Important Info About Transferring Schools

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I've Seen alot of topics here about students thinking about going to a different school then the ones they originally enrolled at. I recently transferred school so I thought I would post what I have learned during this process.

Something that everyone should know is that if you decide to go to a different school (i.e. transfer or whtever) you should know that any courses taken towards just your Nursing major WILL NOT transfer over! If you failed 1 class this last semester, and you decide to go to a different school now, you will have to retake ALL of your Nursing classes again (even those that you have already passed).

This is true for all the schools Nation Wide in the US.

So... it's really a big decision. I know becuz I didn't pass 1 course worth 6 credits and the limit for my school's program for failing was less then 6 credits...and I just went through my junior year. So, wht happened was that they told me to take a break for 10 months and then try to reapply to their program (with no surity that I would be accpeted). I decided that there was no point in waiting around for 10 months (wasting time) and so I transferred to a different school. Beware, since nursing courses will not transfer over and this whole thing has set me bk 1.5 years....:banghead:

but now I'm a great school that cares abt me as a student and wants to see me succeed so it worked out for me:heartbeat.

Just be very careful when you make a decision like this...it worked out for me cuz if I stayed at my school and waited 10 months, that wouldve meant that I wasted an entire year with no gurantee that I would be reaccepted afterwards:down:. So, I transferred.

Hope this will help some people.

:nurse:

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this is not true at all. mods, please delete this thread

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Specializes in Gen Peds, PICU/Stepdown, School Nursing.

YES THIS IS TRUE!!! And I am already an RN who went through the whole transfering nightmare! It took me 7 YEARS to complete my BSN because none of my classes that had a clinical component DID NOT TRANSFER. I started my nursing program at a school in Virginia, made it all the way through my junior year to Adult Health II/Med Surg II, all elective classes were completed, had to transfer b/c of family issues. I was told from an advisor that most of nursing classes would transfer...so not true. I applied to numerous schools in Illinois, got accepted into all of them, and they all told me the same thing, "we do not accept nursing courses from schools in different states". So I had to start over...all the way from Fundamentals! Graduated in '06 with my BSN.

p.s. and I have never failed a class

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Specializes in Med-Surg, Trauma, Ortho, Neuro, Cardiac.

Sounds like it wasn't true in your case with those schools. However accredited, big word there accredited, courses should transfer to another accredited program.

Good luck to you.

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Specializes in Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU.

It is indeed possible to transfer nursing school credits. I did it twice due to my husband's career moves. Things to do to make things easier:

1. Always keep the college catalogue of the courses you took - keep that year's catalogue as courses can change thru the years.

2. Keep the syllabus for the courses you took. Also, include the book(s) that were used and which edition.

3. Keep all the papers you wrote for the course.

This helped tremendously in the evaluation process.

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Specializes in Gen Peds, PICU/Stepdown, School Nursing.
Sounds like it wasn't true in your case with those schools. However accredited, big word there accredited, courses should transfer to another accredited program.

Good luck to you.

Both schools I attended were fully accredited. I started at Hampton Univ. (in Virginia) and transfered to Chicago State Univ, both had NLN and CCNE accreditation at that time. At the time of me transfering, I was also accepted into St. Xavier Univ and UIC (both accredited schools) and they both said the same thing..no nursing classes WITH A CLINICAL COMPONENT would be transferable. I don't know if this is only applicable in certain states but it surely applied to my case.However, this was in 2001-2002, so many things have changed since then...

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Yea I agree with kinajp....Nursing courses with Clinical components do not transfer over. For me, they took all the classes i took the 1st two years of my BSN. But classes like Nutrition didn't transfer over for me or patho or pharm...so I"m not just lying you know. This is how it is. I've spoken with 3 different schools and the admissions counslors say the same thing. So the person who is saying this isn't true, please check your facts.

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Specializes in Med-Surg, Trauma, Ortho, Neuro, Cardiac.

No one is calling anyone a liar. But to make a blanket statement that this is true for all schools, all over the USA isn't true. Unless traumaRUS is the one lying.

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Both schools I attended were fully accredited. I started at Hampton Univ. (in Virginia) and transfered to Chicago State Univ, both had NLN and CCNE accreditation at that time. At the time of me transfering, I was also accepted into St. Xavier Univ and UIC (both accredited schools) and they both said the same thing..no nursing classes WITH A CLINICAL COMPONENT would be transferable. I don't know if this is only applicable in certain states but it surely applied to my case.However, this was in 2001-2002, so many things have changed since then...

and that very well may be true, but that is not all inclusive to say ALL classes do not transfer. i can see how clinicals may not transfer b/c thats something that a lot of schools want to be the one to observe you. not all schools go by that or are held to that rule. again, i personally know of 2 people in my class that have transferred in from one university in atlanta and the university of tennessee to my university and all of their classes transferred...including clinicals

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Specializes in Gen Peds, PICU/Stepdown, School Nursing.
and that very well may be true, but that is not all inclusive to say ALL classes do not transfer. i can see how clinicals may not transfer b/c thats something that a lot of schools want to be the one to observe you. not all schools go by that or are held to that rule. again, i personally know of 2 people in my class that have transferred in from one university in atlanta and the university of tennessee to my university and all of their classes transferred...including clinicals

and again, this is why I said it may depend on the state because it did apply to my situation. Never once did I say it was "all inclusive" for all classes. Nevertheless, I was just stating my situation which happened to be over 7 years ago. I'm sure things have changed.

But whomever is decided to transfering, I say good luck in whatever program you choose to attend..we need more good nurses! GOD BLESS!!!

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Never once did I say it was "all inclusive" for all classes.

the original poster said that "no nursing classes will transfer"

we pointed out that classes do transfer, and that his info is simply not true people have had all classes transfer before

you post and say this about the thread starters original post

YES THIS IS TRUE!!!

basically contradicting what we were saying about it not being true.

we get what you are saying now but initially it seemed that you were disagreeing with us saying its not true

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and that very well may be true, but that is not all inclusive to say ALL classes do not transfer. i can see how clinicals may not transfer b/c thats something that a lot of schools want to be the one to observe you. not all schools go by that or are held to that rule. again, i personally know of 2 people in my class that have transferred in from one university in atlanta and the university of tennessee to my university and all of their classes transferred...including clinicals

WHICH SKOOL DO YOU GO,SO I CAN TRANSFER

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