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?

[muffin21]

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

[live4today, RN]

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

[elkpark]

Do you remember the old joke: "Q. What do they call the guy who graduated last in his class in medical school? A. 'Doctor'"?

The same is true in nursing -- the student who just squeaked by all her/his classes takes the same licensure exam and gets the same license as someone who gets all As. Better grades make a real difference if you're applying to graduate programs later on, obviously, but I've been in nursing ~20 years now and have never had an employer ask me for a copy of my transcript from nursing school -- all they care about is that you graduated and that you have a valid license.

Nursing school is hard -- and that's why there are so few "straight A" students. Doing "well enough to get by" is plenty good enough. The important thing is that you learn what you need to to get licensed and provide safe, competent care to your clients when you get out, not whether you ge the best grades in your class.

[Tweety, BSN, RN]

opps

[Tweety, BSN, RN]

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.

[RN4NICU, LPN, LVN]

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.

[grinnurse, RN]

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).

[Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN]

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

[KAT NC]

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

[Emery]

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