I've been reading so many posts and decided to finally join since everyone seems so helpful I've just decided to apply to the accelerated BSN programs a few months ago. My GPA is embarrassingly low and am very worried that I won't have a shot at anything anywhere (I was really looking into NY because I've always wanted to go to school in the NE and I have a really strong support system over there). My cumulative Undergrad GPA is a 2.9. I majored in Biological Sciences at a UC and minored in Education. I went to grad school and got my MPH (Masters in Public Health) with a focus on Nutrition - that GPA is 3.4. I have As in Nutrition, Micro, Phys, Stat and I will be taking Anatomy and Psych this semester in January but am pretty sure I can knock out As in those 2. Undergrad was just a really long time ago and I just didn't know how to study back when i was a teenager (I'm 26 now).
I volunteered at a free medical clinic almost all of undergrad. I also worked/shadowed a nurse at an endocrinologist's office for the past year or so. For my field practicum for grad school I had to develop and implement a nutrition education tool and did so for the Hispanic population at high risk of developing DMII. So that was about 4 months.
Do I have any chances to get in ANYWHERE?? My undergrad GPA is haunting me and I feel like I won't get in anywhere b/c of it Is there anything I can do to beef up my application or will it just be thrown out b/c of it being
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Hi All,
I've been reading so many posts and decided to finally join since everyone seems so helpful I've just decided to apply to the accelerated BSN programs a few months ago. My GPA is embarrassingly low and am very worried that I won't have a shot at anything anywhere (I was really looking into NY because I've always wanted to go to school in the NE and I have a really strong support system over there). My cumulative Undergrad GPA is a 2.9. I majored in Biological Sciences at a UC and minored in Education. I went to grad school and got my MPH (Masters in Public Health) with a focus on Nutrition - that GPA is 3.4. I have As in Nutrition, Micro, Phys, Stat and I will be taking Anatomy and Psych this semester in January but am pretty sure I can knock out As in those 2. Undergrad was just a really long time ago and I just didn't know how to study back when i was a teenager (I'm 26 now).
I volunteered at a free medical clinic almost all of undergrad. I also worked/shadowed a nurse at an endocrinologist's office for the past year or so. For my field practicum for grad school I had to develop and implement a nutrition education tool and did so for the Hispanic population at high risk of developing DMII. So that was about 4 months.
Do I have any chances to get in ANYWHERE?? My undergrad GPA is haunting me and I feel like I won't get in anywhere b/c of it Is there anything I can do to beef up my application or will it just be thrown out b/c of it being