Disappointment and sadness

Nursing Students Pre-Nursing

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Warning! Long rant ahead.

I just got the letter. The letter that denies me my appeal. I'll explain.

I took a course at my local CC and my roommates kept me up til three am the night before my paper was due for this class and I overslept. The teacher said I wouldn't pass this class if I couldn't get it in and she got the go ahead from the dept head for me to get it turned in. Once again my roommates kept me up yelling. Screaming. Crazy drunken stuff. Had nowhere else to sleep and I didn't think to go to my car. And no, couldn't go anywhere else. Suffice it to say I missed class again. So I just didn't go to class anymore since there was no way to turn in the paper. I got an F in the class. I ended up moving to Indiana and going to school there finally to start prereqs for nursing. I couldn't do any more schooling in Illinois because my job wouldn't let me go to school so I had to move to find a job. I went and completed ALL required nursing prereqs for nursing. Finally I have moved back to my hometown as planned and transferred my credits and excited to apply to nursing program only to find out all the classes that transferred over? Don't count for my GPA. So my GPA is 0. So I tried to appeal the GPA requirement as I had a 3.2 GPA at other school, it's the only thing stopping me from applying, and it was FOUR years ago. Just got the letter saying their denying it.

I am just so grieved. I signed up for that stupid class to replace the f as a backup so if I can get accepted for next time I'll be able to start in the fall. But I have to wait a whole other year! And in the mean time I have to take 6 credit hours a semester because to take these classes I had to take a loan out. So I'm stuck taking nonsense classes. I'm just so fed up. And mad. And sad. And just. Ugh. I don't know what to do any more other than vent on here.

Any other stories of how you struggled for so long but finally made it into the nursing program?

Specializes in Oncology/hematology.

This certainly stinks, but it's only one year. Just try to either take classes that will eventually help you as a nurse, or take fun classes to get those extra credit hours.

And, you obviously learned from that mistake if you now have a 3.2 GPA, so no lecture needed. :) Good luck.

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This certainly stinks, but it's only one year. Just try to either take classes that will eventually help you as a nurse, or take fun classes to get those extra credit hours.

And, you obviously learned from that mistake if you now have a 3.2 GPA, so no lecture needed. :) Good luck.

Yeah, I know. It just sucks. :( thank you! I'm thinking of retaking chem because it was such a hard class. Learning how to do it better would definitely be a good idea. And some math classes because I stink at math!

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Yea, sounds like you've kind of gotten the idea of what went wrong... All you have to do is keep forging ahead. There are people entering the nursing field in their 50's, so don't worry about time!

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Specializes in Critical Care, Education.

I can understand the roommate thing. My youngest ended up with a similar situation in her dorm during soph year... she 'camped out' in the library a lot because they had some nice comfy couches, snack machines and quiet areas for schoolwork. Later on, she discovered that she should have notified her RA who would have put a stop to the problem immediately. Live and learn, right?

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For what's it's worth, it's pretty typical for schools to not count transferred courses toward your GPA, only the courses you've actually taken at that school.

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I am so confused. How does a school not count transferred courses? What's the point of a "transfer student"? Or did I miss something? One F should not give a gpa of 0. Unless I'm not understanding the entire situation.

What do you appeal?

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I am so confused. How does a school not count transferred courses? What's the point of a "transfer student"? Or did I miss something? One F should not give a gpa of 0. Unless I'm not understanding the entire situation.

What do you appeal?

Typically, schools grant credit for courses taken at other institutions on a pass/fail type basis; you get credit for the courses you took (and passed) at other schools toward required courses and the number of hours required to graduate, but those courses aren't counted when calculating your GPA, only courses actually taken at the current school. Basically, schools are willing to assume that passing a course at the other school is basically the equivalent of (or close enough) passing it at their instution, but they're not willing to assume that the other school's grading scale is the same as theirs (they're not willing to assume that an A, or B, or C, at the other school necessarily equals an A, B, or C at their institution). So, if you transfer in eight courses you took at another school, and then take six courses at your "new" school, you have fourteen classes' worth of credit toward graduating, but your GPA is calculated using only the six courses you have actually taken at the school; the other courses just aren't included in the math (because, as far as the new school is concerned, you don't really have grades in those courses, just credit for having completed the course). In the OP's situation, this works against her/him, but it's often a good thing; switching schools can get you a "clean slate" and fresh start on your final GPA (some people switch schools solely for the purpose of eliminating a bad GPA and getting a "do-over").

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I have 2 babies who often prevent from ANY sleep or some nights no more than 2 hours and I still make it to class. If you can't make priorities then how do you expect to keep a nursing job? Deadlines are the real world, everyone has things that come up and yours sound childish.

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Most college professors are pretty rigid on deadlines unless you have a very valid reason for missing them. Just keep doing what you need to do and you will make it :-)

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I can understand the roommate thing. My youngest ended up with a similar situation in her dorm during soph year... she 'camped out' in the library a lot because they had some nice comfy couches, snack machines and quiet areas for schoolwork. Later on, she discovered that she should have notified her RA who would have put a stop to the problem immediately. Live and learn, right?

I can only wish that was the case with me. I have a 3.88 GPA at my present school. However back when I was young(er) and truly did not care about my gpa, I withdrew from an entire semester of classes without bothering to check to make sure the forms were signed in triplicate (or something). I only found out 10 years later that I received Fs for all of my classes that semester. I had also failed another class for lateness (was late 3 times) AND took a couple of C's in classes I didn't care about. I wasn't on na track for anything academic at the time, and was busy starting my own business, so I didn't care. But now, as an older returning student, I have to take the loooong route to completing my anticipated studies (I'd very much like to become an NP) because my now pretty low GPA prevents me from getting into any of the BSN programs I would like. I have to do RN, then RN-BSN, then MSN, which adds at least another year to my studies over what my option would ave been otherwise. Plus I have to attend what I view as a really less than stellar school because my GPA prevents entry into the better nursing schools. ALl from grades that are over 22 years old!

All of my young and dumb behavior is solely my responsibility. I own it, and am plodding along to correct it. But this is the first I'm hearing that in some schools where I could have taken my Prereqs, my old grades wouldn't have counted at all. Arrggh!

Oh well. Live and learn (hopefully :-) )

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Yea sounds like you've kind of gotten the idea of what went wrong... All you have to do is keep forging ahead. There are people entering the nursing field in their 50's, so don't worry about time![/quote']

I know, just sucks. Lol I am going to just take a breath and look at the bigger picture and not worry. :)

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I can understand the roommate thing. My youngest ended up with a similar situation in her dorm during soph year... she 'camped out' in the library a lot because they had some nice comfy couches snack machines and quiet areas for schoolwork. Later on, she discovered that she should have notified her RA who would have put a stop to the problem immediately. Live and learn, right?[/quote']

Live and learn, yes. I just wish I had known about the class! I really did forget about it otherwise I would have already taken it over to replace the f so then I'd be starting nursing school next sem.

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