Is it wise to retake courses for grade replacement to get a higher gpa?

[bamwife06]

Just want to know if anyone has retaken courses to get a higher gpa to get into a nursing program. Will it hurt your chances of being accepted?

[Shorty11, BSN, RN]

I would be weary of retaking a lot of classes. It's one thing retaking a class that you got an F in; totally different to retake a class that you got a B in to try to get an A the second time. Some schools place a limit on the amount of "grade replacing" students can do. You will have to call your school and see if they have something like this is place. I am in a traditional BSN program. Our university only allows 3 grade replacements for the entire degree. Our nursing program only allows you to retake one class, and this counts as one of the 3 courses you are allowed to retake. Not sure how your school is but I would be very careful about remaking classes that you don't have to. With that being said, I know GPA is a very important component of how you get into nursing school so I understand your thought process here. Best advice, would probably be to talk to an academic advisor at your school.

[Cali_Nurse_209]

I'd agree with the other poster. You should check directly with the program you want to attend because every school is different. The BSN program that I was accepted to only allows you to retake 1 science course and 1 non science course and you also get penalized on your application and lose points for retaking classes. So you should really contact the nursing dept.