honestly, is nursing school plausible with a 2.2 gpa?

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I'm a recent graduate, I graduated with a BS in biology degree from a "tier 1" university, but my gpa is barely past a 2.0, (I played/made a lot of mistakes my first 2 years of college) but I really want to go to nursing school. My nursing prereqs are above 3.5, and I have not taken the HESI and the TEAS yet, but with a lot of studying, and the help of the advice in the testing forum, I plan to score very high on them. I believe I am capable...

But honestly, I'd like to know from people who are going through the admissions process how likely is it that I could get accepted into a 2nd degree/accelerated program?

Yes! You can do it! My academic career has been crazy I had a lot going on very young and suffice it to say my gpa suffered and school took a back seat a lot of the time, years later I am back in school full time, financially stable and had a gpa of 1.6. when I went to see my academic advisor ready and focused she practically laughed when I changed my major to nursing saying With the classes I had left aside from nursing pre req's I wouldn't be considered for a nursing program as it is super competitive! Challenge accepted: it's my second semester back in school full time I have made straight A's and my gpa is now 2.3 I still have 6 classes left and take the teas this December but I have been doing a lot of research and found ASN( ADN) programs with a 2.5 min overall gpa and one school in Tampa that req. a 2.0 gpa as they go based on nursing pre req gpa and teas score.

I would suggest to even take filler courses as this was a route a friend took and took "unchallenging" courses to get easy A's to boost up GPA.

I am hoping by the end of these next 6 classes I need my gpa is around 2.7-2.8 if so I am willing to take filler courses to bring it to a 3.0 so I can go straight into the concurrent Asn-BSN program and save myself a year but if not it's ok. Stay positive don't let people deter you with rude remarks it can be done I have seen people with 4.0's flunk out of the nursing program and people with low gpa pass it. I'll post an update in May as we have the same concerns about getting into the program

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Congratulations! I am currently a Sophomore in college, and have a 2.2 because I took college classes while I was still in high school and it turned out terrible for me. Those grades are the reason why my gpa is so low. I want to become a Nurse because I've always been so passionate about helping people, but I can't help but to tell myself that will never happen with a 2.2 GPA. It's so sad and stressful to think that my dream of becoming a Nurse might never happen after all.

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What school did you end up getting into?

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What school did you end up getting into??? I'm having the same issues and would appreciate any info about ANY schools that will take students with a gpa lower than a 2.5!

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What schools did you end up getting into? I'm getting ready to apply and would love some insight! Congrats again!!

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