully I'll meet you at ODS if I can get in! Maybe they will eventually accept me based on persistence alone!
