Quabilah Williams

At this point, with traditional decisions taking forever to come out, I feel like they're waiting for final grades to post...We've past the 6-8 week timeline...

Hi everyone! I wanted to have a bit of a discussion and get feedback from all my nurses, nursing students, and pre-nursing students. We all know getting into nursing school is hard and ridden with anxiety. Struggling to keep that 4.0, applying to multiple programs, taking & retaking TEAS and HESI exams; it all sucks! But it's worth it for us to finally enter our career field. Focusing in on GPA status and grades, what has been your experiences getting into nursing school with the 'perfect' 4.0 versus something like a 3.0? Did getting Bs or that one C in a science class throw you off when starting Nursing Fundamentals or clinicals? I think it's been discussed before somewhere, but I've read that some nursing professors prefer students with a subpar GPA rather than a straight A student because they tend to choke on the floor? If you had any experience in healthcare prior to starting nursing school, do you think it helped your application and clinical experience? Nursing programs say they accept applications from students with low GPAs (I mean lower than 3.3) because every cohort is different, but if GPA holds a heavier weight in the application process, where does that leave everyone else? Do you think nursing schools should be upfront about the cutoff GPA they actually accept? Say the admissions criteria is a minimum of 3.0 but historically, no cohort has been accepted with less than a 3.8. With a shortage of nurses, programs should be more fluid maybe? Make no mistake, I'm very happy for those that achieved perfect grades and made it into nursing school, you worked hard and you earned it! How were clinicals for you? But for those that struggled academically but still got in, how's nursing school for you? What finally helped you get into nursing school? I'd like this to be an informative discussion from everyone. Let's try to keep this thread as friendly as possible!

Lololol my GPA is 3.52 and my science GPA is low...like 2.92 I think. TEAS 82. My only saving grace may be the associate degree in science I already have from GSU, that I've been on the President's list 2 semesters in a row and my nursing/volunteer experience. I'm praying to ALL the gods ?

The deadline for spring was October 1st and with next semester being so close decisions usually go out around the end of October up until Thanksgiving.

Nursing schools saying they'll take C's are BS in my personal opinion, when they really want A's and B's. Of course nursing school is a monumental challenge but I think school's should be more honest about what they really want. We can study all we want but when life gets in the way it's not always possible to get higher than a B. Bio 1/2 were my AP classes!

I'm applying to nursing programs officially for the first time, though I've made plans to apply previous semesters but just couldn't afford it (started college in '15) and good God this is stressful. I'm worried about my science grades not being good enough. I'm applying to Georgia State (currently attending), Kennesaw State, GA College&State, and possibly Clayton State....My transfer GPA is a 3.52 and all my pre-reqs are done. Chem 1/Lab: C/A Chem 2/Lab: C/B Bio 1/Lab: B/C Bio 2/Lab: B/B MicroBio/Lab: C/C Stats: B College Algebra: B PreCalc: A All the colleges want C's or better in these classes but that's a load of BS. I'm debating retaking my microbio (I've already taken all my sciences twice except Chem 1 lecture and micro) but I don't know how that will affect my acceptance since my transcripts have already been sent. Unfortunately, I couldn't retake my bio this past semester and all the classes are full for summer. I know I'm going to have to score almost perfect on my TEAS exam next month to have an actual chance at getting into a program. The stressful part is knowing whether or not the nursing boards will focus more on a high score in the science section of the Teas enough to overlook my C's in chem and microbio.