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Hey Bill - I doubt I will be finishing my degree at CCRI anyway. But may have just as much a problem getting in elswhere now. I thought that the nursing program did not take grades that were curved? Maybe its that the nursing classes don't grade on a curve. Lessons Learned - Research your Professors BEFORE you take the class. (I will save you all some trouble... Life isn't always fair Duck

I posted this to the Student Nursing forum - but since it is local (Meaning CCRI) I wanted to post here and see if I could get some reactions: I recently found out that a fellow student will be getting an A in Physiology - good for her but she actually earned an 87 with 10 points of extra credit on each exam and was graded on a curve. I am not debating the merits of extra credit, we all can use help in difficult courses, however my issue is with the fact that if this is true and if she is taking the same course we should be held to the same standards. At mid-term I had a solid B with an 85 on two out of three exams. I received a C for the class. What my final exam grade was has not been communicated to me. I am not happy with this grade but that is what I earned. My class was not given extra credit options and was not graded on a curve. There were many students in my class who had to withdraw from the class because they were not meeting the standards required for admittance into the nursing program. However if they had the other professor then they may have ended the class with B's or A's. How can this be justified? My GPA is now 3.75, which is not bad. However with the grade of a C in Physiology I can forget about being accepted through the merit based system. Another student who in reality earned a lower grade than I did but based on a curve and some extra credit will be allowed into the program before me or other students in the same situation. I believe there should be some uniformity to the standards of grading if the school is to expect the same integrity from it's students, especially if this affects a student's chances of admittance into a very competitive program.

Hey PRE - Youngins? I though I was still a youngin! Nursing students ages run the gammut from traditional high school grads to 50+ Night and weekends you will find will probably be mostly older because we all work during the day. But if you look as statistics the average age of nursing grads is something like 32.

Hey There - Congrats on starting your classes at ccri. I am currently finishing up my pre-reqs there as well. The thing you have to remember is you need to do really well, since ccri admittance into clinicals is becoming merit based. You are going to need to get a minimum of a B in Dosage, Anatomy, Physiology and Micro. So make sure you take them when you have enough time to study. You will find that 99% of the students at CCRI are also working full time, some with families - so you certianly won't be alone in that area. Definitely take dosage and intro to health in the summer - intro is EASY as pie. I am not mathmatically inclined and I still got an A in dosage - it makes sense. If you live in RI and want to expedite some classes you can sign up for a few psych classes as TV courses - I took developmental psyc while I was taking Anatomy and it was great! Only have to go in for exams. I wouldn't jump into Anat or Phys in the summer - too much stuff to know and too short a time to jam it all in. esp' if you are working full time. Good Luck!!!:monkeydance:

Right now I work full time (40hrs/week) in marketing while I am taking my core classes (bio, psych, etc..) when it's time for clinicals, I expect I will leave my job and get a lot of loans! If they will let m e work part time at that point it will be great, but I am not going to hold my breath.

I have many reasons for changing careers and going into nursing. I am almost through my first semester and am just so psyched to be finally working toward it. I am so excited for the variety of the field. I have known I wanted to be a nurse since graduating from college in 2000 but, lacked the motivation for 4 more years of school at that point (and the money;) ) I love the science, the aspect of being usefull to society and helping people, the freedom that you all have expressed in this thread is going to fit me well. I don't know which aspect of nursing I will get into (probably many)! I know it will be hard but it will be important and it will be worth it. Thanks for the topic! Duckzoom

I have a BA in Art History and have decided to go the Associate's Degree to BSN to Masters route. I know it will take longer but I am prepared for that. I live in RI and looked into the BSN program at Rhode Island College, their classes just aren't conducive to the working adult's schedule. I feel that at least I will be practicing while getting my BSN and hey, maybe I can get my employer to fund some of it! :)

Hi Krissy - Thanks for the suggestion, I will check that out. Although I guess I wouldn't consider 30 years old "late in life" :-)

Just curious, I would love to hear from any nurses/nursing students/etc. Is nursing a second career for you? If so what did you do before, when and why did you decide to go into nursing? I will be working toward a BSN starting January, and also plan to become a CNA or SNA while I am getting my degree. For the past 6 years I have worked in marketing for an ice-cream company. Marketing, I have found no matter how fun the product, is not fulfilling to me. My mom is an NP and I have always had so much respect for what she does, her knowledge and her usefulness to society. I can't wait to start down that path!