HELP!! WHY IS NURSING SOo Competitive..?

RNsoon! · Sep 12, 2006

Nursing should be soo competitive because you literly will have peoples lives in your hands when you start working.
As a patient would you prefer someone who squeeked into school with a minimum average or someone who studied their butt off and got in with a 4.0.
The pre-reqs are never ending and nursing classes are even harder. My school has about 600 applicants for 110 spots. There are 11 of us taking our pre-reqs together that have GPA's between 3.97 and 4.0; so there goes 10% of the spots.
A C+ or B- in science classes is not going to cut it. Also you have to have a very tough chin and a tremendous attitude toward making it. If you start doubting yourself, you are not going to make it.

I would have to disagree with you because I know really competent nurses who got into a Nursing program with a gpa of 2.7-3.0 not too long ago.This has nothing to do with not being smart enough to get into the program, it has to do with not having enough funds, resourses and teachers .In addition, there are many private schools who admitt students with a 2.75 gpa and up.Oh and as a patient, I would rather have a nurse who knew what she was doing in Nursing school and actually passed the board exam.As long as she has the qualifications to be a nurse and the owner of a License, I really don't care if she/he had a B or an A in sociology or BIO.Having A's isn't a guarantee that she will turn out to be a comptent and caring Nurse. Also I see no huge difference between a difference of 5 points( B+ and a A- ) student)...LOL

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