Do I even have a shot for CRNA schools?

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Hi, I am really just looking for some advice. I really want to go to CRNA school, but I don't know if I am competitive enough. I see that some schools require pre-req courses like organic chemistry and biology. When I first entered college, I bombed all of my classes and because I came in as a bio major, I had to take all the pre-req courses like bio, chem, orgo, calc. And i'm saying, gpa is around like a 2.4 here. However, when I found out about nursing, I just loved it so much. My nursing school gpa is around a 3.8 and will be even higher because I will be graduating this coming year. Do you think I should retake my pre-reqs? I work right now at a top hospital in the US and will be most likely getting a job afterwards in the ICU. Please give me some insight!

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You may want to get in touch with a few CRNA programs/schools that you're interested in to discuss your concerns. Some may not care what your non-nursing GPA is like -- unlikely, but you never know. You can always err on the side of caution and retake classes with poor grades (C or below), which is probably what I would do. I've heard CRNA programs are highly, highly competitive, so you should probably do everything you can to make yourself more valuable to potential schools.

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Follow the PP advice. My only thing is, and not to sound rude, rather curious, how did you manage to enter a nursing program with 2.4 GPA???

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