SMU (Samuel Merritt University) BSN Spring 2020

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Hello everyone!!

I just wanted to start a thread for the Spring 2020 term at SMU because I know applications are due soon (July 1st), feel free to drop your stats and all of that good stuff!

On ‎7‎/‎12‎/‎2019 at 6:34 PM, cmerenda said:

Awesome thank you for that info! Do you happen to know how SMU will look at this? Do they recognize the academic renewal policy or just look at the GPA NursingCAS provides?

Hi Cmerenda,

You're welcome ?

----------------- from the Oakland campus told me, SMU uses the highest grade that you receive for a pre-requisite to calculate into your application. SMU recognizes the academic repeat policy.

I am not sure how SMU will look at the overall verified GPA from all college course work(including the pre-requisites and all classes you have taken) that NursingCAS has calculated. I have the same concern as you, however looking at the SMU BSN program requirements, it does not state anywhere that they will be looking at the GPA of all your course work to determine your eligibility into the program.

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2 hours ago, MamaKat916 said:

I was told that W’s were not calculated into the GPA. But then again... I seem to be hearing conflicting statements all the time, so maybe the person in Sac who told me this (before the current admissions counselor) gave me incorrect info?

NursingCAS and SMU have different academic policies regarding Repeats, Incompletes, Withdrawals (these are considered Official), Withdrawal Unofficial (these are not recognized as being graded the same as Official Withdrawals), Credit/No Credit, or Pass/Fail.

I specifically spoke to NursingCAS this week to clarify whether W's were the same as WU's. W's are recognized as correctly and officially withdrawing from a course, whereas WU's are recognized as being incorrectly and unofficially withdrawing from a course. Therefore, according to NursingCAS's GPA calculation, WU's will be counted as an F grade and unfortunately will negatively affect your overall verified GPA.

However, SMU recognizes academic repeat policies, therefore if you received a W grade in one of your pre-requisite courses and retake the course for a better grade, the new and better grade will be used to calculate your pre-requisite GPA.

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On 7/12/2019 at 9:31 PM, emslee43 said:

NursingCAS and SMU have different academic policies regarding Repeats, Incompletes, Withdrawals (these are considered Official), Withdrawal Unofficial (these are not recognized as being graded the same as Official Withdrawals), Credit/No Credit, or Pass/Fail.

I specifically spoke to NursingCAS this week to clarify whether W's were the same as WU's. W's are recognized as correctly and officially withdrawing from a course, whereas WU's are recognized as being incorrectly and unofficially withdrawing from a course. Therefore, according to NursingCAS's GPA calculation, WU's will be counted as an F grade and unfortunately will negatively affect your overall verified GPA.

However, SMU recognizes academic repeat policies, therefore if you received a W grade in one of your pre-requisite courses and retake the course for a better grade, the new and better grade will be used to calculate your pre-requisite GPA.

@emslee43 thank you so much for clarifying that. It makes a lot of sense now and I feel much more relieved! ?

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11 hours ago, MamaKat916 said:

@emslee43 thank you so much for clarifying that. It makes a lot of sense now and I feel much more relieved! ?

no prob!

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Hi everyone! I received the preliminary review email last Friday, July 26th! Crossing my fingers and toes that this is my year to get in!

Good luck to everyone ?

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On 7/11/2019 at 10:37 AM, Lety86 said:
40 minutes ago, FutureRNlala said:

Hi everyone! I received the preliminary review email last Friday, July 26th! Crossing my fingers and toes that this is my year to get in!

Good luck to everyone ?

I didn’t get an email ? Does the email say anything about making through first step? Good luck to you!

Ou

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I got my email as well!

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Is the email a good sign? I thought it was more of a confirmation type thing

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I believe it’s just a confirmation that you met the requirements...

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On 7/31/2019 at 10:59 PM, kbena said:

Is the email a good sign? I thought it was more of a confirmation type thing

Was the email just a rundown of the dates??

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On 8/1/2019 at 5:09 AM, Tiffany Tereba said:

I believe it’s just a confirmation that you met the requirements...

Is the email just a run down of the dates? like what will happen up until october?

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On 7/31/2019 at 10:01 AM, LaurenB87 said:

Ou

I think that we received our email on July 10, I realized they are ABSN lol, it was the run down of dates basically I believe.

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