How does gpa work for 2nd degree BSN

[Southern Magnolia]

Hi all,

I know this seems a bit like an odd question but I'm curious about how gpa works when you're in a BSN program and it is your 2nd undergrad degree.

I received a BA in English and my gpa was less than stellar. I have taken roughly 40 hours of prerecs since my degree (and have earned all A's). I hope to begin a 5 semester BSN program in the fall.

My question is how will my gpa be calculated going forward. I'm not asking about admission to the program (they only look at prerec grades not cumulative gpa). I'm more wondering about gpa for dean's list, scholarship applications next semester (missed the deadline this year), and for later on when I apply for graduate programs.

Even if I get straight A's in my BSN program bringing my gpa up enough to even apply to some grad programs is impossible (if they use complete cumulative numbers). Do programs look at cumulative gpa including the 1st degree, everything since the 1st degree, only those courses required for the BSN program . . . ? The University is using my BA as a whole to meet certain liberal arts requirements (rather than X course being applied to meet X requirement) . . . so I'm really not sure how things are going to work.

Has anyone dealt with this? What has been your experience?

TIA

[ImThatGuy, BSN, RN]

Dean's list is usually based on current semester GPA and not cummulative. Scholarships and other awards are often based on cummulative or department/major-specific coursework.

What I'll be putting on the old resume is my first degree and GPA from it then the second degree above it with major GPA from it.

If you later decided to apply to medical school or pharmacy school or some such program then your cummulative GPA would be scrutinized whereas with law school only the GPA of your first degree would be examined.