Some advice needed

[Nina723]

Hi guys, 

so this is my first time using this forum I don't even know if someone will relate. But I need to vent a little and maybe get some good advice if you are willing to share. So here's my little story....I just graduated last May with a bachelors in bio my gpa now is a 2.6. It's sucks I know. I'm at a complete loss of hope as of right now. I'm currently working in a hospital (secretary) in the rehabilitation department (ot, pt, speech, aud) I'm trying to apply to some programs I'm looking at occupational therapy and physical therapy. I know they are very competitive especially in jersey, and my gpa sucks but my prerequisite course grades that are required for these programs are mostly B's and C's only one C- which was in gen Chem 2  ....anyways let me get to the point here I'm looking for some advice and secretly a glimmer of hope if anyone was ever in my shoes and if they succeeded. Or if I should totally give up and try to do something else.  

[AlphacentauriC]

20 hours ago, Nina723 said:

Hi guys, 

so this is my first time using this forum I don't even know if someone will relate. But I need to vent a little and maybe get some good advice if you are willing to share. So here's my little story....I just graduated last May with a bachelors in bio my gpa now is a 2.6. It's sucks I know. I'm at a complete loss of hope as of right now. I'm currently working in a hospital (secretary) in the rehabilitation department (ot, pt, speech, aud) I'm trying to apply to some programs I'm looking at occupational therapy and physical therapy. I know they are very competitive especially in jersey, and my gpa sucks but my prerequisite course grades that are required for these programs are mostly B's and C's only one C- which was in gen Chem 2  ....anyways let me get to the point here I'm looking for some advice and secretly a glimmer of hope if anyone was ever in my shoes and if they succeeded. Or if I should totally give up and try to do something else.  

:)! I was in a position similar to you. My GPA was 2.48, from biology. As I looked at what to do, all the public health schools sort of laughed at me with their 'have a 3.0 gpa or nothing'. I turned around the issue, by doing some courses, by doing some programs. Mostly, my aim was to make the issue of my 2.48 gpa irrelevant. Do additional programs, masters, took me a while, about three years. Armed with the new grades I applied to higher and higher competitive schools, to such a point that now, I can get into any school for any program.

My point is that, just find ways to make the gpa less important by: performing better in standardized exams, by taking more courses, etc. It requires  a lot of time, but if you really want to follow your dream like I did, you can do it.