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I am Registered Nurse with 2.5 years experience in the ER and 1 year experience and currently working as a psych nurse. It's always been my plan to go back to school to earn a master's degree (preferably psych NP) but when researching programs throughout the country I did not realize how competitive it really is. I have a 2.9 nursing school GPA and a 3.1 cumulative GPA. I went to a nursing school where a B- is a 2.77 which were most of my grades and that killed my GPA. Like a lot of people, I was working full time during school and just didn't have the time I needed to study more to get my grades from B's to A's. It's a tough situation to be in because I know I'm not really competitive for a lot of the NP programs. I can't retake my nursing school courses and let's face it, retaking some of C's I got in classes like intro art and public speaking would help my GPA but wouldn't make the difference in getting into a program. I know I can take GRE's to help my chances but any ideas on what else to do? I'm 27 with no kids and not married so I know now is the ideal time to get back into school to advance my career. I love nursing and know I would successful in school but I feel stuck. If only there were time machines lol. Thanks for any help