At my school, the nursing program is a dual degree program between 2 schools: a 4 year LAC and a 2 year college of nursing, and this is the progression of the program:
Year 1: Full time at the LAC doing nursing prerequisites and gened courses
Year 2: Full time at the CON
Year 3: Full time at the CON, graduate with ASN, sit for NCLEX
Year 4: Full time at the LAC doing BSN courses and the rest of the gened, graduate with a BSN
Last year was my first year, so I was doing the preqs such as English, anatomy&physiology etc. In the fall semester, I withdrew from A&P 1 because my professor was awful and didn't teach us, and I didn't think that I would get a C which is what we needed to progress. I retook it in the spring semester, and I got a C+.
Because I withdrew originally, the college of nursing sent me a letter saying that I needed to get in contact with the dean of students to discuss proactive strategies for success in the program...and there's paperwork that I have to sign about the resources that are available to me, and extra work I need to do...and nobody who completed A&P the first time around has to do either of those things.
I find that to be complete BULL. I didn't fail A&P 1. I chose to withdraw from it. When I completed the course, I got a C+ which for A&P is a perfectly respectable grade, especially when you have a professor like mine where the tests are so hard that there HAS to be a massive curve so that most of the class isn't FAILING. I also just finished A&P 2 which I took online, in 6 weeks, while working 20+ hours/week and I got a B.
I'm perfectly capable of being successful in the nursing program without any extra help or any crap like that that they're trying to force on me. If I want/need help...I'll get it on my own.
We have orientation on Wednesday and Thursday which is when I'll get/sign the paperwork and the homework...and classes start a week from today, so everything is coming up really fast...but I can't wait to prove to them that I can and will be successful regardless of what they might think!
When I earned my BA the first time around, you could withdraw as much as you want, fail and retake a class once, etc. No one batted an eye, and you just had to earn your 120 hours, and they handed you your sheepskin.
Wow.
For my first degree you could only withdraw with permission of the Dean for "serious and compelling reasons." You could repeat a class only once and went on AP after any term in which you failed to maintain a 2.0. All this talk here and in other threads about people withdrawing to avoid poor grades and repeating classes over and over is just amazing to me.
Last year was my first year, so I was doing the preqs such as English, anatomy&physiology etc. In the fall semester, I withdrew from A&P 1 because my professor was awful and didn't teach us, and I didn't think that I would get a C which is what we needed to progress. I retook it in the spring semester, and I got a C+.
Because I withdrew originally, the college of nursing sent me a letter saying that I needed to get in contact with the dean of students to discuss proactive strategies for success in the program...and there's paperwork that I have to sign about the resources that are available to me, and extra work I need to do...and nobody who completed A&P the first time around has to do either of those things.
I find that to be complete BULL. I didn't fail A&P 1. I chose to withdraw from it. When I completed the course, I got a C+ which for A&P is a perfectly respectable grade, especially when you have a professor like mine where the tests are so hard that there HAS to be a massive curve so that most of the class isn't FAILING. I also just finished A&P 2 which I took online, in 6 weeks, while working 20+ hours/week and I got a B.
I'm perfectly capable of being successful in the nursing program without any extra help or any crap like that that they're trying to force on me. If I want/need help...I'll get it on my own.
We have orientation on Wednesday and Thursday which is when I'll get/sign the paperwork and the homework...and classes start a week from today, so everything is coming up really fast...but I can't wait to prove to them that I can and will be successful regardless of what they might think!
I wish you a ton of success in your program. I am responding with all the best for you and hope you can take that tone from my post. I understand that it is disheartening to be told by your school that you have to have some sort of remediation. But, presumably the school has been teaching nursing students for a long time and wants the students to succeed. The school must feel that this sort of remediation will be helpful to students who are potentially stumbling.
I understand that you believe that you will successful. The school is only doing what it believes it can to help you be successful.
While a C+ certainly means you continue in your program, a W combined with a C+ (that apparently you received due to a massive curve) is something that your advisor probably looks at and sees a student who might be struggling. They accepted you into this program because they saw something in you that they believed would make a successful student and future nurse. Hang onto that, do as your advisor/the program suggest and build from this experience as you go forward.
While it might be a respectable grade in your program, for most a C+ is a grade they would need to retake because most programs require higher grades in those pre/co-reqs.
I think it's wonderful that your program shows concern for their students and is doing what it can to help them succeed. This isn't always the case. I am surprised though that your program releases information about professorial sanctioning, etc. I think it is inappropriate for them to tell students about a professor being reprimanded - just like it would be inappropriate to pass out information about a student being reprimanded.
At my school a C grade in a class is usually a class you'll need to take over just to get into the nursing program. I know that you have a direct entry nursing school but if I was an administrator, I'd be more comfortable with you as a student if you had pulled a B in the class. I don't know if you are going to a private or public school. What I do know is that someone is paying the bulk of your tuition. It might be the state. It might be scholarships or student loans or parents. I pay tuition at a community college and while I think I pay a lot, the state and county are paying the bulk of the cost because they want me to succeed and pay lots of that money back in the form of property and income taxes. I am an investment and so are you. The school just wants their investment to have the best possible outcome. Don't be insulted. Take whatever help they have to offer and be grateful that you didn't fall through the cracks like a number of C students.
I may have gotten a C+ in A&P I, but I got a B in A&P II. And even if I had gotten an A in A&P I after withdrawing and retaking, my school would require this of me.
At my school, there are very few who even come close to getting As in A&P. It might be 1/10 people who do. The bulk of students get anywhere between a C and a B-. It's because it's a direct entry program that a C is perfectly fine in the prereqs. It's that way with most direct entry programs.
I go to a private school, and my parents are paying the bulk of my tuition. I have no loans, and for this year and next year, no scholarships (last year, and my fourth year, I do have a scholarship though, from the LAC).
Maybe my irritation is uncalled for. Maybe it's not. But either way, I'm unhappy.
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For my first degree you could only withdraw with permission of the Dean for "serious and compelling reasons." You could repeat a class only once and went on AP after any term in which you failed to maintain a 2.0. All this talk here and in other threads about people withdrawing to avoid poor grades and repeating classes over and over is just amazing to me.