What kind of grades did you get when you were Pre-Nursing?

Virgo_RN, BSN, RN · Dec 9, 2007

Straight As.

Tait, MSN, RN · Dec 9, 2007

1.) Do you feel you learned everything you needed to from the class? Do you feel that you need to retake the class because of the grade, or because of the education attained?

2.) Talk to your nursing adviser and find out how detrimental this grade might be to your progression, and do it NOW. Then double check with your general adviser. (Yes that spelling looks weird but it is correct!)

3.) Keep in mind that when it comes to getting hired, 3.0 GPA and up is great and your clinical reviews/recommendation letters also show heavy play, however progressing to Master's programs will require at minimum a 3.0.

I was a classic A/B/C student. A little bit of everything.

caliotter3 · Dec 10, 2007

Find out the rules at your institution and for the nursing program that you are applying to. Some will let you retake a class to get a higher grade. Some will not. You have to find out one way or the other before you decide to sign up for the class. No sense in doing that if the nursing program will not count the retake. Good luck.

Katie91 · Dec 10, 2007

Hi spicychickensandwich (I LOVE that!!),

I agree with Caliotter3 regarding checking with the institution's protocol about re-takes.

Although if you are pulling straight A's in all of your other pre-req's, your GPA will be lower, of course, because of the C. But, when I was in doing my pre-req's, it was an unspoken rule that we must have nothing less than a 4.0 GPA, as getting into the program was so much more competitive back then, there was a waiting list to get accepted into the program.

I would also suggest that you speak w/ your A&P Prof about giving you some extra credit assignments to help boost your over all grade.

Good luck and let us know what happens :)

caloynik125 · Dec 10, 2007

:nono: say that it's over.... .ok :rotfl: I agree with Katie that you better check out with your prof. and if possible ask him to give u assignment for extra grades that wud raise ur C a little!! just be the best actor as u are!! look serious (be serious thou)... any ways y did I say all that!! :rotfl: I did it many times during my college days!! :rotfl: and it works just fine!!!

enough say GUDLAK

spicychickensandwich · Dec 19, 2007

Sorry for bumping this old thread, but I found out I got a B and I'm just sooooo relieved that I must let random strangers on the Internet know!

Though strangely, I'm kind of upset because I could have gotten an A if I started studying sooner. Bwahaha. Guess people are never happy with what they have.

love-d-OR · Dec 19, 2007

good for you. good luck on getting in.

And we are not strangers we are your internet family!

Katie91 · Dec 20, 2007

Hi spicychicken,

Yay!! I'm so happy for you!!

Yes, we may be randon strangers, but really, we are not, as we have all been in your shoes at one time or another.

Virgo_RN, BSN, RN · Dec 20, 2007

I'm not certain how your nursing program works, but ours assigned points to prereqs according to grades. For instance, an A in A&P would get you 4 points, a B would get you 3, a C=2, etc. The number of points on your application directly influenced getting into the program or not. So, one B in your prereqs might not matter if you got all As otherwise, but all Bs might have been too few points to get in. It was very competitive, and basically you either had to have a ton of work experience in health care already, or straight As or a combination of both in order to be accepted into the program. We had over 200 applicants annually for about 70 slots in the program. Since I had the minimum number of points for work experience, it was my straight As that got me in. Some of the others in my A&P classes were retaking them in hopes of getting As.

oneofHIs · Dec 24, 2007

Hey, I'm new to this nurses.com thing. This is my first reply. I did get an A in A&P 1 and A&P 2. I also tutored A&P 1. It was suggested to me to take A&P before I got in the program so that is what I did. Thank God!! Because that was some of the hardest studying I ever did! Some of my friends got C's though and they got in just the same as I did. They did have good grades and a good GPA from other courses though. If you have a high C, I wouldn't take it again (as long as you feel like you learned the material and maybe you just didn't test well). I hope you get in. I'm getting ready to start my second semester (all A's the first semester!!!!!!!!!!!!)I love it. I've waited so long for this.I'm started a whole new career. I'm old enough to be a mom to some of the people in my class.

KeithG · Sep 2, 2008

being a nurse is not based on your grades when you were in college i tell you im not the sharpest knife in closet when i was a student im not telling you im not smart though im now a registered nurse and my friends who is one the top 10 of my class is still taking the local board nursing is based on skill and experience it's like a sport that you have to practice and train endlessly to become good at it unless your gifted it is also an art and endless learning process where you should make the most of your time everyday and try to learn new things even the simplest knowledge can make a difference when you need to use your critical thinking good luck on your nursing career