I am a young, happily married Christian mother of three beautiful babies and I love my work as an RN. My Christian faith animates me each day to give my all to my patients. I have developed a special interest in Ortho-Neurological Medicine and spend most of my spare time reading about scientific and technological developments in this and related areas. I take immense pride in staying abreast of progress in my area of professional expertise. San Diego has always been my home and I had an almost idyllic childhood up until my early twenties, when my mother died of Cervical Cancer.
As I watched her slowly fade away, I lived through such great pain that it might have destroyed me without my supportive husband. I gave birth to two more babies and had recovered by the time I started college and excelled initially. Just as I was starting the nursing track, however, my aunt who had been by my side throughout my mother's ordeal, was also diagnosed with Cervical Cancer. The world I had managed to rebuild came grumbling down. Before long she was requiring 24-hour care, in my home, with two new babies, and I was struggling to get good grades. I was a complete failure. My grades went straight down the tubes, and I did not know what to do. Finally, to salvage my career, and realize that there was nothing that I could do, not even 24 hours a day, to save my aunt, we finally put her into a nursing home, and she died one week later.
I feel very strongly that, for the above reason, my low G.P.A. does not at all accurately reflect my potential as a nursing student; I ask that you please take my extraordinary circumstances into consideration in the evaluation of my application. I have learned that caring for others as a nurse is how I can best honor the memory of my mom and my aunt. And it is the best way to assure my babies of economic security for college. I love being a part of innovative developments in nursing and medicine.
I hope to pursue the Executive Nurse Leader Track in your MSN program because I believe that this will allow me to make my maximum contribution to the systemic advancement of the nursing profession. I enjoy research and very much look forward to contributing to important studies. I promise to excel if given this opportunity.
I thank you sincerely for your consideration of my application.
Explaining Low Grades in Nursing Personal Statement