Chances of me being accepted? What can I do now as a student?

dressagerdr · Sep 13, 2015

I'm pretty certain pathophysiology should be included. I'm not entirely sure on the nutrition or pharmacology class; I would suggest contacting the specific schools you're looking at and see what they say. It can vary from school to school. I personally included pharmacology in my science GPA on my application. Nutrition was part of my nursing curriculum so that went to the nursing GPA.

If that ends up raising your science GPA by including more classes, there's the potential that I would say you'd be just as fine off not taking another science course to beef it up. I'd suggest first finding out what the school will include and go from there.

Another thing to put into consideration is how much doing one course over again will affect your GPA.... So say you take a 3 credit organic chemistry course and you get an A; if that moves your GPA up by say .1... Would you be satisfied with putting the time, money, and energy into taking another course to improve your GPA by that increment? Or perhaps you'd rather put your resources into other things in that scenario. So in that light, once you've decided what will be included in your science GPA, if you're still considering taking a course, I might suggest playing with the numbers a bit. Make sure you'll be satisfied with the results if you do retake a course because I believe they do get to be a little pricey, and you're going to have lots on your plate once you start working. Again, there are many people who retake a course or two to show improvement and ongoing dedication, so you'd still get that benefit even if it doesn't move your GPA much. Just food for thought.

chris21sn, BSN, RN · Sep 13, 2015

I'm pretty certain pathophysiology should be included. I'm not entirely sure on the nutrition or pharmacology class; I would suggest contacting the specific schools you're looking at and see what they say. It can vary from school to school. I personally included pharmacology in my science GPA on my application. Nutrition was part of my nursing curriculum so that went to the nursing GPA.
If that ends up raising your science GPA by including more classes, there's the potential that I would say you'd be just as fine off not taking another science course to beef it up. I'd suggest first finding out what the school will include and go from there.
Another thing to put into consideration is how much doing one course over again will affect your GPA.... So say you take a 3 credit organic chemistry course and you get an A; if that moves your GPA up by say .1... Would you be satisfied with putting the time, money, and energy into taking another course to improve your GPA by that increment? Or perhaps you'd rather put your resources into other things in that scenario. So in that light, once you've decided what will be included in your science GPA, if you're still considering taking a course, I might suggest playing with the numbers a bit. Make sure you'll be satisfied with the results if you do retake a course because I believe they do get to be a little pricey, and you're going to have lots on your plate once you start working. Again, there are many people who retake a course or two to show improvement and ongoing dedication, so you'd still get that benefit even if it doesn't move your GPA much. Just food for thought.

Alright! Sounds great! I think this will be the end to all my questions. Just wanted to thank you so much for following up with me for these last few days! It means so much to me, and I feel like I have a better grip and understanding of the CRNA process.

dressagerdr · Sep 13, 2015

No problem, best of luck. I think you'll do just fine :)