Semester Hours Completion?

[MarjinWai]

Hello!

I'm currently a student and attending a community college. I'am interested in the nursing program and I know it is a very competitive field that nobody can actually enter without having all the requirements! I know the recruiter are going to look into the GPA, teas test, and the required courses. I reviewed the application and it talk about the semester hour completion and I wonder if it's really something important to recruiters and something else they look into also? I screwed up back in college, but I'am giving a 101% effort and dedication to push myself to run that extra mile. I want to get my grades back up and ace the teas test So, do schools look into semester hours or just GPA and could anybody tell me if they had a very bad experience during the 1-2 years of college, but suddenly went god like beast mode and manage to get accepted to a ADN program?

Sincerely, Hopefully a future RN

[caliotter3]

Each school (nursing program) has its own requirements and policies. You need to direct specific questions to specific programs to learn the differences and which program might be more accessible to you.

[BrendanO, MSN, RN]

I had a terrible for my first two years in college, and I just got into a direct-entry MSN/RN program. You can definitely recover from the indiscretions of youth!

That said, caliotter3 gave you the necessary information about semester hours. If the program you're looking at requires a certain number to be completed, it's unlikely that they'll waive that requirement. As you noted, most nursing programs are quite competitive; if a school can fill all their spaces with students who have a 4.0 GPA and fulfilled all their other requirements, they probably will. If you need to take more classes to fulfill previous hours requirements, just view that as a way to get your GPA up even higher than you have.

Good luck to you!