How to get accpeted into Nursing School with a grade point average of 2.3

[NCLEX-RN2b]

In high school my gpa was 3.79. i attended a university and now my gpa is 2.3. I was advised to enroll into a community college to raise the gpa but they're saying all classes i take i would have to pay out of pocket and i cannot afford that. i was going to enroll in the same community college but a different major until my gpa increased and then enroll into the nursing program which then in itself is a two year waiting list. Can i do that? Can someone advise me in genreal in regards of how to increase this gpa so i can begin applying to schools?? Thank you!!

[WKShadowNP, DNP, APRN]

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As for your question, yes. Taking more classes will help to raise your gpa.

[NCLEX-RN2b]

oh im sorry thats was just for motivation and thanks for the help

[SouthpawRN]

The program I am in only base the GPA on a list of core pre-requisite classes. Not your entire college GPA. These classes are sciences, math, some communication, English etc. Check with each program and see how they calculate your admission GPA. In this particular program, your GPA only gets you on the short list for an interview along with HESI A2, they don't even consider your GPA when picking who gets in. They look at interview and HESI exam equally weighted. You need a 3.75 (3.9) out of state to get on the interview list. I would guess the private/ for profit colleges are easier to get into as less completion. One local private college near me is about $46k for the RN program I think. check around and be willing to relocate if needed. Apply to multiple programs and redo any classes on the core GPA list to raise grade.

[WKShadowNP, DNP, APRN]

I would like to add that if you ever plan on graduate school, you might consider retaking those classes because your cumulative GPA from all undergrad classes could count against you.

[Horseshoe, BSN, RN]

oh im sorry thats was just for motivation and thanks for the help

Well, that's not allowed. You must be a RN to use that in your screen name.

[ArtClassRN, ADN, RN]

I was in an identical situation.

I sucked it up, threw out my previous transcript and retook every class. My science classes were so old I would have had to retake them anyway. So I ended up having to retake only a couple classes.

My poor performance was my own fault; I took the consequences and rectified the situation.

Applied to nursing school with a 4.0 GPA and left with the same.