I just started community college and I got an F and a D on classes I took. I talked to my Consoler and she told me to forget about becoming a nurse
I am planing to retake the classes I did poorly on and try to get goo grades on up coming classes with Bs and As.
I hVe a 2.0 right now. But I think if I can work hard enough I can get it to a 3.2 or higher.
What do you think!? Tips?
I don't know what else to major in
(Davis accepts 3.2 transfers. Or I might go to Sonoma state) I am worried because my consoler told me tO give up. And now I'm scared and have no idea on what to major in or do
Like one of the posters said, make sure you really think about why you didn't do so well in those classes. whatever you did then, will not work for you or benefit you at all in the future. Its never too late to turn it all around & do well. Don't give up & next time take advantage of the resources that are being offered to you. It's your money and you can't waste it while in school. Whether it's your money, scholarship money, financial aid, etc whatever take advantage of it & do whatever you can to be a great student.
And to some of the other posters, I understand that she needs advice and what not, but let's try not to be so harsh?
I would say that most GPA requirements are around 3.2-3.5 only the top GPA's will get into a nursing program. You really need to do well in your pre-req classes because nursing only gets harder. I'm in nursing school and the grading scale in not the same anymore. 93% for an A, 84% or higher for a B and unless you get a 78% for a C you fail. Don't give up if you want to be a nurse your going to have to work harder, but you can do it.
And to some of the other posters, I understand that she needs advice and what not, but let's try not to be so harsh?
Good luck.
Well, what some may call harsh others may call speaking plainly and clearly. People do have a tendency to only "see" what they want to, and if something isn't spelled out clearly, it gets misconstrued. There have certainly been people posting on this site who wonder if what they are doing is the right thing (pick a topic) and many times, in an effort to be 'nice' other people do them a disservice.
I am a nice person. I also speak plainly. I am never one to sugarcoat what needs to be said, if it DOES need to be said. When that happens, the person who needs to hear it usually just gets the 'sugar' part and then wonders later why they failed....after all, they did everything everyone said to do. But not really. They only noticed the cheerleading "YOU CAN DO IT!!" and missed the "umm, maybe not. And here's why."
Anyway, just offering another perspective on what happens when people don't say what they mean, and only what they think the other person wants to hear. In the end, I think it's far FAR kinder to tell the truth and the whole truth....harsh or not.
My high school counselor and college advisor both told me I probably wouldn't get accepted into nursing school and to give up on my dream, just like you. But you know where I am now? Awaiting my first semester this fall at the most renown nursing school in my state.
Don't let the negativity of others deter you from anything. If you're passionate about becoming a nurse, you can succeed.
I failed a class once and had an adviser tell me to change my major "biology" and that there was no way I could ever get into medical school whether it be nursing, respiratory therapy ect. So I told HIM that it was his job to build students up and tell them their next step, not tear them down and step on all their dreams. I then went on to retake the classes, land a research position, transfer to an honors university, graduate with a degree in biology and get into a BSN program. Advisers are not the end all be all. Retake the classes. Do better. And prove them wrong.
I agree with RNsRWe as reality matters far more than sugar coating. Before going back to college to pursue nursing, I was in the I.T. and business world; almost 18 years stewarding (in the secular usage of the word, running) a business. I cannot count how many times I've heard or read someone saying... WORK HARDER, and SELL more... when each unit was selling at a loss. I'm going to be very blunt, selling more items (working harder) where each unit is a at a loss is outright idiocy; it just means a larger loss.
In order for the OP to have a 2.08 GPA based on 1 F, 1 D, and an undisclosed amount of C's (F = fail, D = fail as I don't know of any accredited institution that will accept lower than a C to transfer credits, and C = average) is to have taken several semesters worth of classes (two semesters = one school year in general). Now if you have a track record of one or more years of barely passing, just trying harder means what in reality?
Now, if the OP posted specifics as to how many C's (vs. being vague), along with what are the reasons they believe they did poorly for x period of time, then yes... many of us could give specific advice other than try harder, study harder. For now, such advice may only give a completely and utterly false sense of hope because that answer may not be applicable in terms of getting a desired result.
For now, such advice may only give a completely and utterly false sense of hope because that answer may not be applicable in terms of getting a desired result.
My high school counselor and college advisor both told me I probably wouldn't get accepted into nursing school and to give up on my dream, just like you. But you know where I am now? Awaiting my first semester this fall at the most renown nursing school in my state.
Don't let the negativity of others deter you from anything. If you're passionate about becoming a nurse, you can succeed.
Congrats in getting into a renowned nursing program, but please don't equate realism with negativity.
Also, you need to keep in mind that a poor grade on a prereq class (for me, nutrition was, abnormal psych wasn't) is going to be even more difficult to compensate for. If you did poorly on an art history class, maybe it wouldn't matter so much.. But nutrition isn't even a whole lot of detailed scientific knowledge (at least not the sections my peers and I have taken). How will you handle chemistry or micro? It's going to be a lot more difficult than nutrition.
I realize that I'm being very optimistic. If the OP decides to continue down the the nursing route, he/she will need to get much more serious about his/her studies. With those grades, the odds are against him/her, but it's still early and not impossible to turn around is what I'm getting at. I think many of us can admit that we've strayed off the path and made mistakes in our educational careers a time or two and we're still here. And RNsRWe, I don't appreciate being mocked.
And normally you wouldn't have been, except your declaration about others' "negativity" in your post made you look as though you felt superior to all that (and, in effect, the rest of us)....and it was grating. Which none of US appreciate, either. Especially in light of you stating that the OP's extremely poor grades were not a reason to step back from the idea of nursing school because YOU just got accepted to one, in spite of everyone telling you it was not likely to happen because of YOUR grades...and there was that most basic error in your spelling/comprehension, in misusing the word I bolded.
Perhaps that wasn't your intent, but so be it. It's what initiated the response you got.
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Like one of the posters said, make sure you really think about why you didn't do so well in those classes. whatever you did then, will not work for you or benefit you at all in the future. Its never too late to turn it all around & do well. Don't give up & next time take advantage of the resources that are being offered to you. It's your money and you can't waste it while in school. Whether it's your money, scholarship money, financial aid, etc whatever take advantage of it & do whatever you can to be a great student.
And to some of the other posters, I understand that she needs advice and what not, but let's try not to be so harsh?
Good luck.