4.0 all four semesters?

shock-me-sane · Jun 29, 2008

I don't know to be honest. Not a single person in my class made it through with a 4.0. Our first quarter the highest grade was a B+, so that pretty much made that not possible for everyone. I hope you are able to do it. Study hard and learn what your instructors want. It isn't easy.

ps. one of my friends got accepted to Yale's NP program and didn't make a 4.0. You don't have to be "perfect" to get your masters :)

Bicster · Jun 29, 2008

I'm curious as to how hard it is to keep a 4.0 all 4 semesters?

It depends, how smart are you?

If you are very smart and do not need to study a lot and just get things, then it wont be hard.

If you are kinda smart, need to study a little, and get most things, then it will be a little hard.

If you arent that bright, study and still dont do well, then it will be very hard.

Meriwhen, ASN, BSN, MSN, RN · Jun 29, 2008

It takes a lot of work, especially since A isn't the 90 or 91 that most other programs have it as. At my school, an A is 94 and above.

I've held onto the 4.0 for a year. If I can get through the summer session with it intact--I'm taking two classes, one not a nursing class--then I think I have a good chance of getting through the last year with it.

Then again it won't be the end of the world if I don't graduate with a 4.0. At least that's what I keep telling myself :)

madampomfrey · Jun 29, 2008

I think it depends on your program. I am going into my 4th semester and I have a 4.0 as far as nursing classes go. I actually have done better in nursing school than I did in my prereqs.

JettaDP · Jun 29, 2008

I am hoping to get into a top school for a Masters degree so I understand how you feel. People keep telling me that good grades aren't everything, but they are in some cases. I also know that the field I want to enter is higly competitive. So while I know how important keeping my grades are going to be.

There is a girl in the nursing program that will be starting her second year this fall. She had a 4.0 for both fall and spring semesters. This girl is SUPER smart. I don't understand why she is becoming a nurse. She should be a doctor. She just absorbs and retains information like nothing I've ever seen. She is from Ethiopia and even with a slight language barrier she is still the smartest in NS.

But one thing I have learned from her is that it is not impossible to do well in nursing school. I just need to keep my eye on my long term goals.

Acosmo27 · Jun 29, 2008

yeah I think it depends much on the program youre in and the grading scale. Ive heard a lot on these boards about the crazy grading curves other schools have (ie. above 94 is an A, and below 94 a B etc..) At my school, its just the normal curve (i.e. 90% is an A etc.. and below C isnt passing) So its a little "easier" to get an A with a grading scale like the latter. I think the normal 90% is an A scale is for BSN programs.. I think the ADN programs are a little more strict, but Im not sure..

Melinurse · Jun 29, 2008

i graduated with 4.0 for all semesters in nursing school. i also worked full-time at a hospital as an lpn. maybe that had something to do with it. :confused: anyways, i was never concerned with my grades, i only cared that i passed and that i knew the material. maybe that attitude was why i did ok? who knows? but, here's a thought:fnypst::

what do you call a nurse who graduated at the bottom of the class? nurse. what do you call a nurse who graduated at the top of the class?nurse. once you pass the nclex and have a job, it really does not matter. what matters is your patient care.:redbeathe

chevyv, BSN, RN · Jun 29, 2008

I'm going into my 4th semester with a consistent 3.8. I could care less. I've seen students so set on their A's that they stay after class to argue, plead, and cry over test grades. I agree with the above poster regarding calling a nurse a nurse wherever they manage to graduate within the class and on the NCLEX. However, that doesn't answer your question regarding a 4.0. Of course you can keep it. You might work much harder than some, but please don't get so obsessed your one of the few who will cry over a B, especially when some work their butts off and are ok with a 3.0. Good luck

waitingforthedream · Jun 29, 2008

i graduated with 4.0 for all semesters in nursing school. i also worked full-time at a hospital as an lpn. maybe that had something to do with it. anyways, i was never concerned with my grades, i only cared that i passed and that i knew the material. maybe that attitude was why i did ok? who knows? but, here's a thought:fnypst::
what do you call a nurse who graduated at the bottom of the class? nurse. what do you call a nurse who graduated at the top of the class?nurse. once you pass the nclex and have a job, it really does not matter. what matters is your patient care.:redbeathe

wow, that is an awsome way to look at it!!!!

brittney140 · Jun 29, 2008

Thanks for all the replies! I am lucky because at my school an "A" is a 90%, a "B" is an 82% and above, and to pass you have to have a 77%.

I just want to clarify that I'm not someone who is neurotic over my grades and has to have all "A's". I've just dreamed of going to grad school at Johns Hopkins for a long time and I think that having a 4.0 will help me get in, abd maybe help me get a little money because it's about 30,000 to go there a year.

shann106 · Jun 30, 2008

I've kept 4.0 for the past three semesters (but first semester was just pre req's) I am determined to keep that 4.0 this year.