omg I'm really worried now

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Hey guys I posted on here a few weeks ago regarding motivation. Now I'm even more worried. I've heard some people that got accepted to nursing school that the school only counts the gpa on the courses require for nursing school. I just called one of the school today, and they said they count the overall gpa. Does that mean the overall gpa (meaning prerequisites for nursing school) or overall meaning classes that I took that didn't require as a prerequisite for nursing school. I use to be a biology major. I took some advance biology classes. Did bad in evolutionary biology and biochemistry. I also fail calculus 3 and had C in organic chem, physics one and 2. I'm not really sure on what they meant by overall. I try to ask for more details but the person sounded rude. I guess she was having a bad day. Could you guys shine some light for me regarding this issue. I'm really worried if they count my other classes towards my gpa. I'm already 25 and feeling old lol.

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Overall GPA means all the classes you have taken, not just prerequisites. Typically, nursing programs look at both your prerequisite GPA and your overall GPA.

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OMG if I knew that I should of taking the other classes. My gpa for nuring prereq was 4.0 omg.

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Well, I think they do look much more at your prereq GPA. what is your overall GPA? You can find that on your college transcript.

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I try looking at some gpa calculator but the problem is I went to two school. A community college and a university. My gpa at community is 3.7 including classes not require for college. My gpa at university was 2.5 I only took advance biology and math courses. How do I calculate two gpa.

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I was in a similar situation..

I went to University of California, Santa Cruz... took super hard science courses.. (full year of biology, full year of organic chemistry, full year of general chemistry, biochemistry, calculus with several variables, cell biology) all of which none were accounted for nursing school..

I applied to Holy Names, and they only took courses that counted over (such as algebra, biology, chemistry, a writing course) making all my upper division science courses, useless..

As pertaining to your situation, I think it just depends on your school and what program youre taking. I'm pretty sure they will account for your nursing GPA as well as your overall GPA. I'm just not sure which one would be heavily accounted for.

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That is great Chanksta! I really hope they put more emphasis on my nursing gpa instead of overall gpa. Only reason my grades were much lower was because those classes were way more difficult and I didn't need them. Still regret I should of went for nursing in the first place wouldn't be worrying so much now.

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It does depend on your school. My school would count all of your previous classes, even if they were not applicable towards a nursing degree. For example, my husband was in school for forensic science, they he transferred to my school for culinary. They took all of his credits, even gun classes, and it all counts towards his GPA.

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Happy2learn is correct, it depends on your school. I had 3 semesters from University 20+ years ago in a totally unrelated program. The first BSN program I applied to calculated my previous poor GPA into the cumulative GPA, they did not have a time limit. I was denied because the program was highly competitive.

However, with the 2nd University, they look to only the last 45 credits to calculate the cumulative GPA. All my recent classes have been A's, so my pre-reqs and cum GPA's will both be 4.0's.

Check with the school to see how they calculate it out, it will take a load off your mind if you know for certain. I would have skipped applying to school 1, if I had seen the policy (my fault).

Good luck!

~SD

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Fortunately, my community college's ADN program admission is based on a points system, using only required prereqs and the TEAS:

"Applicants accrue points based on the TEAS composite/reading score and grades earned in required general education courses. In the required science courses, an "A" = 4 pts., a "B" = 3 pts. and a "C" = 2 pts. In all other courses, an "A" = 3 pts., a "B" = 2 pts. and a "C" = 1pt. Admission is determined based on the applicant's accrued points, beginning with the top applicant and in descending order until the class is filled."

I am very thankful for that, as I am going back to college at the age of 29 and had a not-so-stellar GPA when I was in college for Social Work 11 years ago. I got mostly A's, a couple B's and maybe 1 C during my first 3 semesters. Fourth semester? Lack of direction combined with foolishly letting my personal life get in the way caused me to drop out mid-semester without completing the necessary drop forms. :nuke: Adding insult to injury, when I was recently going through all of my old school paperwork, I found that "drop class" form tucked away in a forgotten folder. It had all of my fourth semester professors' signatures, authorizing me to drop the class. All I had to do was get the provost's signature and turn it in to the registrar's office and those classes would have been wiped off my record since it was just before midterms. For some stupid reason, I never did it and now I have all F's for that semester. Doh! You just don't realize how things like that will affect you later in life when you're young, stupid, and think you're invincible. :rolleyes:

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