been browsing this forum for quite some time and gathered quite some info. Finally registered to see if I might recruit some help on something I haven't found!!
About 5 years ago, after college and before I realized my very obvious calling, I bombed horribly out of the local JC (Bakersfield college). They are the primary local nursing program (and probably the best nearby).
My concern is this. I got two (perhaps three?) failures and three withdraws. Will double check exactly. None of them were nursing related or prerequisites. It's been 5 years and I'm now on the path to my passion. However, I am concerned with this school being competitive for ADN and getting accepted. Students here PLAN to get refused the first time and resort to working on BSN prerequisites in the meantime. Thus you can see why I am concerned with the previous performance despite distance.
Now, these were all 5 years ago as stated. How do you feel these will affect my acceptance chances if I maintain a 3.8-4.0 throughout prereqs?
Hey all! Got a rough response from the program director, so here goes.
Chancelors system in California rates you on your chance to survive nursing school.
You must have a 75 percent to be considered.
3.0 in English overall gpa
3.0 in mandatory biology
3.0 in overall college gpa
78 percent chance to pass, considered for acceptance
the director said I would easily be taken into consideration despite the failures and an old c because I am expecting higher than 3.0 in other categories even if I slip below 3.0 career gpa due to failures.
Also, the college cannot replace my classes on the transcript but will allow me to retake failed classes for replacement in THEIR consideration of my GPA. So worse comes to worst, I retake a couple.
Now, the problem is that the ladder biology prerequisites I need are full, meaning I can't get in for fall and can't cram them in spring... Blah!
What I did was declared Academic bankruptcy. You may want to check into this. Basically what it is- Once you complete a new semester, you can declare academic bankruptcy to have your old classes basically wiped. You still keep any credit earned but the grades are not used in GPA calculations. My school you had to be out for at least 2 years. You may want to check if your school offers it. How it helped with the nursing program is that it has a GPA requirement.
I have been accepted for this fall into the ADN program. I am still doing prereqs now and scared to death I am going to screw it up somehow.
The colleges i have experience with (CUNY Hunter College, CUNY City Tech, D'Youville College) typically will not pay attention to grades from 5 years ago. the downside is that they'll also refuse to give you credit for any pre-reqs you've passed 5 years ago.
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Warrior504th
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Hey all! Got a rough response from the program director, so here goes.
Chancelors system in California rates you on your chance to survive nursing school.
You must have a 75 percent to be considered.
3.0 in English overall gpa
3.0 in mandatory biology
3.0 in overall college gpa
78 percent chance to pass, considered for acceptance
the director said I would easily be taken into consideration despite the failures and an old c because I am expecting higher than 3.0 in other categories even if I slip below 3.0 career gpa due to failures.
Also, the college cannot replace my classes on the transcript but will allow me to retake failed classes for replacement in THEIR consideration of my GPA. So worse comes to worst, I retake a couple.
Now, the problem is that the ladder biology prerequisites I need are full, meaning I can't get in for fall and can't cram them in spring... Blah!
I'll make it :)