NLN results

Fun2, BSN, RN · Oct 19, 2005

Hi and welcome to Allnurses.com, Noele1213.

Deciding if a 3.6 is "good enough" is really hard. It really all depends on how your school works.

If it's GPA based, then it may not be, then again it may be. :uhoh3: Try calling the school and find out what the last couple of semester's GPA cut-off was.

For my ownself, the last 2 semester's entries were 3.77, but for Spring '06, it's 4.0. Next semester it may be 3.5, or it may stay at 4.0. There's really no way to tell. It all depends on who applies for each semester, and what the GPA's are.

If your school goes by a waiting list, or points system, it may be good enough.

Sorry I couldn't answer your question, but really there are no true answers.

If this is what you really want, don't give up! :)

Good luck.

Hi there..I'm a newbie nurse wanna be. I'm just about done my prerequisites for entry into nursing school. My application is in and my cum. GPA is a 3.6. Here are my questions. I have been reading this forum for a very long time now and I get the impression that a 3.6 GPA isn't all that great. Is this what most of you believe? Please, don't hold back or try to spare my feeling.I have worked very hard for my grades and I'm not sure I can do much better than this as I'm a single mother of three small kids, and work part time.My husband never wanted me to go to school and left me and the kids in the middle of my second semester. I hate to fail at this for many reasons, as you can imagine, but he is one of the top reasons. I also received my NLN scores and have a composite score of 123. Does anyone know what that means? I called the school I'm applying to and they said they were good scores, but are they good enough??? Please again, spare nothing on my behalf. Honesty, not kindness will guide me here.

**RosesrReder, BSN, MSN, RN** · Oct 19, 2005

Hi there..I'm a newbie nurse wanna be. I'm just about done my prerequisites for entry into nursing school. My application is in and my cum. GPA is a 3.6. Here are my questions. I have been reading this forum for a very long time now and I get the impression that a 3.6 GPA isn't all that great. Is this what most of you believe? Please, don't hold back or try to spare my feeling.I have worked very hard for my grades and I'm not sure I can do much better than this as I'm a single mother of three small kids, and work part time.My husband never wanted me to go to school and left me and the kids in the middle of my second semester. I hate to fail at this for many reasons, as you can imagine, but he is one of the top reasons. I also received my NLN scores and have a composite score of 123. Does anyone know what that means? I called the school I'm applying to and they said they were good scores, but are they good enough??? Please again, spare nothing on my behalf. Honesty, not kindness will guide me here.

A 3.6 rocks in my eyes, but unfortunately the competition is so darn tough and takes care of it.

About NLN scores, your school is the only one that can interpret them. My school requires and X number in verbal and X number in composite to be considered as passing. If you take those same results to another school down the road they are way above passing.

Find out what they require first.

Good luck

ylbourda · Oct 19, 2005

It isn't a question that other people can answer for you, if your GPA is good enough for you and is high enough to get into the program, who cares what other people think? I think that a lot of people who post on here may not be giving us the "whole picture" or perhaps a distorted view of who and what they really are.

I have no where near a 4.0, but I make sure that I focus on getting above the required 75% in all my classes and making sure that I have enough of a cushion that one bad test isn't going to put me in jeapordy. I can not devote all of my spare time to studying and tell my 3 year old "Mommy doesn't have time for you, I have to study all of the time" Nursing is going to be my career... My son is my life and my priority. I am not an over-achiever, I am a wife and mother. :rolleyes:

Catsmeow · Oct 19, 2005

Hiyah!!

3.6 is great! The cutoff for the BSN at University of Texas at Tyler is 3.4 according to when I wrote the Nursing program advisor, last week. That doesn't mean a hill'o'beans to you because you're not applying to UT Tyler but my point is not all schools require that 4.0 GPA for the pre-reqs. (The one you're seeing quite a few posts about is a series of schools that only requires on average, four pre-reqs (they don't skip them by any means, the pre-reqs. they are integrated into the program), so it stands to reason they'd have a higher GPA requirement because it's based on much fewer courses.) The nursing advisor at UT Tyler was terrific about answering my questions (I peppered her with a gazillion, but I made it very clear and numbered out my questions.) My suggestion is immediately jot off an email detailing your questions and ask what the GPA to get in generally is... The UT Tyler folks also told me that while the competition for the TYLER campus is higher, apply to Longview campus, as they get less applicants for that program. They also told me apply in the SPRING as they have less applicants then. All good tips but also perhaps college specific, so just give the Nursing advisor a hollar and see how you do!

Nurse-To-Be-Joy · Oct 20, 2005

At my school, acceptance into the nursing program is based on 4 things, each are weighted as 25%:

1. GPA of pre-requisite classes completed

2. GPA of co-requisite classes completed

3. number of co-requisites completed

4. score on the NET

So... GPA isn't everything. It probably varies from school to school, so don't stress yourself out about it. 3.6 is very good. I know quite a few people in the 3.0 to 3.5 range that got accepted into a nursing program and did very well. Good luck to you!

noele1213 · Oct 20, 2005

Thank you to all of you who answered my questions. Really do love this board!

Noele

Fun2, BSN, RN · Oct 20, 2005

Thank you to all of you who answered my questions. Really do love this board!
Noele

It will become a "good" habit! ...Hope you stick around. :)