ABSN student going into NP programs

crazydoglady89 · Nov 18, 2016

I am an ABSN student who will be applying to NP programs next year. All graduate schools check your overall GPA. does this mean, they will include my previous degree into calculating the overall GPA? My nursing GPA is very good but my previous degree GPA was not good so I am afraid it will hinder me getting in... also do graduate schools check just the nursing degree GPA separately?

This is likely something that varies by school. I am applying for ABSN in the next few months to 3 different schools, and all of them have a slightly different way of "weighing" your performance. I haven't looked too far ahead to grad school, but I imagine this works much in the same way.

If the information is not readily available, contact graduate admissions so you have a clear answer. People on this board won't really know unless they went to the specific program you are asking about, and even then, admissions criteria can change.

andrea3434 · Nov 18, 2016

Totally depends on the school. My BSN school did not look at my previous degree GPA at all. They only counted my prerequisite GPA and any other classes I had taken at their school (the school I was applying to was different then my previous GPA school).

FutureNurseInfo · Nov 18, 2016

Hi,

I am most positive that they will not look into your previous college degree. Since you said you were doing well in your ABSN, that is all that will matter for sure. But like others have said, contact the school you will be applying to to be sure.