The evaluation process

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A question about the evaluation process.

I was unhappy with the number courses apparently overlooked in my transcript evaluation for an RN-to_BSN program. One area was statistics - while I did not have stat as an undergrad, I actually took 3 graduate stat courses as part of earning my MBA. The school I've applied to somewhat reluctantly agreed to accept one of these grad courses as the equivalent of their Intro to Stat course but I got this warning:

. . . once we bring one of these courses in as a undergraduate course you will not be able to use it as a graduate course in the future. It permanently becomes an undergraduate course in our system . . .

I sent a note back stating that I was unsure as to what that meant and asking for clarification. The response was

Once it is used as an undergraduate course it can not be used as a graduate course.

So I'm still not sure what this means. It appears to be saying that if I go on to grad school at this particular college (say their MSN program) and that program has a statistics requirement, that I would have to take that course, since I "used up" a graduate statistics course to satisfy an undergrad requirement.

Thoughts? Anyone else experience this?

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Specializes in Home Health, Podiatry, Neurology, Case Mgmt.

it does make sense because if you think about it, if they gave you credit for the Stat class as an undergratuate course (3 credit hours) and then gave you credit for a graduate course (3 upper level credits) they would then be giving you a total of 6 credit hours for ONE course. sort of like double tapping it, and that wouldnt be fair if lets say i came in with NO stat credit i'd have to take both an undergraduate and graduate level course to satisfy the requirements. does that make more sense?

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Specializes in Home Health, Podiatry, Neurology, Case Mgmt.

i guess my suggestion would be that if you can take an undergraduate course then just take it and get it over with (i think straighterline.com offers one) and then use your graduate Stat course as a grad credit if you do intend to move up in level at that particular school

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