morality of last 60 hrs

[wallyballie_golf]

Here is the thing, i have another student in my class that is a CRNA hopeful like me and has heard that the last 60 hrs is the main factor for GPA in our area. So what he/she has done is waited for the next to the last semester to take 30 hrs of basics in hopes that he/she will get straight A's on these hrs to make his/her application look better. So what i am wondering is that will these classes actually count or will CRNA programs just look at the last 60 hrs of your nursing classes. Please anybody that are in programs that mainly look at the last 60 hrs or have been in a program like that please comment. I feel cheated that he/she will have a better chance if they do when she is taking "Mickey" classes and i am taking senior level nursing classes.

Thanks for your replies,

wallyballie

[amandanurse]

CRNA programs will look at your core science courses. A's in Chem, Anat & physiology, Microbiology, etc, will have much greater weight in terms of consideration for admission than an A in intro to Sociology. I think that this will hold true regardless of which year each course is taken. Grad schools do look at the gpa of the last sixty hours and this is done for two reasons. One, it is typically the average of the junior and senior level courses. Two, it gives students who might have stumbled their freshman year room to demonstrate that they settled down and were able to perform at the college level. For example, a student might earn a C in Freshman composition their first semester but later earned an A in a 4000 level literature course. That type of transcript indicates a progressive level of maturity and focus. A transcript that postpones entry level courses until the last two years might be looked as the transcipt of someone who changed their major midway through their studies. Postponing entry level courses in order to obtain a higher GPA on the last sixty hours is a "gimicky" approach to impressing CRNA admission boards. Courses are offered in a level of progression for a reason- each course is designed to build on its prereq. Stick to your universities degree plan, do well, and don't worry about other peoples strategies. Again, from my research the best stategy is a solid gpa in core science courses. Good luck!

[radrn2001]

I'm sooo new here but from what I have read, the ones that take the last 60 hours also take into consideration the nursing GPA and science GPA. So the "Basketweaving 101's" probably won't hold much water (no pun intended:). That's just my take from scanning the posts. I was wondering what area you're from, NE, SW......?

radrn

[catcolalex]

Grad school admission people are not idiots, they will see right through that crap.