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I'm starting at BMCC this fall and want to do their nursing program. When I spoke with admissions, they said I would not be allowed to do it, EVER, because my GPA wasn't high enough. I graduated community college with a 3.4 GPA in 2003 (general studies). I transferred to Pratt Institute for a year as a writing major and maintained a 3.7 GPA there (2003 - 2004) I then decided on Sociology as a major and transferred to SUNY Stony Brook where I graduated with a B.A. in Sociology and a minor in Child and Family Studies in 2007. My GPA was a 3.2. The ONLY course I took as part of the pre-clinical sequence was psychology and I received a B (my numerical grade was an 88, but the community college I went to did not use +/- grades, so it worked out to a B). I mentioned I haven't done any of the pre-clinical courses and they said, "It doesn't matter, your GPA isn't high enough." I knew the nursing program is difficult to get into, but geez, am I completely banned from the program because I didn't graduate with a 4.0 with my first bachelors degree? I don't understand why that would be used against me. If anyone could shed some light on this, that would be very helpful!

Also, I am going to try and speak with the pre-clinical nursing coordinator next week, but right now I'm trying to get all my ducks in a row. I was just laid off from my social services job on July 15th and need to find a program that will be approved by unemployment.

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This school is tough. I am here taking prerequisites know.

Mat104

Eng101

Psy100

A&P1 425 prerequisite for this class is chem 121

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I am wishing you the best of luck. I am applying to more than one school though.

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I'm starting at BMCC this fall and want to do their nursing program. When I spoke with admissions, they said I would not be allowed to do it, EVER, because my GPA wasn't high enough. I graduated community college with a 3.4 GPA in 2003 (general studies). I transferred to Pratt Institute for a year as a writing major and maintained a 3.7 GPA there (2003 - 2004) I then decided on Sociology as a major and transferred to SUNY Stony Brook where I graduated with a B.A. in Sociology and a minor in Child and Family Studies in 2007. My GPA was a 3.2. The ONLY course I took as part of the pre-clinical sequence was psychology and I received a B (my numerical grade was an 88, but the community college I went to did not use +/- grades, so it worked out to a B). I mentioned I haven't done any of the pre-clinical courses and they said, "It doesn't matter, your GPA isn't high enough." I knew the nursing program is difficult to get into, but geez, am I completely banned from the program because I didn't graduate with a 4.0 with my first bachelors degree? I don't understand why that would be used against me. If anyone could shed some light on this, that would be very helpful!

Also, I am going to try and speak with the pre-clinical nursing coordinator next week, but right now I'm trying to get all my ducks in a row. I was just laid off from my social services job on July 15th and need to find a program that will be approved by unemployment.

Hi,

I'm on my second semester in the BMCC nursing program and I know how tough it is to get in. The admission folks are sometimes clueless when it comes to the nursing program as the nursing department does not usually share information to them (which is not very nice).

What I can suggest is to let admissions know that you don't want to transfer your psychology grade and will instead retake this subject here at BMCC. You definitely need to get an A on the first 4 prereqs and transferring a B will automatically take you out of the running. Your overall GPA from another school does not matter when it comes to nursing at BMCC. What matters is your overall prereq GPA which needs to be between at least 3.8-4.0, and that you pass the Hesi exam (my batch was the last one not having to take the Hesi exam).

Hope this helps. Good luck!

Best Regards,

Dee

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I agree with the above post regarding not transferring the previous grade in, and instead plan to retake the course and get a higher grade.

However, regarding needing all "A"s, that is a misconception which many students state regarding BMCC. I'm also a nursing student at BMCC, and I'm aware of quite a few of my classmates who did not get all "A"s in their pre-reqs. It is great if you do, but you are not automatically eliminated if you don't.

The average GPA varies with each incoming class of students, and while the GPA's are high, there is a range, and there is always a slim chance that the competition one application year could be easier than the norm.

Good luck and try to speak with the Nursing department enrollment guy, Mr. S.

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