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Hi everybody,

Im new to this site and could really use some advice. Im starting LSU traditional BSN program. Was wondering if anyone has any advice about what to expect and what I should do to prepare. Also if anyone is actually a student at LSU that would help or if they are starting in the Fall as well.

yeah, same here. i'm so nervous. my GPA for my nursing pre-reqs is a 3.4 i believe. so i think my gpa and score is pretty average or borderline-average. so i'm kinda hoping that i can get in based on me being a male and a minority which is bad. but only reason my GPA is so low is cause i messed up my first 2 semesters which i regret!

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I am the same way! I actually started off at Our Lady of the Lake and transferred to LSU in Baton Rouge and had to retake majority of my classes over. Such a waste of time!!! Have you written the goal statement paper?

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not yet, i was planning on starting soon to try and finish it before july so i can get everything over with as soon as possible.

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Yeah me too. But I stupidly decided to take summer school and my classes don't end until August 12th so I'll probably have to send in my transcript twice. I'm cutting it really close!

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dr. essie at lsu said that as long as your pre-reqs are in progress, you will be considered. or are you just trying to have a higher grade in certain courses? if you dont mind me asking, what's your GPA in the pre-reqs?

and is the application deadline aug 15 or is that the day that you can start applying? when i talked to dr. essie, she said that was the day that you can start applying but the site says thats the deadline

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well i had to finish my last pre-req which is biol and biol lab, so i'm in that right now. of those 16 hours, right now i have a 3.25 (which sucks, i know). but i'm hoping i can do well enough to boost it a little bit. and then i'm taking religion as a summer intersession to finish up my last humanities. other than that, i have everything finished. in the fall i am taking abnormal psych and statistics so i'm hoping that looks good too. (moderator edit of name - please do not post names of those in your nursing program per terms of service) told me that 80% of lsu students get accepted, which kind of makes me feel better but still. i'm really borderline.

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Oh and I'm pretty sure August 15th is the deadline!

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Well I had to finish my last Pre-Req which is BIOL and BIOL Lab, so I'm in that right now. Of those 16 hours, right now I have a 3.25 (Which SUCKS, I know). But I'm hoping I can do well enough to boost it a little bit. And then I'm taking Religion as a Summer Intersession to finish up my last humanities. Other than that, I have everything finished. In the fall I am taking Abnormal Psych and Statistics so I'm hoping that looks good too. XXXXXX told me that 80% of LSU students get accepted, which kind of makes me feel better but still. I'm really borderline.

i took abnormal psych last semester and got a C. im going to be retaking again this fall semester to try and boost that grade up. going to try a different teacher this time around. im still waiting to get into statistics. the waitlist is ridiculous so im hoping i can get into one of the sections that open during the summer for the incoming students.

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Which section are you taking?

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for abnormal psych? section 3

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Oh okay, I'm in section 1. Just wanted to see if we had a class together!

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thats with (moderator edit of name - please do not post names of those in your nursing program per terms of service) ? i took him last semester and the killer part was sitting through a three hour class late at night. it was interesting, but just too long

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