Kennesaw State University Nursing Program and LOW GPA??

[jamieekins]

I am brand new to this site, just literally registered :) I wanted to know if anyone has gotten accepted to KSU's Nursing program and not had the best GPA? I have a 2.3 right now based upon my grades from 5 years ago.... I stopped going to school when I got married (19 yrs old) and had some babies and just was not that into school because I did not know what I wanted to do. Now, I KNOW I want to be a nurse and am determined to accomplish this goal, however, I am nervous looking at how competitive the nursing school programs are out there.

I completed all of the Gen ed's accept for Human A&P 1,2 and Chem 1,2 and 3 others. If I got straight A's right now in those courses I could only pull off a 2.8 GPA and minimum is 2.7 at KSU. I really don't want to bust my butt at KSU only to get disapointed. I know if I went to Chattahoochee Tech they have an associates degree program that is based upon your pre-req's and goes by that GPA so I could have alot better chance there. I just need some advice because I really want a Bachelor's but I don't want to put in too much money having to re-take courses to bring up my crappy GPA. HELP!

[ms_sgr, BSN, NP]

Look into University of West GA. I was accepted into the Summer program luckily, since I was rejected by Kennesaw and North GA. They look at your program GPA, and they take the best 3 science grades which is good because I have a C in Micro and they didn't even look at that. Also, they let you take the TEAS test as many times as you want. I scored an 82 on the TEAS and my program GPA is a 3.2. They also don't have a time frame on your science and math classes which is also good, because mine is over 10 years old. So far I like the program, at lot of reading. I don't think that I could do the accelerated program, so I'm glad that I didn't get accepted into Kennesaw. My ex coworker just graduated from Kennesaw ACE program and he said that the teacher were not supportive at all, just something to think about.

[amelia07]

Hello ms_sgr, I was wondering if you can retake some of the classes I have a C in a&p1 but an A in microbiology,b in a&p and how did you study for the teas...I am trying to get into a program so bad that University of west ga is one of the schools i'm looking into

[an2on, BSN, RN]

I think that 3.0 and above is considered competitive...they probably only accept 1 student with a low gpa from the large amount of applicants with a low gpa. Of course, keep taking courses and you will be able to get that gpa up very quickly. Always apply to more than one school..