Does all Grad schools require you to have a 3.0 GPA

[dmoorer76]

Does all Grad schools require you to have an undergrad GPA of 3.0 in order to be accepted and if you don't can you never attain your graduate degree?

[smilin_gp]

Not sure if all grad schools require a 3.0, but I do know several people who originally had less, who then repeated certain classes and were accepted.

[MuddaMia]

I would be surprised to hear of ppl. getting in with a low GPA. I know at my school ,they require a 3.0, but even having that makes admission unlikely. The last class had an average 3.5. I believe the lowest admitted was a 3.3 something.

[willdgate]

why do they do that, grades mean nothing in nursing,

[traumaRUs, MSN, APRN]

I respectfully disagree wildgate. Grades are an indicator of how well a student will do and be able to absorb and learn the material.

[RGN1]

I respectfully disagree wildgate. Grades are an indicator of how well a student will do and be able to absorb and learn the material.

So how would you get to do an RN-BSN program if you trained outside the USA & have absolutely no idea what GPA is nor what yours is? In this case it doesn't mean you wouldn't be a good student!

Actually I'd be really interested to know if there are any UK RN's who have done a US BSN.......what did you do about the GPA thing?

[traumaRUs, MSN, APRN]

RGN1 - this poster is from the US and the thread is in the MSN/FNP forum. So...perhaps you would get a better answer by starting your own thread. This thread is about a grad school program, not an RN to BSN program.

[gauge14iv, MSN, APRN, NP]

Actually - many schools in which there are more seats than applicants do take students with lower GPA's - epecially if it has been more than a few years since that GPA was earned. They may admit you on a provisional basis and you may have to prove yourself or leave, but they will take you.

[traumaRUs, MSN, APRN]

Good point Gauge14IV

[RGN1]

RGN1 - this poster is from the US and the thread is in the MSN/FNP forum. So...perhaps you would get a better answer by starting your own thread. This thread is about a grad school program, not an RN to BSN program.

In truth I was just being nosey - I really don't know what GPA is!

[KellieNurse06]

I respectfully disagree wildgate. Grades are an indicator of how well a student will do and be able to absorb and learn the material.

Really..........funny because I had a girl in nursing class in the nursing school I originally started out in...had a 4.0 in every class...even got her final year of nursing paid for by a nursing scholarship because she did so well academically.......clinically she wasn't great..........she couldn't make a bed if her life depended on it........and had alot of trouble with common sense skills that really could be detrimental to a patient in an emergency situation.............and I have had C students in my class that can blow doors off 4.0 students with their nursing skills................I would take a C student who was a good nurse over a 4.0 nurse who lacked common sense any day.. grades don't always mean everything ....jmpo;)

[traumaRUs, MSN, APRN]

GPA - grade point average. (Sorry)