Hi I am going to apply to a community college's registered nursing program and graduate with an associate degree from it.
I am very afraid I am not going to make it into the program though because so many people apply to get in. You must have a 2.5 GPA to get in, and I have a 2.4 GPA.
What is hurting me is several years ago, I was going to take paralegal classes, well my counselor had me signed up for two classes, and I never dropped out of them, so I got stuck with a big fat F on both classes.
Is there anything I can do to get those two grades dropped? I dont even need them for my program but they are really hurting my GPA. I talked to someone about it a long time ago and they said for me to drop them I would need documentation I was sick or something. I don't even remember what happened that year.
Also I wanted to know if I took a minimeste that starts next week, Ace it, if it will be enough to change my GPA from a 2.4 to a 2.5, the nursing application has to be in by February 2, 2008.
speak with your advisor about it. At our school, if you've done really poorly in a certain number of qtrs (one or more in a row; gpa under 1.5) then what they do is draw a line under those qtrs, and all of the classes from those qtrs don't count towards your gpa anymore.
Fortunately, when I applied to our nursing program, they only looked at the compass score. I have gotten a 4.0 throughout nursing school and graduate this week. I have been trying to figure out how to get rid of those past grades in hopes of getting into graduate school. Even with a 4.0 in nursing school, the average of all my grades is not sufficient. Thanks for the encouragement.
Also I wanted to know if I took a minimeste that starts next week, Ace it, if it will be enough to change my GPA from a 2.4 to a 2.5, the nursing application has to be in by February 2, 2008.
I don't know what a "minimeste" is, but projecting your GPA really isn't too hard...(if you're a nerd who likes to punch a calculator like me! ) you need to know the credit hours for each class you plan on taking, your total credit hours and your cumulative GPA. Each letter grade gets a point designation that goes like this:
A: 4 points
B: 3 points
C: 2 points
D: 1 point
F: 0 points
So, if next term you got an A in a 4 credit class that would be 16 points, if you got a B in that same 4 credit class that would be 12 points and so on.
Example: let's say you have 50 credit hours factoring into your GPA right now and we know that your cumulative GPA is 2.4 so thus far you've earned 120 points...following me?
Now, next term you take a 4 credit class and get an A, so that's an additional 16 points...so 120 + 16 = 136 divided by your total credit hours which would now be 54 instead of 50 so your NEW GPA would be 136 divided by 54 which is (drum roll please) 2.51....YAYYY!
Tip: the more total credit hours you have factoring in, the harder it will be to change your GPA and the fewer credit hours you have the easier it will be; for instance I currently have 165 credit hours, so my GPA barely budges each semester. If you only had 10 credits playing into your cumulative GPA of 2.4 and got an A in a 4 credit class then you would all of a sudden jump to a 2.85...
if you want me to figure it out for you, just post how many total credits you have and how many credits this "minimeste" would be and I'll project your GPA for you (or you could do it yourself if you've followed the calculations so far)
Also, meeting with an adivisor for that specific program is probably your best bet. In this city, most of the programs that I've looked into only consider your applicable pre-requisite GPA (classes you NEED for nursing school)...those that consider your entire cumulative GPA usually have an allowance for some sort of academic amnesty or forgiveness.
1 school has a 7 year rule, if you had performance in the past and you want to wipe the slate clean so to speak, then they will allow you to fill out a request form to have your academic record expunged in their eyes for any classes taken before a certain date that you choose, as long as this date is a minimum of 7 years ago.
This is a double edged sword though becuase you can't pick and choose what you want expunged so for instance if you were hoping to use a writing class from 10 years ago to fulfill that requirement, but you wanted to "expunge" a paralegal class from 9 years ago; you couldn't do that, or if you were planning on using 2 years of highschool foreign language for your BSN requirement, you couldnt' do that either.
But, it's worth checking into. Before you sign up for more classes you should check with the advisor to see if you even HAVE to.
My school's program is just like nurz2be... they only factor in the pre-req's that they required for the program and take that into calculations.. which was really good for me because if they took my REAL gpa and used that as my admission gpa, then technically I would be screwed.. because like you I had a few not so good grades within my transcript, but luckily not on the classes that were required.. try calling your school's director and ask him/her to see.. good luck.. :)
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From my experience, if some of the courses are not needed to enter into the nursing program, they will not be counted. But, also, keep in mind that in some community colleges, they may say that you need a 2.5 to APPLY, but the reality usually is that there are limited seats compared to private schools, (such as 40 seats and 300 applicants) therefore, if they have 40 seats available (for example), they might accept the 40 HIGHEST GPAs which usually are those that have obtained at least a 3.8 and above. I had a friend that was not accepted with a 3.7 GPA at my community college because a great deal of the applicants had 4.0 and 3.9. Some have lotteries, others have an additional exam such as the NLN along with the GPA requirements. It is very competitive in community colleges because of the cheaper tuition rates. Good luck and as high as you can.
I talked to the admissions and vice president today and found out that the minimester, which is a class taken in two weeks crammed, rather than in 8 or 12 weeks, will not help my GPA if I am to apply for the nursing program by February 1, 2008. Because the new GPA won't post until after Feb. 1.
I also found out that my A in medical terminology from this fall semester, hasn't been put onto my unofficial transcript, and that it might make a difference.:uhoh21:
Also, I have found a petition for a grade W which means you don't have any points lost or added, and that you dropped from the class not late. You get a big fat F if you drop it late. That is what happened to me, I never even went to these classes, but was involved in an accident, and do have ER documentation and Doctor documentation for that to try and petition those two F's and get them taken from my GPA.
My problem is because these two classes that got the late withdrawal F's were in Fall of '06 it has been several semesters since I could of wrote in for a petition.
Now I am not sure what I should say my excuse is for not turning in an petition earlier.??? The truth is I just didn't know you could do that!
No petitions without professional documentation, or if they are not by illness, death, illness in family, death in family, or accident, will not be considered. I have that part covered, I was in an accident and it's documented.
But it says no petition will be considered if you forgot about it, or was immature. I assume that means your reason on the petition and not the reason why I am just now doing this.
Should I just say that I wasn't aware of a petition for a W grade? Because I do have an explanation on the petition, my accident and doctor documentation and hospital records.
) you need to know the credit hours for each class you plan on taking, your total credit hours and your cumulative GPA. Each letter grade gets a point designation that goes like this:
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speak with your advisor about it. At our school, if you've done really poorly in a certain number of qtrs (one or more in a row; gpa under 1.5) then what they do is draw a line under those qtrs, and all of the classes from those qtrs don't count towards your gpa anymore.