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Hi all, Well here is my situation, Im currently attending my community college to get my RN liscense. I have just finished all my pre-req's to transfer to a four year instution. I applied to university of marylands program ,but I was not accpeted because my gpa currently sits a 3.4 . The average gpa to get into the school was in the 3.7-3.8 range. I did however manage to get into my community colleges rn program. My questions is with my gpa currently would it be possible for me to even consider crna school? My plan was to go through the community college's program to get my RN license then go onto getting my bachelors while working as a RN and hopefully getting my 1 year ICU expierence. So suppose I do that get good grades and do well on the GRE do I have a chance? Also, I talked to one of the advisors at umbc nursing program. She told me that to be competitive for there crna program you need 3 years icu expierence. My question is do all schools really want you to have that many years? Sorry to ramble on ,but I just really need some good advice. Thank you, chris

What do you guys/galys think about my situation? Im still finishing up my pre-nursing AS my gpa currently is 3.3 my expected gpa upon reciving my AS degree is 3.48. Then I will be taking all my bsn courses at the same university I plan on applying for the crna program. Do you think they will look at my pre-nur gpa? I dont think its bad ,but it could be better. As someone mentioned earlier I have also matured alot over the past 2 years and realized how much I want to be a crna and have pretty much gotten straight A's since. thanks, chris

haha, dfk are you a crna? Just curious do they look mainly at your bsn gpa or your overall gen ed and bsn gpa? I have also setup an appointment to shadow a crna at the hospital were I currently work.

Thank you mzstacia, I Know it will be a long hard road ,but it will pay off eventually. Thank you for the encouragement and good luck to you as well.

Hi everyone, My name is chris and I want to be a CRNA. Currently I am finishing up my AS in pre-nursing at a community college, as it sites right now my gpa is 3.3 I still have 7 classes to finish and I am planning on getting A's from here on out to boost my gpa. I then plan on attending a university near me to complete my BSN in Nursing. My question is do you guys/gals think having a 3.3 gpa right now will affect my chances of getting into a crna program? The reason my gpa is not higher is because I have been working full-time running a business and trying to manage school. I put the business aside now and want to pursue what I really wanna do in life. My plan is to get straight A's in these next seven classes of my associates; then work hard and do well in the BSN program. Sorry to ramble on I am just looking for some good advice you could say.