neva2late

Thanks everyone!!! I've decided that the best option as of now would be go back to Ohio State through continuing education program and retake all the science courses I performed poorly in. From there I will reevaluate my options, hopefully shadow a few CRNAs and see if I'm capable or interested in pursuing it in the future. PEACE

As of now I am helpless and my only focus is being academically active as I feel my microbiology major is not enough. I'm done making excuses I just need a second chance to prove myself. The only thing I am still perplexed by is the idea of how one enters school after having already finished a bachelors degree. Is it possible to take all the prereq courses for ADN/BSN with a stellar gpa and be admitted to nursing school. Say I do become a RN via ADN/BSN would the CRNA MSN program look at my gpa from nursing school or also my BS degree in Microbiology. How does that work??? I just need some encouragement and appreciate everyone's input, thanks.

I'm at lost cause, been researching through multiple school websites and most of them have a minimum gpa requirement of 2.5, even the local community college. I feel so ashamed, not sure how I can recover from this. If I were to take the ADN prerequisites from the university I graduated from (Ohio State) through continuing education, is their any schools that only look at your prereq gpa??? If I were to get accepted anywhere I would take your advice Juliann; finish ADN, get critical care/ICU experience (1-2 years), do accelerated BSN, work on gre and apply for MSN. Let me know if this sounds reasonable. In your honest opinion how long do you think with a gpa like mine would take to become a CRNA. Thanks!!!

@msteeleart: Wow that's great to hear someone is at Columbus State. You think they would accept me to CSCC on a conditional bases. Thank you and good luck to you as well, :).

I'm not an RN, I just decided to have a career change not so long ago. Just been working since I graduated with a BS in microbiology. I've always been interested in patient care and found CRNA to be quite interesting. I just needed some feedback to what I should do as my undergrad GPA is horrendous, I have ample time. My local community does have an associates degree program in Nursing, is that worth looking into. So what would be the process after getting the associates degree??? I appreciate all the help, thanks everyone.

Thanks for the quick response Juliann. I've always thought you needed a BSN in order to become a CRNA. My local community college (Columbus State) does in fact have associates degree program in Nursing. Would they frown upon a degree from a community college though??? My gpa does hinder my chances of getting into a lot of programs, especially masters/post-bacc program which could have helped me raise my gpa. This was one of the reasons I figured by doing a second bachelors degree would be reasonable but was just confused how people go about doing this.

Just finished searching the forums for answers but still puzzled on what I should do. I graduated from Ohio State last year with a B.S. in Microbiology, but my 2.3 gpa has hindered me from even being competitive for Masters/Post-bacc. I'm interested in becoming a CRNA and was wondering how I should go about pursuing my goal. I know BSN is necessary, so would it be wise to go back and get a second bachelors degree in Nursing. How do I even apply for schools with such a low gpa, is their a program that allows graduates a chance to get a another degree without a gpa requirement. Would love to hear some feedback. Thanks!!!