Easier for M-Nurse to get Accepted(school)?

[JeffreyBMN]

I am a 27 year old male pre-nursing student and was just wondering if the fact that I am a male will help me out in my application process for school...

I have a 3.1 GPA on my undergrad BS from three years ago(non nursing) and am currently completing pre-reqs and hoping to get accepted somewhere by fall or spring of this coming year.

Is the fact that I am a male going to make that extra difference between me and a female with a 3.5 GPA?

Also, I've read some posts about f-nurses being pretty catty and going after m-nurses in any way they can... Is this common occurence in the nursing world? Am I going to have to watch myself and keep my working relationships to a minimum in order to avoid accusations and potential BS job firings for my entire career?

Any advice would greatly be appreciated.

Thanks guys.

- Jeff

[Bob_N_VA]

Jeff

We are the minority, so it cant hurt. Now whether it would put you ahead of a female with a better GPA or background, who knows. I'm not going there. As for the catty part, I haven't found it to be true, most of the ladies are easy enough to work with. There is some drama, I think it comes with the hormones, but I go out of my way to be nice and helpful, so I have yet to be a recipient of any of it. Keeping things as professional as possible will probably help, but you are going to be with these people for several years and I would hope that you will be able to establish some good friendships along the way.

[ImThatGuy, BSN, RN]

In all actuality, knowing the nature of public higher eduation (i.e. state governance) it will help you.

I'm in a class of 21 with 18 girls. I just happened to make a phone call on a whim one day, over four months after the application window was closed, and I was accepted by the end of the conversation. Being a dude won't hurt, and it'll probably help.

I'm in a similar position as you. I'm 28, already had a sciencey B.S., with all of the prereqs knocked out from a previous life. My GPA was .3 higher, but that's not much.