Tell me your GPA. Just wanna compare

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I was wondering what the GPA of the average student applying to an accelerated program is. Mine is 3.6. Is this good? Do you think I am in a good position for being accepted? Do you guys thinks being a male helps in getting accepted? I was just wondering as there are so few male nurses out there. Just looking to see what my chances are. By the way, I am applying to NYU's accelerated program, so if there are any guys out there who are doing the same or have gone through their program I would really like to hear from you...

Thanks everyone!:nuke:

Sounds like you're making excuses for why you don't get A's

That being said, being well rounded also means not putting to much hype in the 4.0. I can get a 4.0 anytime I wanted to, but familiy, friends and other interests are part of living. Being fantical about a 4.0, is also showing a bit of nasistic personality disorder. Not to mention they have other social problem because all the do is study, hence might have a harder time getting along with co-workers.

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Specializes in NICU.

I get all A's and spend plenty of time studying, while balancing pretty well my boyfriend and other good friends. I think what you are referring to is the exception, not the rule.

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Sounds like you're making excuses for why you don't get A's

145 IQ, I don't need a escuse.

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145 IQ, I don't need a escuse.

Somehow, I totally understand the lower grades. :D

I'm just messing with you at this point. Don't take it seriously.

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Somehow, I totally understand the lower grades. :D

I'm just messing with you at this point. Don't take it seriously.

There is not much I do. lol.

I love the 4.0 students the ego is so huge when a lesser grade student confounds them they panic like a deer in headlights, it is so much fun, try it sometimes.

Just because you didn't get the A doesn't mean you tried to get it, Not trying and geting the A- or B+ is much more rewarding.

Intellect>Grades. Grades mean very little to nothing in the end. = watch for the egomanics 4.0 students reply to this saying. haha

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145 IQ, I don't need a escuse.

It's spelled "excuse"

Sorry, couldn't resist!

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I know a lot of guys that have the same goals of getting into the nursing program who believe that the smallest amount of effort that will get them into the program is the best philosophy. In a major outside of healthcare and medicine, I might be tempted to agree. However, when the educational pursuit is focused towards providing care for a human being, I have a hard time accepting this philosophy.

Sure it's fine for business or marketing. It's simply not okay for someone who will literally hold someone else's life in their hands. If you can pull B+ and A- scores without putting forth an effort, you owe it to your future patients to pull the A. You owe it to your future career to give everything you've got, everyday. The exhaustion, the frustration of not seeing your friends and not having a social life are all parts of it. The sleepless nights, weekends spent immersed in a text, classroom presentations that captivate your peers because of your attention to detail. This is all part of the training experience. The ground work for a career where you may have to sacrifice dinner plans because a co-worker called in sick and you have to work a double. It is the foundation for a career where your compassion will mean MORE than your intellect. Where your ability to give 110% ALWAYS, isn't going to be asked of you, but expected.

I see your point and yes, some of us are gifted students. A lazy approach to school isn't going to benefit your patients, I don't care what kind of grades you pull. Your desire to be the best, to work with the best, and to provide the best possible care are the only things that will matter. I am a bit concerned for you when you make comments that "you still have to have a life" or that "Just because you didn't get the A doesn't mean you tried to get it, Not trying and geting the A- or B+ is much more rewarding."

It won't be rewarding to a patient's family when you "could have worked for it" and saved a life, but chose to "have a life instead."

Personally, nothing quite irritates me more than a student who could have been the top student but didn't want to apply themselves. If it works for you - terrific. Don't think for a second you'll coast through your career with that attitude.

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I know a lot of guys that have the same goals of getting into the nursing program who believe that the smallest amount of effort that will get them into the program is the best philosophy. In a major outside of healthcare and medicine, I might be tempted to agree. However, when the educational pursuit is focused towards providing care for a human being, I have a hard time accepting this philosophy.

Sure it's fine for business or marketing. It's simply not okay for someone who will literally hold someone else's life in their hands. If you can pull B+ and A- scores without putting forth an effort, you owe it to your future patients to pull the A. You owe it to your future career to give everything you've got, everyday. The exhaustion, the frustration of not seeing your friends and not having a social life are all parts of it. The sleepless nights, weekends spent immersed in a text, classroom presentations that captivate your peers because of your attention to detail. This is all part of the training experience. The ground work for a career where you may have to sacrifice dinner plans because a co-worker called in sick and you have to work a double. It is the foundation for a career where your compassion will mean MORE than your intellect. Where your ability to give 110% ALWAYS, isn't going to be asked of you, but expected.

I see your point and yes, some of us are gifted students. A lazy approach to school isn't going to benefit your patients, I don't care what kind of grades you pull. Your desire to be the best, to work with the best, and to provide the best possible care are the only things that will matter. I am a bit concerned for you when you make comments that "you still have to have a life" or that "Just because you didn't get the A doesn't mean you tried to get it, Not trying and geting the A- or B+ is much more rewarding."

It won't be rewarding to a patient's family when you "could have worked for it" and saved a life, but chose to "have a life instead."

Personally, nothing quite irritates me more than a student who could have been the top student but didn't want to apply themselves. If it works for you - terrific. Don't think for a second you'll coast through your career with that attitude.

What you are failing to realize is the a A in Theory, does not always translate to a A in real life nursing pratice. Iv'e seen it time and time again, especially from the straight A students.

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The chances of an A in school translating to an A in real life nursing are a whole lot higher than a B or C in school translating into an A in real life nursing. You're still trying to rationalize your low GPA as somehow making you smarter or meaning nothing. Neither is true.

No one is saying that B students aren't smart. Not everyone can get A's, it's really hard to get an A and most students SHOULD NOT be able to, or else everyone would get an A and it would be meaningless. If a professor is grading on a bell curve, then 68.2% of students will have a C (average store), 13.6% will get a B, and 2.1% will get an A.

What you are failing to realize is the a A in Theory, does not always translate to a A in real life nursing pratice. Iv'e seen it time and time again, especially from the straight A students.
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The chances of an A in school translating to an A in real life nursing are a whole lot higher than a B or C in school translating into an A in real life nursing. You're still trying to rationalize your low GPA as somehow making you smarter or meaning nothing. Neither is true.

No one is saying that B students aren't smart. Not everyone can get A's, it's really hard to get an A and most students SHOULD NOT be able to, or else everyone would get an A and it would be meaningless. If a professor is grading on a bell curve, then 68.2% of students will have a C (average store), 13.6% will get a B, and 2.1% will get an A.

there is No bell curse in my Nursing school.

You have bought into the assumtion that gpa translates in clinical.

GPA is not intellengence, it is a peice of paper you are putting your trust in, it is meaningless. If it where so important as you claime, then nure manager would pull out your GPA when hiring you, guess what chum? They don't. The sooner you realize that the better.

Experience and intelligence trump paper grades! If you don't believe this just brag that grades matter to you new co-workers and you might see a unpleasant reaction to you on the unit you are hired. I can garantee it.

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Does anyone ask about grades after nursing school?????? Doubt it

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Does anyone ask about grades after nursing school?????? Doubt it

Exactly!

But this bothers someone with a nasistic personality trait or disorder. Ego maniacs just go nuts when you say that.

hahaha:)

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