Did your nursing classes transfer?

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To any Excelsior associate grads did any of your nursing classes transfer to WGU. I ask because I'm planning to attend wgu to get my bsn and would like to know what classes I should spend extra time on getting that higher grade.

As it stands now I'm spending a couple of weeks per class to get a B and if some of the classes transfer i would be more inclined to spend the extra week or so striving to achieve an A.

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Specializes in Outpatient/Clinic, ClinDoc.

B or A (heck even a C I think), it would not matter when it transferred. And no "nursing" classes would be part of the BSN curriculum anyways. Other non-nursing classes would transfer and those would be OK at an A or a B. WGU gives you 50 CU credit just for being an RN, which is the way they include credit for all those nursing classes. :)

The only exception would be a/p/micro - if you tested out of these at Excelsior, chances are good you'll be asked to retake these at WGU with a lab. Don't stress - the wgu classes will most likely be easy for you. :)

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Specializes in Emergency, Case Management, Informatics.

Echoing featherz here, your Excelsior grades do not matter in terms of how they'll look on your WGU transcript. They will just be transcribed as "Requirement Satisfied" (or something similar -- can't remember the exact verbiage).

If you have completed the Associate's Degree, you will get a flat amount of transfer credit for the whole degree. I took my Excelsior ASN to WGU and all I had to complete were the upper division nursing courses and Biochemistry (8 courses total). I did take my A&P and Micro outside of Excelsior, so YMMV there.

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