How does a Straight B student Survive an Accelerated Nursing School World?

OK, I know this is ambiguous and I'm going to get a lot of responses as to how it depends on the person but I wouldn't mind people sharing their experiences.

I just applied to a couple of accelerated 1 year nursing programs and I'm confident I'll get accepted into at least one but I tend to worry on how I'll do in nursing school. I keep going to these boards and reading about how A-students are having so much difficulty in nursing school and I just wonder how I will do? I'm mostly a straight B student with a couple of A's. No C's at least but I feel like for the amount of work I do to get that B, I feel like I should get an A. If straight A students are having problems, then, how will a Straight B student survive?

The statement was not "too broad," you are conflating two entirely different concepts. The OP's topic here is Nursing School performance.

Once you are in Nursing school, getting an overall grade of 80-84%, or a C, is indeed perfectly acceptable. It doesn't matter what a C is considered elsewhere for the purposes of the conversation. The truth is that some straight B students do end up C students in nursing school - and they graduate like everyone else. Of course you want to do the best you can, but if the very best you can do is 83% you get a C - which again, is fine.

In prerequisites (which we are NOT talking about) the situation is different. Straight Cs are not acceptable. But the OP didn't ask about that.

I'm sorry, but I'm confused by your last post! I wasn't referring to prerequisites either. The statement that I felt was too broad to make was that a C is an acceptable grade in nursing school. A grade of 80-84% may be a C at some schools, but not at mine. It's still a B at my school and below that would be considered failure, thus unacceptable to go on. My point was referring to schools like mine.

The problem with "just getting by" in an ABSN program is that you narrow your opportunity for a future career in advanced practice. Regardless if you do the traditional 4yr route or 1 yr ABSN, most CRNA or NP schools require a competitive gpa with a minimum of 3.5. The board reviewing applications isn't going to compromise gpa requirements just because you went through a 1yr program. If you don't meet the criteria tough luck. This is an entirely different issue itself. I just feel the need to emphasize that continued education is critical to expand the scope of nurses and a low nsg school gpa may impede your ability to pursue AP.

Pitaya as an A student, how do you study?

Pitaya as an A student, how do you study?

Deeva, it depends on the class. For some classes where there was a ton of reading, I could not keep up with it, so I would focus on the powerpoints and practice questions only because that was honestly all I had time for. For other classes that have less chapters to focus on, like Med-Surg II, I read everything in the book, I re-listened to class lectures on my ipod, I rewrote key concepts, and I bought supplemental books to read about topics in a condensed format. Also, I have a study buddy, and the night or so before an exam, we go through every chapter, taking turns asking each other questions. This helps a lot, too. :)

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