2.5 GPA

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I will move to SRNA if you guys would like. I would just love some advice from practicing CRNA's.

I'm been browsing several forum threads and getting pretty nauseous realizing what I have in common with nearly everyone on the board that has a low undergrad GPA. "Hey, I partied as an undergrad. I didn't know what I wanted to do. But I'm SERIOUS now! I'm FOCUSED!"

Oye.

My 2.5 is for my BA in English. I have since completed 5 science pre-rec courses at a local community college to get into an ABSN program. I have a 4.0 (Chemistry, A&P and Psych Classes).

Assuming I graduate with my BSN with a 3.8-4.0, have good references, work experience and GRE scores, what are the chances of the 2.5 I recieved when I completed my BA coming back to haunt me?

I've read a lot of the "Just keep it up! Anyone can get in with determination! Get good experience!", but I'm ready for the cold truth. No sugar coating please. Surely CRNA programs recieve enough applicants with impressive stats that a low initial undergrad GPA just makes it easy to narrow down the list?

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It is possible to get accepted into a BSN program with a 2.5 GPA. CRNA school is very very difficult to get into. My school only accepts 10 people out of 200+ applicants and they are very selective (basically have a 3.8 GPA and above) in their admitees. However, they make take the fact that your BSN gpa is very impresive compared to the undergrad. Most of the time, they also look at the cumulative GPA as a whole.

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Specializes in CVICU.

I have seen many people on these forums that may have subpar GPA's early in their college career but have proven themselves by having an outstanding GPA in math/science and nursing school since deciding to go down that path. It's not as if schools only want the best students on paper. If you have proven yourself academically and clinically with great critical care experience then they will accept you because you are the most qualified at that time. From what I have gathered you really can get in with determination, even if that means applying year after year, all the while improving your resume in any way you can.

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Specializes in CVICU.

I'm in the same boat as the OP. I have around a 2.something GPA from the first time I went to school. I didn't finish that degree and went to community college to do my pre-reqs for nursing school. Got mostly A's and one B there. Then I transferred to nursing school, where I graduated with a 3.92 GPA. Now I'm retaking chem and bio to get better grades (took them the first time around) before I apply to CRNA programs.

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In reality, no one is going to hold the original BA GPA against you. Much more important is the hard science GPA.

A track record of good grades recently will hold a lot of water with the adcom. In reality, nursing course grades mean a lot less than hard science grades. You will never use nursing theory in anesthesia. Hard science grades are a pretty reliable predictor of the ability to pass the certification exam.

Q: What do you do if you find and English major on your front porch?

A: Pay for the pzza.

I also have a BA in English.

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ha! (cessnadriver). Thanks for the replies. It really makes sense that more than anything (even nursing courses), Anatomy & Physiology, Chemistry and Physics grades are important.

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Hi, I know this thread is few years old, but if anyone has any advice for me, would be appreciated. I am working on my BA English and I'm a senior now. It's been years now since I first started school, and I have been through a lot, including having a daughter. I have been going back and forth between nursing and English for the longest time. My GPA for my BA will never be high. It'll be about 2.5 when I graduate. Should I just stop the studies in BA English and go straight for the nursing? I have a few sciences left. My long term goal is to get my masters in Nursing-Midwife.

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