FutureCRNA1999

A little update. I’m proud to say that I got an A in A&P 1 and my GPA has gone up to 3.3! ?

Hi everyone, I currently have two more classes of pre-reqs before I can apply to nursing school, which I’m taking this fall. However, the schools that I am applying to only admit for the fall term, which will leave me out of school until the fall of 2021. During that time, I was thinking of getting my CNA license and working until I start nursing school. Is this a good idea? I would love to get a feel for the clinical setting before I start the program and so I don’t sit around for a little less than a year doing nothing. For those of you who worked as a CNA before nursing school, I would love to hear your experiences!! ?

Do you think it would be better to wait rather than putting that I am completing the course at the moment in the application as they require transcripts upon completion?

I am currently in my last year at a community college, however, my transcript is a complete mess. I was doing very well, until the fall semester of 2018. In the fall of 2018, I got extremely sick and was sick for the whole term. During that time I was taking A&P 1, nutrition, and two other electives. Being very ill really affected my academic performance and I ended up getting an F in anatomy and a C in nutrition. Since then, I have recovered and my grades have made a very large improvement. I received a B in microbio and microbio lab, a B in statistics, and A's in the rest. However, because of the F in A&P, my GPA dropped to a 2.9. I am retaking it this semester and my school offers grade forgiveness, so my GPA will go back up, but with nursing applications being due on March 1st, the 2.9 GPA is what is going to appear on my application. I am taking the HESI in about three weeks if that matters at all at this point. I feel very lost and discouraged; I feel as though I will not get accepted into any nursing school at this point. I did not expect to become as ill as I did, which completely threw me off. Has anyone else had a similar situation or just overall any advice on how I should go forward with this?

My school offers grade forgiveness, so if I do retake A&P 1 and get an A, the A will count towards my GPA instead of the D, but both grades will remain on my transcript. So, with that being said, do you think it would still be worth pursuing my nursing degree with that C in nutrition and the first attempt D on my transcript, even if I do well in the rest of my prereq courses? I'm beginning to lose all hope here as I have really big hopes of becoming a nurse.

Hi everyone, I am in my fourth semester of community college and I just received a D in my A&P 1 class, despite my hard work. I plan on re taking it. My current GPA is a 3.0 because I messed up freshman year and got a few C's, and I also got a C in nutrition. My main worry is the fact that I will not be able to get into nursing school because of the C in nutrition!!! I don't have a second option degree because nothing else appeals to me!!! Is it still possible for me to get into a good nursing school if I receive A's and B's in the rest of my pre reqs?