Low GPA- Need Help!

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Specializes in ICU, CCU, PACU, ER.

I graduated with my BSN almost 10 years ago. I am very eager to get into a FNP program. The unfortunate part is that my GPA is only a 2.75. I graduated as a single mother with two children working full time and taking 16-17 credits a semester to graduate. My mind set at the time was just graduate...Now I am struggling finding a school with such a low GPA. Any suggestions?

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Specializes in LDRP.

Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing has a FNP program. They will accept your application with a GPA of 2.7 or above, but if it is under 3.0, you will need to take the GREs or MAT.

www.midwives.org

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You might want to see if any of the schools you're interested in might let you take some of the core graduate classes individually (not as a student officially enrolled in the FNP program) and use those to bring up your GPA. Couldn't hurt to ask ... :)

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Take 2 graduate courses as an undeclared major getting a GPA of 3.0 or better and u should be able to get in

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score well on the GRE

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Specializes in ICU, CCU, PACU, ER.

Are any of you in a FNP program?

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Students usually take classes to bring GPA up. Go to a GPA calculator and see how many classes you would have to take to bring it up. The other option is 'conditional acceptance' where you have like a year to bring GPA up.

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Specializes in Nursing Education, Research, ENT, Oncology.

This is a question I have asked as well. I'm currently in an MSN program and had a 2.6 GPA in the BSN program and currently hold a 3.8 in the MSN. It's my hope that I will get into a post-master's FNP program with no problems since my MSN program GPA far surpasses the BSN.

Good luck to you!

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Specializes in Cardiac.
Students usually take classes to bring GPA up. Go to a GPA calculator and see how many classes you would have to take to bring it up. The other option is 'conditional acceptance' where you have like a year to bring GPA up.

The program I am applying for states "GPA from last degree considered" So that might not work for the OP.

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Specializes in Emergency, Cardiac, PAT/SPU, Urgent Care.

The FNP programs I looked into did allow you to apply for "non-matriculated" status where you could take two grad school courses (typically patho and pharm) and as long as you received a "B" or higher in both of them you could then apply for acceptance as a matriculated student (if you satisfied all of the other admission requirements) the following semester.

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Specializes in ICU, CCU, PACU, ER.

Spacklehead- which FNP programs have you seen that allow you to apply for "non-matriculated" status? Not finding 2 many that advertise that option. Thanks for you time..

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Live Well:

Schools will typically not advertise that option. But look for schools that have a 'Visiting", "Special", 'Guest" or Non-Matriculating status. Then ask the Admissions Director that if you took a few classes as a Visiting/Guest student, that would increase the chances of enrolling.

Many schools look positively on a MSN applicant who has received strong grades in their graduate classes. You can also ask that MSN professor to write one of your letters of recommendation.

One drawback --- do not expect any financial aid (loans or scholarship) if you are a visiting/non-matriculating student. But it may be worthwhile to investigate.

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