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hi everyone,

i am looking to find out information about the excelsior program. i am currently in an lpn program and will be done in december and i have some pre-req rn credits finished through a few different accredited schools. some of my grades were bad and was wondering if excelsior will take just the classes i did great on or will those bad grades affect my chance at getting in. so i guess what i am saying is should i send all my information in or just information from the schools where i did amazing? thanks for the help!!!:nuke:

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Specializes in EMS, ED, Trauma, CEN, CPEN, TCRN.

I don't think they have a minimum GPA, that I recall ... they just won't transfer anything less than a grade of "C." :)

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What Lunah said.

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EC will evaluate your transcripts when you enter and issue you a document that tells you what they are applying toward your EC degree. You can find in their nursing school catalog, a policy that states that you can request to have classes deleted or replaced, thus tailoring your EC transcript to have only your higher graded classes show and give you a higher GPA. This can help you should you decide to further your education and need a higher GPA for admission purposes. EC does accept certain classes with D, but the overall average must be 2.0. You need to clarify these policies for yourself by reading the info and nursing school catalog found on the EC site: http://www.excelsior.edu. Good luck.

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Specializes in EMS, ED, Trauma, CEN, CPEN, TCRN.
EC does accept certain classes with D, but the overall average must be 2.0.

Actually, that has changed this year ... it has to be at least a "C" to be accepted. According to EC, when they became eligible to administer Federal financial aid, some policy changes went into effect at the beginning of the year, including that grades of D will no longer be accepted in transfer.

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:lol2:sorry for the super delayed response. i had actually lost my post and i did not know where to find it... lol! but i did an advanced search and located it. thanks for your info. it is so nice to know they can pick credits from different schools.

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