Please share your GPAs??

[sixela21]

Hello all, I am rather depressed right now and looking for a little advice. I am a pre-nursing student and Certified Nursing Assistant. I am currently attending Georgia State in hope of applying to their accelerated program this fall. I recently spoke to an advisor for the program and reviewed acceptance stats/info and have concluded that I will never get in anywhere with my gpa!! I was registered for 15 credits this summer just to meet the requirements for the deadlines. I got all As in A&P and Microbiology, and my gpa was just above a 3.7. However, this Chemistry class I am taking right now might possibly bring it down to just below a 3.7, and I am already below the program's average gpa of 3.83 (the applicants have low TEAS scores and high GPAs). My institutional GPA is higher, but this program focuses on nursing pre-reqs. I am highly depressed, as I worked very hard for these grades while working full time and dealing with a million other things, and can't stand that 3 Bs (B PLUSES at that) may put me out of the running. I took some of my pre-reqs at a Technical college, and my GPA there was close to a 4.0. I was inducted into Phi Theta Kappa because of it.

I have experience in the medical field, am working on a second language (not mention I write awesome essays/papers that have always blown professors away), recommendation letters from professors and friends who work at other universities, and volunteer experience. Do I have a chance? What did you lovelies get in your pre-reqs to get accepted? I have been studying for the TEAS like a madwoman and plan to take it when I finish Chem. A friend just told me she was denied from Kennesaw state with a 3.75 GPA and 91 teas score. Another had a 3.65 and very high TEAS score. I see no hope, and these unrealistic standards keep increasing every year. What should I do? As all of the schools in my area are so hard to get into, and people with higher GPAs than me are getting rejected. Should I consider an RN to BSN route? I need to make money and cannot keep playing these games with nursing admissions for the rest of my youth. I transferred to GSU because the Technical college "LOST" my academic file (long, ridiculous story) and claimed they could not evaluate me. I feel like giving up....

[barcode120x, RN, NP]

Averaged somewhere between a 2.5 and 2.7 gpa for the pre reqs and and overall of a 3.2 gpa. I didn't study for my HESI but and ended up with an 80% on it. I look back and wonder why I didn't try hard for those, yet I'm averaging mid to high Bs in my nursing classes. I guess I matured academically haha. Also, it goes to show that you don't need epicly high grades in pre reqs or GEs to do well in nursing school :); however, you do need high grades to get in of course.

[sixela21]

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[anukis]

GPAs to me are honestly worthless. I don't care if I have a 4.0 nurse, I want a nurse who knows her job, and can save my butt if I need it. I'm going for my BSN, it sounds like your program is much more competitive, and I refuse to share my current GPA because of my thoughts about it, but I can say this: I have had all C's in a semester, and I've had all A's. It depends on the class. Some things you're good at, some things you are bad at: and that's OK. Too many girls (and guys) I know get so caught up on their GPA. Once you get out of school, employers don't care if you had a 4.0... they care if you can do your job and do it well. Get through the school's routine BS and you will be fine.

[stratus93]

I have a 3.5 over all GPA hoping to boost it up this semeester.

[ShelbyaStar]

I graduated with a previous degree with a 2.99. I got a 4.0 last semester doing prereqs. I'm not sure how much that would bump me up but I don't think my school will pay much attention to my old degree anyway. I'm hoping to transfer to a more competitive school though so I've gotta do the best I can.

[lkv246]

GPAs play a part, but do realize they take other factors into account. One admissions counselor said they have students with high gpas but then when they read their essays, they saw they couldn't write in coherent sentences! Strange to think that'd happen but it does. Also, they look into what you have done volunteer or professional wise. If you're doing ABSN, they care more about your post-baccalaureate grades, especially the sciences.