Is A C in med surg bad?

[tflores]

Hi you guys,

I wanted to get more insight from both students and nurses when it comes to Med Surg class. Now we all know med surg can be very very stressful and difficult for some. and I wanted to ask if getting a C in med surg is not a great sign when applying to a masters or doctorate after a few years of working as a nurse? Will I not be competitive enough? it sucks because Med surg is 7 credits, my pathopharm class is worth 3, and my psych is worth 5 credits. I'm doing extremely well on both pathopharm and psych. However no matter how much I study, how much notes I take, and how much sleep I lose from the studying, all I keep getting are very low C's. Thankfully all you need is a C to pass but I'm extremely upset and frustrated that I'm not able to do much better

[Ruby Vee, BSN]

Yes, your grades will affect your desirability as a graduate school candidate.

[NeoNatMom]

I got a C in 1 medsurg course which dropped my GPA from like 3.87 to 3.67. For me personally, thats a lot of difference. However, I would try to alter your study methods to produce higher grades in subsequent courses. My mind just wasnt in it and I didnt put forth the effort I should have. Not saying that was the case for you, but you know truly whether is was do to lack of motivation or struggling to find study methods that worked or what have you...I wish you the best of luck. I entering another program and putting my best foot forward this time around. Good luck!

NNM

[AliNajaCat]

Due to personal pressures-- working three 8hr shifts per week plus all vacations, running a household, paying for everything in my life except tuition, meaning food, clothes, books and supplies, transportation, insurance, utilities, rent, pet food and vet bills, and what entertainment I had time for-- I had an undergrad GPA of 2.87, although it went up substantially my senior year when my then husband graduated a year ahead of me and was earning more than we both earned in the previous two years combined so I didn't have to work.

So when I went to apply to grad school 7 years later, they told me I couldn't be admitted. I said, "You can't tell me I can never go to grad school because of what happened to me when I was 19 and 20." The admissions counselor looked at me thoughtfully and told me to go and take a couple of graduate level classes as an unenrolled student and take the GREs and then come back to chat.

I took and aced two classes for credit in a night program at a university, got >97%iles on the GREs, and was admitted to a nationally highly-ranked graduate program in nursing. So it can be done. But my low GPA wasn't a reflection of my ability, just my life at the time. If you can ace some grad level courses and GREs you'll have evidence that you can succeed in grad school. But you have to be able to do that and convince admissions you're not going to waste a seat for which there's a lot of competition.

[nowim clean]

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