Do grades really matter to future employers?

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I am a Sophomore nursing student and I am most likely going to end up with a B or C in all of my classes. I am worried that it is going to hurt me in the future with the chances of being hired. Will my grades be very important?

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Depends on what hospital you are going to apply to.

All my friends are nurses now and nobody asked them their GPA.

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Specializes in Acute Care, Rehab, Palliative.

I have never heard of an employer asking for your grades.

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It could when it comes to New Graduate hospital programs. They will ask for transcripts, official or unofficial, gpa 3.0+, etc.. Other than this scenario, in my opinion, to ask for grades would just be silly!

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Employers don't ask about grades or GPA, they just need to know that you are licensed and your background check comes back clean.

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Specializes in Hospital Education Coordinator.

grades are not as important to the employer as whether or not you have a license. However, grades MAY be important in getting the license, in doing the job well after you are licensed and in furthering your education.

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Specializes in Nursing Professional Development.

My hospital requires transcripts from all new grads -- and the grades DO matter. You don't have to be an "A" student, but particularly bad grades can hurt you.

And I coordinate a student extern program -- where we definitely look at the grades. Again, straight A's are NOT needed, but C's, D's, and F's hurt you.

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My new grad residency program asked for GPA and transcripts. I don't know how much it played into hiring decisions.

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Specializes in Emergency/Cath Lab.

Our residency won't accept anyone with less than a 3.0 which shouldn't be too hard.

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so, most places required for you to be in a graduate nurse residency/internship and most of them a programs that you have to "get in to". they are competitive as you do have to turn in your exit exam score, transcripts, letters of recommendations, ect. if i were you, i would try my best to make better grades. i was in the same predicament as you are and am having trouble getting into a program because of my gpa. good luck!

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Specializes in Pediatrics, Emergency, Trauma.
My new grad residency program asked for GPA and transcripts. I don't know how much it played into hiring decisions.

I got hired into a "new grad residency" with a 2.89, so I guess my grades were ok? :wacky:

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Thank you everyone for the information :) it was really helpful!

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