Transcript Evaluation

[Bortaz, MSN, RN]

So, I have been playing with the idea of going to WGU. I managed to get my very old transcripts sent to WGU in February or March.

Finally, 3 months or so later, I get the transcript eval back in my email. Since many of my classes were taken in the late 80s, I did not expect them to accept many of them. To my surprise, they were very generous with what they accepted as "met".

Basically, all prereq classes except Statistics, Health Assessment and Biochemistry are "met". So just these 3 classes and the 11 nursing classes would be needed. A total of 34 CUs and 14 classes for the BSN (though I'm considering the MSN...or was, until they started the 3 P's nonsense).

Is this pretty standard? How long, generally, would you say the average person would take to complete 34 CUs?

I keep trying to find excuses not to do it, but the school keeps removing those excuses. Darn them. :)

[nursevicki66]

Based on reading many, many posts from other students, this seems like the fairly typical transfer evaluation for the nursing program. It is exactly what mine is as well (with Speech thrown in too). WGU was very generous about matching up past courses with requirements and giving credits where they could.

[skoolrn, BSN, MSN, RN]

I've done 9 courses since march 1. Get my BSN in August. I want the 3 P's!!

[2bTraumaRN2008]

3 p's??

[skoolrn, BSN, MSN, RN]

3 P's : Advanced pathophysiology; advanced pharmacology; advanced health assessment.

These courses are going to be "the graduate nursing core competencies for all master's graduates. These core outcomes reflect the many changes in the healthcare system

occurring over the past decade. In addition, these expected outcomes for all master's

degree graduates reflect the increasing responsibility of nursing in addressing many of

gaps in health care as well as growing patient and population needs."

http://www.aacn.nche.edu/education-resources/MastersEssentials11.pdf

[Bortaz, MSN, RN]

I want the 3 P's!!

You may have mine.

[skoolrn, BSN, MSN, RN]

I know I'm a masochist! haha!

[klone, MSN, RN]

34 credits, totally depends on how self-motivated you are. I finished 32 credits in 3 terms (18 months) but I'm a huge procrastinator and not very self motivated. I could have easily done it in 2 terms if I had just moved steadily along instead of saving three classes for the last month of the term.

[2bTraumaRN2008]

So, it seems I lack in Literature, Arts, and Humanites...hmmm..I really don't remember what "electives" I took to get my Associates degree..what the heck do I do now?

Then they accept my English, but say I need to do the "presentation" part??

Biochem- I will fight this one def. because my chem was gen and physiological which is biochem.

My Health Assess transferred over..good thing since I took many of them.

I'm beginning to think they are looking for gen ed classes just because.

[2bTraumaRN2008]

And what about History courses? I thought they were part of the Humanities group?

[nursevicki66]

2btrauma, good luck with biochem. I tried to fight that one, and my course description even siad it included biochem. But no luck. WGU will only accept a course specifically called "biochem". Not a chem that includes biochem!

Every college looks at history and humanities differently.

And I need to do the presentation part of English too. That is a Speech class, basically.

Be gad you do not have to do assesment, that one is a bear!

[skoolrn, BSN, MSN, RN]

You have to remember that a BS degree is 120 credits anywhere. You got 50 credits for your RN license and credit for the other classes you took as "electives". Unless your class in chemistry was called "biochemistry" they will not take it. That was a hugely fun class! Did it in about 10 days. Don't let the number of classes throw you!!! Really! You are going to fly through them (except for stats)! That "presentation class" is 2 credits, it's probably a power point or something. Regardless of where you go for a BSN you will need 120 credits, so you may as well do it as affordably as possible. Just my opinion!