Downstate or WGU for BSN before applying to CRNA program...

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Hi all,

I'm looking to get my BSN from either WGU (online only) or SUNY Downstate (hybrid courses). I love the thought of doing WGU and setting my own timelines, no weekly discussion questions, a flat rate, and all the other good stuff WGU has to offer; but when I finish I want to go to a CRNA program and I worry about the pass grades (3.0 GPA). I know many of you guys have gotten into CRNA programs with no issue after graduating from WGU, but I feel so unimpressive on paper, that I really worry that I won't be able to get into a program with just a 3.0 and I'm sure I can pull better grades at a brick and mortar school.

So my question is, should I chance it with WGU or go for Downstate? I need about 10 classes from each school, so at WGU, I figure it shouldn't take me more than a year, and at Downstate if I take 3 classes a semester and a class over the summer then that's a year and a half.

Some background on me: I live in NY, got my ADN in 2012 and started working in a medsurg (makeshift ICU step down), worked there for a year then in 2013 transferred to a different hospital in the same network because I got a MICU position (at a level 1 trauma center, although I didn't get any of that action lol). In 2015 I started a new ICU/CCU position at another level 1 trauma which is also just got magnet status. I just got my CCRN this year and plan on getting my CMC soon, maybe this winter. And for the most part that's all I have under my belt... My nursing school GPA was 3.52, which probably isn't all that great either, but I'm sure I could get As throughout the BSN program.

So which might be the better choice? Also, if you guys and gals have suggestions on how I can beef myself up, I welcome them all!

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