applying for community college nursing programs....gpa?

It completely depends on your school of choice. The one I am applying for takes the top 64, which means nothing until they get their 350 applicants and narrow it down to the top GPAs out of that group. I have a friend who was turned down for this program last year with a 3.75! But, they had a lot of 4.0 students. I have a 4.0 and am hoping that I can get in to the interview. After that, the interview is worth 40% of my total score.

So, do some research on the specific schools you want to apply to. You never know.

the problem is... that school look at their applicant pool at any particular year. Say, the year you apply there will be a lot of 4.0 applicants, then you out. If there are a lot of 3.0 applicant - you are in. But they cannot tell until pool is formed, right? In this case even previous years GPA doesn't give much information. It may show the trend. But we all know the trend - it is tough to get into NS

I would look what else school is looking at in their applicants. Experience? Certain classes completed? SOme kind of entrance exam score? anything that can bust your chanses getting in other then GPA since it is hard to bust your GPA fast.

I had 4.0 GPA but I was put on waiting list because I didn't have some of general classes (not pre-reqs, general classes!!!!) finished by the time I applied. NS can be picky like that.

If you're in Michigan, then the answer is, no, a 3.37 will, most likely, exclude you from acceptance. I have yet to hear of a school who will accept students with gpa's under a 3.5. Most students who are accepted, generally have higher than 3.7 gpa's (not my statistic, but an admission counselor's).