What type of student were you before nursing school?

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Just curious as to what type of student everyone was before ns. I, myself was an average student (about 17 years ago), although, there were some courses I just barely scraped by such as algebra II, and geometry. I can't remember studying for anything, not even one time. I guess the real question I'm asking is are there any students that were just "average" in high school now doing extremely well in nursing school? I would love to hear your stories!

Now that I have a different view on school, life, and money, I am determined to do everything in my power to be the best student I possibly can. I don't start my program until July. Hopefully, I'm not being overly optimistic about the whole nursing school experience that lies ahead of me!

Specializes in Psych ICU, addictions.

I was a B+/A- student in high school.

I ended up on academic probation at one point in college (long story) but switched majors and pulled myself together enough to graduate with a 2.8. My parents pressured me into a major I didn't really want to be in, and it showed. I decided in senior year I was going to either switch majors or leave school...but I will also admit that a lot of that decline into GPA hell was my own fault. I didn't go into a major I particularly liked, but that I had enough credits in for me to graduate on time. Ironically, the only A I ended up with the first time around was in a class for that new major.

Now that I'm older and wiser (well, that's debatable) about my studying habits, I was a 4.0 student in NS until recently. It looks like I'm going to end up graduating with just under a 3.8. I could probably keep at 3.9 if I wanted to, but I am so burned out I just want to graduate and be done with it. So I'll still try, but I'm not going to kill myself over it.

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Just curious as to what type of student everyone was before ns.

Better than I am now.....

LOL!:chuckle

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I was pretty lucky and picked up most things from lectures so I rarely studied in HS and always maintain a 3.3 or higher GPA. I thought I could do the same thing in college because the beginning classes like English and thinks like that never really intrested me. But I got a quick wake up call when I got C's in almost all my classes and was put on academic probation. I cracked the book a little more then and still managed to pull A's and B's. Now that I'm in nursing school I feel like I'm making up for all of those times I didn't study because I'm studying all the time now. Even though I study maybe a little less than some of my classmates, I've still managed A's and B's in NS.

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