Retake Micro and A&P 2

keepmovingrn · Dec 10, 2011

An B is good! Move forward with your next coorifices. Sometimes when you hear about students having all A's etc... and not being accepted there is more to the story. Maybe they had to repeat classes that they failed a while back etc...Don't listen to others on that "I didn't get accepted and I had perfect grades" speech. You can get accepted with B's. I had B's in mico and A&P I and was accepted.

plasmatix · Dec 11, 2011

I can't say that this is the case with your friends, but I hear about an awful lot of students who have near-perfect GPAs, 'A's in all sciences, in the 99th percentile on the TEAS....and they're turned down. keepmovinglpn is right: often there's more to that story. But another reason may be that everyone's credentials may not be as stellar as they are claiming. There seems to be a growing phenomenon: "Don't like your reality? No problem. Create an alternate one."

I'm not saying that your friends aren't truthful. But I am saying that you should use caution in using other people's experiences as a frame of reference, especially in allowing them to plant and nourish seeds of doubt in your head. Look back on your performance in each of those classes? Did you work as hard as you could in them, and put the amount of study in that your instructor recommended? If so, then I don't think you need to take it again. However, if you slacked off a lot, and barely studied because you found the class material incredibly boring and irrelevant....well, I'll let you answer that one.

What you may want to work on during this time is the essay that will accompany your applications (if the programs to which you are applying require them). There are hopeful applicants who submit applications with 4.0 GPAs, stratospheric TEAS scores, and impressive resumes that list countless volunteer gigs..... and essays that reveal their inability to spell, punctuate, tell the truth, or form cogent thoughts.

If you have to write an essay, just be yourself. Be honest about why you've decided to pursue an education and career in nursing. Make sure that you have a very clear and accurate understanding of what it is that most nurses do on a regular basis: many nursing students don't, an inconvenient truth that tend to emerge during their first clinical. Also, do some research on what sets each of the schools to which you are applying apart from the others: it will demonstrate to the admissions committee that you don't consider them as just another school on the list, another opportunity to get credentials.

BTW, keep in mind that many schools (especially some the the community college ADN programs) are moving to rolling admissions, where applicants are admitted on a first come, first served basis. As long as an applicant meets the admissions requirements (often, a 2.0-level GPA, min. TEAS score of 65, no essay), they're on the list, and will get a seat in the program ahead of students who have worked hard for near-perfect scores. So make sure that you know how your chosen school processes applications.

Best of luck to you. Get your confidence level up, and keep it there. You'll need it when you start your nursing classes.