Do you know BSN programs that don't look at overall GPA?

[noellea123]

As many others on this site, I screwed myself over early on by not spending enough time on my studies my first 1.5 years of school. I am actually quite intelligent, I just made dumb decisions at the time. My school is dumb in the fact that it won't let me redo a course, just repeat a course. Thus I will always have the terrible grades

I am finally getting my crap together. I took Anatomy and Physiology last semester with the lab and got an A in both. I also took chemistry and got a B. I am currently taking Psych and Anat and Phys part 2, and I have A's in both. I am doing great. I took the TEAS test recently and I also did very well on it.

I am about to have an associates in general sciences and I NEED to transfer to a nursing school. However, my GPA sucks at a 2.1. I have two jobs, one as a medical scribe with and ENT and Oncologist and the other as a medical tech in a med-surg unit. More than anything in the world I want to be a nurse. I am willing to relocate anywhere to go to nursing school. I just need suggestions at BSN programs that will look at pre-req science grades, essays, TEAS scores, doctor recommendations, and work experience. Literally anything but my overall GPA. I prefer BSN over ADN/ASN because want to work in an ICU and most hospital require BSN within 5 years of hire. I'd rather get it all done now.

Any help would be appreciated.

[Gorjesss, BSN, RN]

I am not sure where you are located but I am in California, and all/most of the CSU's & UC for Pre-licensure are requiring 3.0 Cum. gpa. However many of the state schools I looked at outside of California are much lower on overall GPA. At a 2.1, depending on the number of credits, you are not that far from say a 2.5. And with a 2.1 you had to have had F's and/or C's & D's. I highly suggest looking at your transcript and discerning which classes you are elligible to retake. At my college you have to have a C or worse to retake a class. Again, depending on how many credits you have, you could only be a few retakes away from a 2.5 or even a 3.0. What was your score on the TEAS? Where are you located now? What classes did you do poorly in? (General Ed? Electives? Core? Prereq?) How many credits do you have? You may be able to find a LPN or LVN program that will accept your GPA if you do not want to retake classes, then do a bridge program later from there.

What school are you currently in? Generally a repeat of a course will replace the old grade, some programs take the most recent grades, while others will average them.

(PS don't be too hard on yourself, many students do not realize the impact of their grades until they actually want to do something with them, but to get into an RN program you may need to dig your heels in and retake some of those low grades)

[Kinda Flustered]

Oakland University only looks at prenursing gpa

[NurseGirl525, ASN, RN]

2.1 doesn't even meet the minimum requirements for most any school. You won't even be competitive anywhere as it requires applicants to be way above the min to get in.

I'm sorry but you need to consider another career route at this time. It's not that you can't ever try to become a nurse, but it's not feasible with that at this time.

You our should kind of be over making dumb decisions by college, but your not the first and won't be the last I see. Getting your act together recently won't help you. You need to prove you've got your act together for awhile and the school should take a chance on you. I don't see that right now and neithe will nursing programs.

[WookieeRN, BSN, MSN, RN]

2.1 overall is going to be a problem for a majority of nursing programs. I'm just warning you right now.

You may need to get into a nursing school but you might not be able to with an overall GPA of that magnitude. You will most likely need to retake anything you didn't at least get a B in to start to fix the damage.

I would recommend a holistic program that looks at the whole candidate but even they might find it difficult to swallow a 2.1 GPA.

[Honey Clover]

Yeah. My program. CSU Sacramento looks only at nursing GPA (pre-requisite/co-requisite courses). However, if most of your courses that you did badly in were pre-requisites for nursing school, that'll be quite difficult to make up for. Do very very well on the TEAs. Try private universities and be sure to talk to them about your situation. Take more courses to raise that GPA or retake the ones you failed in.