But do remember, acheiving and maintaining a high GPA in a university is nothing to scoff at. Some of us really bust our tails keeping the grades up there. However, I do agree that more than GPA should be considered for admission. For example, I applied at the University of Texas Health Science Center - Houston for this fall and was turned away. It definitely wasn't my GPA that didn't allow me to get in. Had they have taken into account that I was able to maintain a 3.9 + GPA while juggling a full time job at one of the big 4 global accounting firms, three children (ages 8, 3, and 20 months), and still manage to build a small business (hair and nail salon) for my wife and manage the daily processes of it too, then perhaps they would have let me in. Did I gripe and wine about not getting in? YOU BET I DID!!!
But hey, it's time to move on. TWU....here I come!!!!
Originally Posted by mariessas_mom Longhorn114,
I start TWU's BSN program this fall. Here is how it works-they look at GPA only. If someone takes at least 32 hours of core classes/prereqs at TWU they get .20 added to their GPA for admission purposes only. The cut off for this fall was 3.70. Now, some TWU people could have actually had a 3.5 but gotten in with their extra .20. But at orientation there was a mix of TWU students and transfers from community colleges. Every semester the cut off creeps up a little. This spring start was 3.68 I believe. There were 825 applicants for about 120 slots. Unfortunately, schools are facing a nursing instructor shortage because those nurses can make more money elsewhere. In clinicals, the state only allows 10 students per 1 instructor.
I think schools should use other criteria besides GPA, a lot of us have years of medical experience already but that is not even considered. So until the rules change you just have to keep the high GPA game up. Good luck!
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