Calculating Pre-req GPA

[Sophers]

Maybe dumb question or I'm overthinking it, but I'm thinking of going into the nursing field and checked out some of the admission requirements. They all have a minimum GPA requirement for the pre-requisite courses but I'm a little confused on how to calculate my GPA. For example, one school's minimum pre-req GPA is 3.0 (no lower than a C for each science requirement) and they require you to take Inorganic, Organic, and Biochemistry. The school that I'm taking those courses at gives you two separate grades for lecture and lab, as well as splitting each "category" of chemistry over 3 quarters (such as General Chemistry is 3 courses total, Inorganic Chemistry is 3 courses total, etc.).

So for nursing schools, would they add all three quarters worth of lecture and lab grades together to get one single grade average for that specific category of chemistry? Or would they count each lecture/lab from each quarter on it's own and I must receive a letter grade of C or higher in all lectures/labs from each quarter?

I'm planning to e-mail the schools to clarify but I just wanted to ask on here first, just in case the answer is really obvious...

Thanks for any insight!

[Devon Rex, ADN, BSN]

Hello!

It's not a dumb question. It can be quite cumbersome figuring it out because different schools may calculate it based on a slightly different set of classes you've taken... depending on what they require. You should, however, have a pretty good idea if you ask for an unofficial transcript. It should show your GPA (though for all classes, not just science).

Share that unofficial transcript with your nursing school of choice and have them guide you. Hope this helps!