Prereq's grades vs nursing school grades

ExCorporateRN · Oct 15, 2007

I had a 4.0 in pre-reqs and 3.55 nursing GPA. It is tough to get all A's in clinical courses. Nutrition, Pharm, Patho, etc... A's are attainable.

marilynmom, LPN, NP · Oct 21, 2007

A's and a few B's in pre-req and still the same in nursing school. I've made more A's than B's in nursing school, no C's. Last semester I made 3 A's and 1 B.

I think what works for me is I know *how* I learn which I think is important (I'm auditory so if I listen in class, I will remember everything the teacher says; I'm also hands on learner but I need to know the theory behind what I am doing for it to make sense for me). I also don't think nursing school is hard, just the amount of stuff that you have to learn and do can get overwhelming if your not organized and prioritize your studies.

But whatever, grades are not the real world. Some people (like me!) do try to maintain a higher GPA because of graduate school (I want to go to NP or PA school) and some people are perfectly content and happy to be a bedside RN forever and passing is fine. Real nursing comes after school.

allthingsbright · Oct 21, 2007

I always get 90-91%'s in everything. In pre-reqs that was an A--nursing school that is a high B.

GL!

S.N. Visit, BSN, RN · Oct 21, 2007

I had a 4.0 in prereq's... but graduated with 3.4 GPA. The grading scale for nursing was brutal!

HeartsOpenWide, RN · Oct 21, 2007

I got an A in Micro; Physio; Anatomy; Oranic, inorganic, and bio chem. Last year was my first year of nursing school. I only got one solid "A" the rest were A- and B+ and Bs. Nothing under a B. I work for those grades, they were a lot harder to get than the "As" in my pre-requs.

CT Pixie, BSN, RN · Oct 22, 2007

4.0 pre

currently holding a 3.65 (midterms are next week)

Mariacookies · Jan 31, 2011

]I'm a Mom headed back to school. Wow, I'm behind. I have recieved A's and B's on most of my pre-req's, but the problem is I decided to take Enlgish on-line. Didn't do well recieved a C. Should I re-take this class. I'm veryconcerned. Since at my age I don't have a lot of time for error. I thought on-line would be easier when in fact it was difficult. I still have my daugher in school so on-line seemed to be the way to go. This was honestly harder.

Will they look at that C as a strike against me. Let's say I take it again and recieve an A will they drop the C or will that C drag in my grades forever. Thank you for any help. I appreciate any feedback. :heartbeat

cayenne06, MSN, CNM · Jan 31, 2011

I had a 4.0 before I entered the program, averaging about 98% on all my tests.I got an A- my first semester in nursing and just barely made an A last semester. I haven't had a test yet this semester (so many snow days!!) so I have no idea how things will go, especially considering that I am a surrogate and pregnant with twins!

m2theRZA · Jan 31, 2011

I personally thought prereqs were a bit harder than nursing school - and I say that because I did my prereqs in institutions that followed a curve (e.g. 5% A's, 10% B's, etc). I ended up getting a C in chemistry and a B in micro - but was still accepted into pretty decent accelerated programs (focusing more on the personal statement/essay component of the application). I recently graduated with a 3.7 in an accelerated BSN program.

To be honest, you wont even use chemistry in nursing school - so I wouldn't be too worried about a B. But I would definitely focus on acing anatomy/physio if anything! :)

Mariacookies · Jan 31, 2011

Thank you very much for your feedback. I apprecaite it very much. I wish I had recieved a B, but it was a C in English of all thing's. I will work very hard on my Anatomy P. Thank you for that information. What a great GPA.

Congrats with your BSN. :yeah:

SLM3 · Jan 31, 2011

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