Straight A's

Is it true you must have straight A's to get yourself through nursing school?So many people tell me it's so hard ....and I wasn't the greatest in High School. Please give me some words of encouragment. Colleges to have tutors right?

You do not have to all A's just to get into a nursing program. I went to Penn State for 2 years and got a overall G.P.A of a 3.2, I then transfer to a Community College to bring my G.P.A up some I got a 3.4 at the Community College, and i still got into a nursing program at a good university. I can suggest that if you know where you want to get your degree from find out what they ask for and try to keep your G.P.A higher than that. If you do that you should not have any problems. And yes there are tutors who are willing to help you at most Universities.

Muffin

No, not true at all. :) If that were true........we'd REALLY have a TRUE nursing shortage. :rotfl:

opps

Some programs are so competetive that the best and the brightest grade wise get preferential treatment. It depends on the school. The BSN program here takes 80 students and several hundred apply. So having close to straight A's gets you an edge.

Now if you're asking you have to make straight A's to stay in once your in, then no. C's equals degrees.

Some programs are so competetive that the best and the brightest grade wise get preferential treatment. It depends on the school. The BSN program here takes 80 students and several hundred apply. So having close to straight A's gets you an edge.

Now if you're asking you have to make straight A's to stay in once your in, then no. C's equals degrees.

Careful...where I went to school, C's equal being dropped from the program.

OP - be sure to read your college catalogue.

Straight A's helps getting in with the GPA and all and the various selection processes that the different programs have, but once your in, thank goodness for me, I made a C 2nd semester and got my license June 9th, 2005. The C=RN thing is true but, like someone else said, what degree of C is what you need to know!!! :rotfl: Our program upped what a C was from the normal 70-79 to 75-79. Any C under a 75 was failing.

Study hard and you will do fine. I was a crappy high school student. When I started college I had like a 2.5 GPA (obviously didn't "apply" myself then teeheehee).

Careful...where I went to school, C's equal being dropped from the program.

OP - be sure to read your college catalogue.

Mine, too.:stone

The program I'm in you'd better have a high "C" 78 or better, a 77.5 shows you the door.

I too, used to be worried about that. But in order to get into the Community college nursing program here, it's based on a point system and your GPA is only a very small part of getting in. Don't fret...I'm not anymore. I'm hoping to get into the LPN bridge program in January!! Good luck!

~Emery