Ashamed...GPA 2.5. Do I stand a chance to NP anyway???

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Well, it's ashamed to admit that my undergraduate GPA was 2.5......That was 10years ago! That was a long story I do not even want to explain why....But, it is what it is, I cannot do anything about it no matter how much I regret it right now...

I've been a RN for more than 10years. I've been a good nurse and love what I do. I really want to go back to school to pursue my dream of being a FNP. I hesitated for many years because I did not have any confidence due to the ugly GPA. Now, finally, I decided that I cannot wait and surrender to my "fate" any more, I did my GRE very carefully and got a super score. I applied couple of schools...I was denied!!! The reason?... GPA!

But I could not go back 10years and change anything in the paper! I am frustrated, I'm in despair....

Is the door of NP completely shut down for me? Should I really have to give up to my fate? Anything, is there anything I can do? Please help!

really interested to know what happened ??!!

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you mentioned in your above post; "This is the schedule for USA" Did you mean University of south alabama?

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Specializes in Med/surg, Tele, educator, FNP.

That's not bad! I had a 2.7 in my BSN and got accepted on a provisional basis to my NP program because of work experience! You can do it!! I graduated and no one cares about gpa s in the real world!

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Specializes in NICU, Infertility.

What school did you get into

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Specializes in NICU, Infertility.

What school did you get into OCRN3?

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I got in with a 2.76 GPA. It limited my options a lot but there were a few schools that allowed you in with a 2.5 and above.

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I got in with a 2.76 GPA. It limited my options a lot but there were a few schools that allowed you in with a 2.5 and above.

What were some of your options of schools? I graduated in 1992 with a GPA of 2.75, but have a lot of experience since then.

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South University, Walden University, Frontier University. I have an ADN so every school pretty much required me to take 2 prerequisites which was a chance to bring the score up some. I ended up at Walden.

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Hello, I am in similar situation. Which school did you apply to? Please inbox me.

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