Everyone has a 4.0 GPA!!

Before nursing school, I was a 4.0 student and wouldn't have known how to answer that either. I'd never heard of a colostomy on top of the many 'weird' things they do in the medical field! It's possible to be very book smart and not have a lot of common sense..I'm guilty of this sometimes!

Also, techs don't have to have critical thinking knowledge..they can't assess and their jobs are more task oriented.

I think the OP was just nervous and trying to get an insight for the requirements of the program. I would hope she didn't mean any offense by it? But working full time and being pregnant, with the whole hormone thing, must be difficult. I say cut her some slack.......

If you believe what people tell you about your GPA, you must believe men when they say it's THIS big too....

If you actually want statistical info about the program you're applying to, ask the school for their admission stats.

If everyone actually has a 4.0, the standards are too low. I would expect graduates of this program to do poorly... or at least less well... on NCLEX. I personally would steer clear of a program where the majority of students have a 4.0.

The program I went to, about 15-20% FAIL out first semester. The school has over about a 97% NCLEX pass rate for the first try.

I think we have all looked at someone and wondered how they ended up where they are because from where we sit it's pretty hard to imagine. I also think it's natural to compare ourselves to others when we are in an environment like school where we are constantly being scored and compared by instructors.

However, I agree with most of the posters that rather than focusing on this girl and what you believe is lacking, perhaps you should focus on yourself. You might try asking her what all she did to prepare for the program aside from working on her GPA. Perhaps she does an amazing interview, has outstanding references, is incredible lucky or maybe she just knows the right people! It could be any number of things. You don't know what is that makes the hospital and school think she's worth giving an opportunity but they obviously see something there that you aren't aware of and I do think you could benefit from trying to figure that out rather than worrying about your GPA not measuring up to hers.

Jeese Luigi. She only just finished her first semester. This is all very harsh and maybe she was nervous from the interview and mixed up her answers.

mannnnn I sure hope your attitude changes by the time you start RN school because us nursing students need all the help and support we can get...not someone judging us and tearing us down

if they accepted based on other qualities besides GPA, id suspect you'd be worse off d/t absolute lack of teamwork skills. this is just what I have inferred from the climate of your posts.

and I had no clue what NPO was until it showed up on my abbreviation test in week 5/6

That's exactly what I was going to say. The OP hasn't even started nursing school yet and she was jumping all over this student.

Different nursing schools have different first semesters! My first semester in a community college was all about assessments. We knew what was normal and abnormal, but did not learn the hows and whats. Clinicals were all about easing us into nursing. We had clinicals in nursing homes and TCUs with stable patients. Many nursing students didn't see an IV or Foley outside of the lab.

The big state university I also applied to first semester consisted of therapeutic communication, anatomy and physiology, and an intensive writing coarse of your choice. Not much nursing in there.

Clinical experiences are also very different I am expected to walk into a clinical site with my medications and diseases thoughrally researched and am expected to assume FULL care of the patient. Other schools in my area have instructors that do their prep and aren't allowed to do much more with the patient then CNA-type tasks.

So this girls experience may be VERY different than what you expect it to be. Also when a lot of people are presented with someone prodding the for their GPA they may give a simple wrong answer. Its really rather rude to ask people about it.

Finally I am going to say that the act of being a tech/CNA is a huge learning curve in nursing. She'll be learning a lot in the next few months that will only make her a better nurse.

What you think of her or how smart she is is irrelevant. She is IN a nursing program which means she will have the chance to learn what she needs to learn to become a nurse, not that she's a genius. Right now you are NOT in nursing school so you will not hvae the chance to become a nurse until you get in. Focus on your own goals not the cognitive level of those around you and maybe you'll get in yourself.

The sooner you realize that no one in the working world is interested in what you think, they are only interested in what you do, the better off you'll be. Opinions are like belly-buttons, everyone has one.