[coolpeach]

We actually had a Professor at our CC campus, and she would sit down with students who were in your situation. She would often tell them to retake certain classes to bring up the grade, and improve their GPA. You might want to sit down and figure it out on paper how many classes would you need to retake to bring it up to where you want it.

[Wsmith16]

I'd apply to every program ADN & BSN. And go with the school that accepeted me. That's what I did and i got in.

[SMK1]

Originally Posted by cina23

I currently hold a BS in psychology and am taking the pre-req. i will be done with the pre-reqs in Dec. 08.

My undergrad GPA is a 2.5 and from what i understand accelerated BSNs are looking for 3.0 and over.

Would it be best to apply to a associates program and then get into a BSN program?

Should i just try applying with that GPA? Has anyone else had this problem?

You need to look at schools that don't require a high gpa for admission. Be that Associates or Bachelors. In my area if you could get your GPA to the 3.0 mark, there is one ADN school that will consider you because they have a lottery process. The rest are primarily GPA based and 3.0 is far below the cut of mark for entrance into the program. You need to find every nursing school in the area and find out their entrace requirements. Another round about option could be obtaining an LPN and then being able to join an RN program in the second year and therefore bypassing some of the GPA entrance requirements because it is a different pathway. Check into this as well to see if it will work.

[baldee]

SMK1,

That's a good point. I've got great Engineering credits, but I started out in a mediocre status at an apathetic business school. The problem is those VERY FIRST courses stick with you FOREVER, according to my CC, AND SO DO THE GRADES! That's a new twist as I've been in school from 1975 to 1990 with several degrees.

Soooo, like every one else, I'll have to do a cost benefit analysis of scraping by minimum GPA restrictions (which I did in both my engineering degrees) or go the LPN route.

LPN may earn quicker, but you would have to take the same mutually exclusive course loads of both programs: I figure a little over a year with transfer credits for ADN and standard year for LPN courses (not a significant difference).

I'm getting ready to take CNA test for FL, and don't really see the huge diference between LPNs and CNA, except an assumed experience base (but I'm sure that's over-simplifying LPN courseload obserevations).

However, I'm doing alright in my Security work now, so I may skip the CNA hiney wiping and bathing 400 lb men for $11/hr route, no OT.

RN's get OT don't they?????

[tothepointe]

If you have any D, F or I's that are over 2 years old most schools have an option for academic renewal whereby if you have done well on the last 30 units they can be removed from your official transcript.

[moosiesmom]

Here's a question...do the nursing schools only consider the pre-co req. grades to determine your GPA ? Or do they consider all the other nonsence grades that don't even matter. My GPA would look a tad bit better if the computed that way !! Just wondering...Thanks.

[♪♫ in my ♥]

Originally Posted by tothepointe

If you have any D, F or I's that are over 2 years old most schools have an option for academic renewal whereby if you have done well on the last 30 units they can be removed from your official transcript.

Wow, what a deal. My state school here in California will not remove grades. You can repeat classes and have the former grade not included in your university-calculated GPA but both grades still show up on your transcript. The old one just has a symbol by it denoting that it was retaken for credit.

[tothepointe]

They might. I would though still go to each instituion you have attend and get any bad grades removed through the academic renewal policy. Also do you need to submit all you transcripts since is what you did in 75 really relevant?. Also I was under the impression that when you transfered credits from one institution to another only the credits came along and not the grades. This is the case in transferring community college credits to the cal state system

[tothepointe]

Originally Posted by ♪♫ in my ♥

Wow, what a deal. My state school here in California will not remove grades. You can repeat classes and have the former grade not included in your university-calculated GPA but both grades still show up on your transcript. The old one just has a symbol by it denoting that it was retaken for credit.

Most schools have it its buried in the catalog system somewhere. I had that done on my california community college credits on some bs fashion course taken in 2000 that I failed bc I didn't withdraw in time. This brought my grade up to 3.909. I am almost positive that cal state has the same policy but again alot of counselors are unaware of it.

[coolpeach]

My school has a fresh start program for grades over 10 years old.