Gpa Good Enough

springchick1, ADN, RN · Jul 1, 2016

Have you asked your community college if it's good enough?

nurse2bguy555 · Jul 1, 2016

I heard nursing school is competitive. They said you need to pass all your prerequisites with a C to apply, but I think with a low 2.0 gpa that won't get you in.

springchick1, ADN, RN · Jul 1, 2016

Talk to your school. A 3.0 wouldn't get you into the community college I attended. We were ranked by a point system that include GPA. Grades in your pre-req classes also counted so getting Cs in those classes wouldn't cut it either.

umbdude, MSN, APRN · Jul 1, 2016

Every school is different. You should ask the schools you're applying to.

verene, MSN · Jul 1, 2016

Depends on the program and how admissions are set up. My CC made the minimum 3.0 overall GPA but reality was you needed at least a 3.7 and a high HESI score to get in. Other programs are lotteries where everyone who meets minimums has a chance at being accepted. Others schools are less impacted and students who meet minimum requirements have a chance.

Talk to your school about the average admission stats for students the last few cycles that should give you a better picture of you chance that this particular school.

Erythropoiesis · Jul 1, 2016

Depends on the school. At the community college I go to you wouldn't get in. Lowest they took this year was a 3.5. CCs are often more competitive than bigger universities who take more students and can be a little more lax about GPA requirements.

nurse2bguy555 · Jul 1, 2016

Thank you everyone. Would volunteering in a hospital or working as a CNA improve ym chances, even with just a 3.0 gpa.

Extra Pickles · Jul 1, 2016

Thank you everyone. Would volunteering in a hospital or working as a CNA improve ym chances, even with just a 3.0 gpa.

Like the others already said, no one can know the answer to that except the admissions department at the school where you want to go. Ask them. Some places add points for healthcare related jobs and some don't care at all about them. It might help one place and be useless another. Don't waste time asking what others think, go to your school's admissions counselor and find out what you need to do.

Zyprexa_Ho · Jul 1, 2016

Specifically ask them what the GPA of the average accepted applicant is. That will give you the best idea. If you're at or around that mark, you have a good chance of being accepted. The farther away from that mark you are, the worse your chances are. I suspect with a 3.0 you're going to have trouble, though.

Zyprexa_Ho · Jul 1, 2016

Thank you everyone. Would volunteering in a hospital or working as a CNA improve ym chances, even with just a 3.0 gpa.

That depends if the school factors that into admission points/criteria. Only the school will have the answer to that question.

barcode120x, RN, NP · Jul 1, 2016

Most community college nursing programs are point based. Overall GPA, pre-req GPA, and HESI scores give you most of the points where as being multi-lingual, have hospital experience, and/or are a veteran in the military hardly give any extra points at all. But yes, as mention by the others, meet with the counselors of the community colleges to see your qualifications and chances of getting in AND/OR starting right away.

Unfortunately, I had a B in anatomy, B in microbio, and C in physiology which barely qualified me to apply for the community college and not many others around my area in SoCal. Fortunately though, my program was still lottery-based at the time which meant all you needed was to meet the minimum GPA requirements and you are guaranteed acceptance, it's just random/lottery based in terms of when you would start.