Hats off to the 4.0 er's

NurseBettyICU, ADN, BSN · Aug 11, 2008

I second that!

Great job!!! :yeah: :yeah: :yeah:

Buffkat00 · Aug 11, 2008

Congratulations all you hard working people out there! :yeah: :up:

9livesRN, BSN, RN · Aug 12, 2008

so far 4.0 here

hopefully will be able to keep it, the hard classes are gone already, and micro is almost over!!!

osagarese · Aug 12, 2008

Yes, Yes congrats you all deserve it even if you are only a 3.7,3.8,or a 3.9 you still worked hard and you deserve an :yeah:

Good Luck to all!

txnursingqt · Aug 15, 2008

I agree with you. They all deserve praise. I am not a 4.0'er myself but pretty close! We all work hard but those 4.0 people have all my respect!

JettaDP · Aug 15, 2008

:yeah:
Just wanted to say hat's off to all you who've gotten 4.0's on prereqs. While I tried hard it seems to be beyond my grasp. Looks like I'll be getting 3.8 or 3.9's in my classes. I'm running 95% in my classes right now and it would take incredible grades on my finals to bring those up to 97% for the 4.0.
So, anyways, congrats to you all!

See now I had a 4.0 in my pre reqs but my school doesn't give +'s and -'s. A 90% is consider an A as well as a 99%. So if I passes a class with a 90%, I got a 4.0 for that class.

baldee · Aug 15, 2008

There are always 'shades' of excellence:

1. Do you work full time while going to school?

2. Do you have 30 year old grades averaged in with current gpa?(!?!?!?!)

3. What school was averaged in your current gpa?

4. Do you go to a public or private school?

For example, Ga Tech Dean's List is 3.0/4.0, where as most schools are 3.5/4.0. And then there is the initial Semesters when you do not usually get a choice of classes for transfer students.

Now if you don't work and slide into the classes perfectly prepared, like most aren't, then you did your work ahead of time to capture that difference between 3.6 and 4.0 average (even though you made all A's too in pre-nursing coursework). But in the end, the school of where you got it will be the ultimate story. And few look at the gpa, except the first job after graduation. Your performance will tell the story from that point career wise. Future education after RN will all be glad to take your money, for the most part.

The bottom line is do what you have to get through, but gpa won't cover your azz against liability suits. So you better learn it like your life depends on it. Most RN's I know are very cerebial, because every day is stressful decision making with totally new challenges.

In effect, all 4.0's are not the same: not near the same. Work hard and do your best; and know on the average that the greatest achievers fall in the median grade averages (which admitedly would be in the high averages for RN students). Nursing studies are not near as tough as they are critical. So just looking at '4.0' as a goal is looking at the wrong thing imo. Anyway, web-ghosts will tell you anything for any reason. Feel lucky if you find one 'real' person per site. And note that the ones who know they are not doing as hard of a program as most, are the ones who keep saying they are 4.0 students. Good luck. :yeah: :yeah: :yeah: