Accepted while on Academic Probation?

[ashlaine83]

I am finishing up my pre-req's for the BSN program at the university. I applied to the program last fall, but my GPA wasn't good enough. I've gotten all A's and B's in my pre-req's, and am actually taking a pathology course with the nursing students this semester (and doing well in that so far). I already have a BA in English, but have wanted to pursue a nursing degree for quite sometime. A friend of mine got into the ADN program at the tech school here, and she highly recommended it. I reviewed the admissions requirements, and it seems as though I may have a much better chance of being accepted than I do at the BSN. My problem is, I attended the tech school several years ago for paralegal certification, and slacked off terribly; so much so that I landed on academic probation. Is it possible to still be accepted if I do really well on the TEAS, combined with my high grades in the pre-req's? The combined course GPA that they want for pre-req's is at least a 2.75, and when I did the GPA for those courses, it came out to about a 3.2.

[HM2VikingRN, RN]

Its not where you've been but where you are going.....I had at least 2 classmates in my absn program who had a period of less than stellar academic performance. What tends to be looked at is the prereq grades for core classes....(AP etc)....I would meet with the prenursing adviser and discuss the issue. (Most advisers understand when someone isn't meant to be something that they may not perform to their potential...)

Best wishes

[mangopeach]

Were you able to bring your GPA up to be taken off of probation? Or were you dismissed?

Every school is different but at the schools I attended, you had 1 semester to bring your GPA up after being placed on probation, or face dismissal.

If you were dismissed, you would probably have to file an appeal to be admitted again. This is what is done at my school and schools that I attended in the past. Might be different elsewhere.

But the only way to get concrete answers is to speak with an advisor at the school.

Good luck!