Master's in nursing with low GPA of 2.4

I have a question, if there any one who had a GPA of 2.4 or less and actually got excepted into the Canadian Graduate school or USA. I have graduated from school last year, since then still can not find a full time job. I am thinking now if it is at all possible to return to school and to finish Master's program. Is it possible at all? I do understand that i will need to take some courses and i am open to take them but the question is will they let me and how long it iwll take to boost up the GPA to 3.0? What is the best Master's program that will be easy to find a job and is interesting as well as will be always in need even 15 years from now? Thanks a lot!!!.
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Quote from MsBruiserUniversity of Phoenix? They'd let you in even if you couldn't fog a mirror...

Quote from savotinaI have a question, if there any one who had a GPA of 2.4 or less and actually got excepted into the Canadian Graduate school or USA. I have graduated from school last year, since then still can not find a full time job. I am thinking now if it is at all possible to return to school and to finish Master's program. Is it possible at all? I do understand that i will need to take some courses and i am open to take them but the question is will they let me and how long it iwll take to boost up the GPA to 3.0? What is the best Master's program that will be easy to find a job and is interesting as well as will be always in need even 15 years from now? Thanks a lot!!!.

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lol @ MsBruiser's commentAll joking aside though, no one person can tell you how fast you can get your GPA up unless they knew how many hours you had on your transcripts. The more hours you have, the harder and longer it will take you to get your GPA up. The less classes you have, the faster you can get your GPA up.

Well, if you have a bachelor's degree you probably have somewhere in the neighborhood of 128 credits. Possibly more. But if we assume 128 cr with a GPA of 2.4, you'd need 77 credit hours of all A's to bring your overall GPA up to 3.0. That's a lot of work. If you have more than 128 credits, it will take even more classes to pull it up. You may actually want to consider somewhere like University of Pheonix. I know people here are joking about it, but my dad got his master's degree through them and has never once had an issue with an employer about his credientials (he's an RN currently working administration). Oh, and not to be the grammar police, but in your original post, it should be accepted, not excepted. I realize this is a message board and things are more relaxed, but if you're considering grad school you might want to be more aware of those types of distinctions.

I guess my first impression is why is your gpa so low? Graduate school work is no joke and they expect you to immediately jump to that level. Another thing to look at is your last 60 credit hours....some grad schools mainly look at those last 60 hrs vs cum gpa.

I think you have to be employed to go through Phoenix. So debate of quality aside, the OP wouldn't qualify.

Quote from BobbkatI think you have to be employed to go through Phoenix. So debate of quality aside, the OP wouldn't qualify.

Quote from redessaNo, they don't have any such requirement. And they aren't the only accredited online program anyway.

I'm doing an MSN through Phoenix right now... you have to have a year of work experience before they'll take your money. All BS aside, you get out of it what you put into it. I have a four year university degree in another subject, but that was a cakewalk compared to just the prerequisites for the community college nursing degree I did. They put you through the CHANGES where I took the prerequisites.Now I'm at Phoenix, and it's pretty easy to do the minimum and coast on through. At the same time, you can take your education seriously and learn something. There are a lot of resources available at Phoenix that I never used as an undergrad.I'm repairing my GPA, too. No decent NP program would take me with a 2.8 or a 2.9... the bottom line is I never made an A in my nursing degree so it's tough to compete for a spot. I figure if I pull a 4.0 at Phoenix that might grease the wheels a little. Right now I'm on track to make that happen.Good luck.