Is a 3.52 GPA too low!?

[Digthis1]

Over the past week or so I have become very discouraged. I graduated with what I though was a good GPA, and have been looking at schools like JHU, UVA, and Duke for accelerated programs (UVA's direct entry).

I'm reading stories on here of people with GPA's higher than mine getting rejected at community colleges (I am not disparaging CC's).

Is my GPA too low for schools like JHU's accelerated program? I know that schools look at candidates holistically, bit I'm just looking to know how I should feel about my GPA with my focus on top 15 schools.

Ya'll are awesome btw. This is such a great community and resource.

[hodgieRN]

Once you are a nurse, no one cares where you went to school. All they care about is whether or not you are good at your job. If going to a top rated school is a personal thing, then I understand, but nursing school is nursing school. One of the reasons you may hear of people not getting into community college is because there are tons and tons of applicants. I wouldn't be surprised if there were hundreds of students applying to one ADN program. It also depends on the area too. There are more applicants in major city areas compared to rural CC, so everyone has a different obstacle. A 3.5 is great. But how many people are applying to the JHU program? That's a big factor. You will have decide what is more important... becoming a nurse or wanting a specific school name on your diploma? Fellow nurses are going to judge your competence, not your alma mater.

[mariebailey, MSN, RN]

Depends. 3.5 cumulative gpa, but what about your science classes? If it is lower, who knows? Nursing schools can be selective, especially top notch universities. Honestly though, I'd hit the local cc or cheap public universities, because school name recognition doesn't carry much weight for nurses in the way it does for doctors or lawyers.

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