Getting Ready to Graduate -- Resume & GPA?

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Hey everyone,

I'm getting ready to graduate in December and I'm working on my resume. People suggest including a GPA on a resume if the GPA is above a 3.0.

I have a previous degree, in which I had a 3.94 GPA and graduated with high honors. However, nursing school was a harder road, and I'll be doing well to make it out of here alive! I haven't worked up a 'coursework' GPA, but I'm not sure it'd be good enough to list, either.

So, would you put your GPA for the non-nursing degree or not? Does it make it obvious that I'm NOT including my nursing GPA?

Suggestions and advice are appreciated!!

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I would not put the GPA on the resume. Once you have your license it doesn't really matter anyways.

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I wouldn't worry about it. I definitely wouldn't put one but not the other, that would jump right out. I'm sure it will be fine :).

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Specializes in OR Internship starting in Jan!!.

It seems like severalf hospitals around here are asking for GPAs and transcripts, so I didn't really know how to handle it.

Thanks for the input.

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