New Grad with low GPA

[Brenda Ortiz]

Hey! I'm from Texas and I've seen that some hospitals like Memorial Hermann, UT Southwestern, and Methodist want a 3.0 GPA and ask for transcripts. My GPA is a 2.7 right now because I failed one class during my first semester of nursing school. My school lets you retake it if it's just one class, so I did, and since then I've been getting mostly B's and some A's.

Even with that, it hasn't been enough to bring my GPA up. I still have one more semester left, and I think I can get it to a 2.9 or maybe even hit 3.0 by the end, but applications are already open and I don't graduate until August. I'm really worried this might hurt my chances. Do you know if those hospitals are super strict about the GPA requirement?

[el_v]

I'm not sure about UT southwestern, but those other hospitals aren't strict about GPA requirements. The only application that requested for an unofficial transcript was st.lukes.


I know some friends in the same situation, and if the application asked if the GPA was 3 or higher, they would just select yes.