Need some help..

[jeffroudbai]

Hey, my name is Jeff. I'm new to this site but I am in desperate need of help. I'm 19 years old and attending my second year of community college. I am trying to earn my bachelors degree as a nurse, but my GPA is horrible. I am at a 2.2 right now and would love to transfer out for fall 2018. The good part is I have a very good background. I am a volunteer firefighter, a head lifeguard (supervisor of lifeguards), I manage my fathers restaurant, I am also a children's ski/snowboard instructor at a ski mountain in the Poconos. I volunteer with a mildly autistic 14 year old once a week as well. In a week, I will be starting a volunteer job at Winthrop-NYU Hospital in the Pediatrics Emergency Department. I am close with the head of anesthesiologist at Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx so he will be writing one of my recommendation letters. I have over 15 nursing schools I am willing to apply to. I am just afraid because the GPA minimum on most are 2.75-3.2. Please let me know what I should do. I could stay in community college again and raise my grades, or I was thinking becoming an LPN and then go back to school later. I appreciate all the help I can get. Thanks again.

Jeff

[nurse_flo_marie, MSN, RN]

Hey Jeff! Looks like you need to get more info on the schools you want to apply to - especially if they have a GPA requirement. Make an appointment with an admissions advisor at the schools you want to apply to. Feel them out & see if the GPA automatically disqualifies you.

Nursing schools I've looked into put a lot of emphasis on GPAs. Maybe like you said, staying in the community college or an LPN program will help not only raise your GPA but also make you a better student for when you begin the stressful baccalaureate nursing program.

Good Luck!

[RainbowSprinkles]

Stay and fix your g.p.a, it will follow you everywhere you go academically. Plus there is a reason why your g.p.a is a 2.2, work on that issue. Nursing is tough, lpn and/or rn programs.