jake48

Apply anyways. I know several students who have been accepted with sub1000 GRE scores. Aware of at least one person who was accepted with a 850. You never know.

Why are you bothering yourself with the FNP? I would just focus on the CRNA program if that is what you would like to do. You could take some graduate nursing classes at another school while declaring yourself a nondegree graduate (a lot of schools will let you take couple of graduate nursing classes without being in graduate nursing school). Graduate classes will show you can perform at that level (if you do well). Your science GPA is good and this will help you. Yea, that nursing GPA is lower than programs would like, but CRNA programs look at more than just your GPA. Take the GRE and do really well, great experience, CCRN, great recommendation letters, good shadow experience, and a great interview. This all worked for me.

Congrats on getting your first semester completed. I am currently in CRNA school and have time to offer to you my 2cents. First, focus on becoming a solid nurse....it will be your foundation. Next, be a very solid ICU nurse (you will need to know your stuff for the CRNA school application process and interview). I knew I was going to CRNA school 1 month prior to the start of my BSN program (I shadowed OR nurses but the CRNA really caught my attention and my interest was sparked). I made a 3.55 in school (3.75 during nursing school)...the last 60 credit hours are the nursing/science classes and this is the GPA most CRNA schools focus on (they do not care what you did first semester in intro to music). Try to graduate with at least around a 3.5. Get into the ICU ASAP (you'll learn the most; I disagree with starting in med/surg...just my opinion, but do what you gotta do). Try and get at least a year of ICU under your belt (most applicants have 2 or 3 years of experience at least). Be a good ICU nurse (there is a reason why you are required to have the ICU experience), learn a lot, get your CCRN certification (CRNA schools like this). Take the GRE and make around 1000 or so and be done with it. If you have time and money then take a graduate course or two (do well in the graduate course though). These are all things I did and I would recommend to any interested nursing student....oh yeah...the most important thing of all is to shadow a CRNA on several different occasions (locate a anesthesia group in your town, contact them, schedule a shadow experience)......if you have any doubt whether or not CRNA school is for you then I would encourage you not to devote your time to this process. The journey is very difficult and takes a ton of work, but if you are looking for a challenge and a competitive goal...getting into CRNA school will provide you the challenge. Be nice to your ICU manager and stay on his/her good side. You will need your manager for a recommendation letter (a lot of nurses overlook this). This is a pretty solid guide to at least getting you on the right path. After you get your job in the ICU...get your BSN so you'll have it out of the way. Do good in your ADN classes....they'll look at those a little longer than your BSN classes due to the fact that you'll take most of your core nursing classes and science classes while obtaining your ADN. You'll most likely breeze through those BSN courses and CRNA schools expect this. First step is becoming a nurse. Good luck.