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  1. Anyone know how soon it takes to set up a TEAS exam date?

    Didn't use pearson, but I found out that there were only two test dates I could take before my winter vacation. The first one was in 15 hours and the second a week later during my finals. I signed up...
  2. Should I even Apply

    If your GPA meets the min req to apply then apply. Although it is true that the average is much greater than the min, the school would set it's min higher if that's only what it is looking for....
  3. How bad is an "F" for a science course

    Every school is different, and sometimes the requirements change. IE the school I am applying to has competitive admissions, an applicant is only compared to their peers. This system makes for a...
  4. Let the wait begin !

    Tuesday would be awesome, my school has until the 28th to post the final
  5. Going for ADN - take BSN courses now or later?

    If you are concerned with GPA and you are not a great student I would say wait. Programs are very competitive and getting anything other than an A in a unnecessary course can be
  6. Could someone please explain this to me..

    It's not that your scores aren't great, just that theirs are better. The schools get their pick, and since they are graded on their NCLEX pass rates they are going to pick the very best applicants....
  7. Could someone please explain this to me..

    You are being compared against a moving rubric (the other applicants). This cycle there may have been a large amount of applicants that outranked you, thus the minimum req would have risen. This is...
  8. How bad is an "F" for a science course

    It's better to get the c and figure out how to pay to retake the class than to fail it on purpose to get fin aid to pay for it. Alot if schools average your two attempts and getting a c gives you some...
  9. How Does This Schedule Look?

    Chem is killer, but overall you will be fine as long as you throw in the effort. Is it possiable to make your first semester just three classes and take psych during your last semester so that you...
  10. What does your username mean?

    Well mine is ambiguous. But both meanings apply, I am going to be a student forever and I am in school to learn how to better peoples
  11. UMB FALL 2011

    Hey ksm84, I dropped my online app last week, but I am still working on my essay (BTW it has a two page limit, the app gives the instructions on the portion that requires you to cut and paste your...
  12. http://www.grossmont.edu/nursing/TEAS%20Testing.asp I took a second look at your schools program and I dont think that you are going to be able to get in there with a zero score for your TEAS. I like...
  13. Crashed and burned with my CC's placement test

    Better to take the remedials and get good grades in all your classes than skip them, struggle to get B's and C's and not make it into your Nursing Program. I took basic biology and intro chem...
  14. Your options are limited for sure, but the door is never closed. You have a good plan with taking pre-reqs and repeating courses, but realize that there are multiple approaches schools take on...
  15. Wish me luck!

    I totally feel you on the Grades OCD, but I really envy your school going just off GPA. Trying to come up with my application essay is keeping me from studying for my finals. And the worst thing is...
  16. Wish me luck!

    ^Yeah, same here. Now if I could just focus on getting those
  17. Prerequisites at CC or University for ABSN?

    Can't speak for every program out there as some like ASU rank their applicants by how many credits they took at ASU. However, the school I am applying to is a pretty good school (top ten in the last...
  18. G.P.A....

    As mzchas said each school is different. The one I am applying to factors both the overall GPA and the hard science GPA (A&P 1&2, Chem, and Micro), and retakes are averaged. But there are...
  19. Advice please!!! Lvn or rn?

    Apply to both. Not sure if you have heard, but it is very difficult to get into a nursing program, so You want to have a back up. But unless you have already done all your prereqs, you are going to...
  20. how does the grading system work at your college?

    The real question is how the admitting schools compare GPA's from a school with a +/- system and one w/o. I am not sure it balances out. Nor am I sure who has the advantage (not counting rutguers and...
  21. Help me please

    Why did you do poorly in the summer? No one will be able to give you adequate advice until you tell us why you didn't do so well. Was it the speed of the course? Was it lab? Was it lecture? Was it...
  22. Wow- Aced A&P I and Stats!!! 2 More Finals to Go!

    Nice, hopefully I (as well as the rest of us) can post similar news over the next
  23. are any of you...

    As long as you are smashing the classes, you are doing your part. I am using the gi bill to pay for living expenses and classes, which I don't think is much different from your public assistance. I...
  24. I took the TEAS last Friday on a whimn (didn't know it was offered only on set dates, and when I looked up ati Thursday night I found the Friday morning one was the only test I could take (vacation)...
  25. What Do You Find Hardest About A&P I

    Those two ( midwife and Christina ) nailed it for me. I had spent alot of time on here before taking my A&P classes and they scared me a bit. It was to the point that I was in awe of students that...