I have aspired to become a CRNA ever since Nursing school and am genuinely concerned that my past shortcomings may affect my dream from coming true. I began college about 10 years ago as a pre-med hopeful and excelling in my freshman year taking the basic sciences such as general biology and chemistry. I struggled the following semester with a sub 3.0 gpa but things got very out of control afterwards. I lost my father and decided to remain in school despite the advice of many. I won't sugarcoat it because I want honest opinions, I basically thought I could just show up for finals and just salvage what was left and at least get my degree. I have basically 3 semesters of all F's and withdrawals. It wasn't until academic suspension that I took time off to get myself right.
With my past being said, I finished an associates program with a solid 3.75 GPA and completed my BSN program with an immaculate 4.0! I have almost 1 year exeperience in the cardiac icu of a level 1 teaching hospital, will be CCRN certified. I have also retaken organic chemistry and got an A. So, you can see I turned things around as best as I think I could. My concern is that a lot of schools want to see ALL transcripts and cumalitive gpa. After all that hard work my CUMULATIVE gpa is just slightly above a 3.0 but more concerning is my science gpa which is well below 3.0 thanks to being a Biology major during my crisis where i failed. My recent science coursework has been solid ( A&P 1 B, A&P 2 A, Micro B, Pathophysiology A, Organic chem A) but my past still crushes my cumulative.
I really hope there is a school out there that won't hold my past which is about 8 years old now against me while my last 5 years has been steller. Thanks for any and all advice!
