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Accelerated BSN Program?
I graduated from College with a B.S degree in May of 2015. I want to go back to school for nursing and would like to join an accelerated program.
Here is my concern I graduated with a degree in Automotive Technology and a minor in business with a 3.01 GPA. I know a lot of schools require a 3.2 GPA but I know there are schools that have lower GPA requirements. I honestly do not have much healthcare experience and been working for an automotive logistics company for about a year. I am in the process now of taking my prerequisites for nursing schools. Do I have any chance of getting into a nursing school with the background I have.
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- RoaringMiceLv 75 years ago
Some second degree nursing programs require as low as a 2.7, but most do require higher, so your task over the coming months is identifying all of the nursing programs where your GPA will at least allow you to apply. There are some - you need to identify them.
You also want to do everything in your power to improve your application. You already know that your GPA isn't ideal, so work on the other factors - go ahead and start doing some "helping" related volunteer work, ideally in a healthcare setting, but if not there, then in a homeless shelter or food pantry or etc. Since you're taking classes and working, you won't be able to do this often - try for once a week, a few hours at a time - so start this asap, so you can build up some hours. And try to do very, very well in your nursing pre-reqs. You can then point to your excellent grades in those classes as evidence that you are fully capable of doing well in your nursing classes.
