Will I get into nursing school?

windsurfer8, BSN, RN · May 6, 2015

More than likely NO. You need to talk with the school and not a message board who cannot give you bottom line answers. You HAVE GOT to get better grades. You have your "mind set" on being a nurse, but you are not getting the grades. BEING a nurse REQUIRES getting good grades. It doesn't matter if you "want it" or not. You have to DO IT. You have two options. 1. Get better grades. 2. Find a career that requires minimal education and grades. It doesn't matter if I "want" to be anything if I am not willing to work as much as required to do it. That is all I can say. Study..12 hours a day..if not more. If you REALLY want it you will do it.

Krystal-12 · May 6, 2015

I appreciate your honesty. But do you really think I have no hope at all...

DreamerCNM2b · May 6, 2015

If you have a good explanation for your 1st semester's grades AND you show a huge improvement this semester, you have a chance. Also, some schools won't ask for transcripts from other schools if you earned less than a certain amount of credits. If you have the option of transferring to a different school, it can be a good way to start anew.

Krystal-12 · May 6, 2015

Thank you that gives me a little support I am doing really good this semester and really it's because chem is not in the picture

VivaLaVespaGirl, BSN, MSN · May 7, 2015

If you want to get into nursing school, you are going to have to make up some ground. Nursing school is competitive and grades are very important. Some schools only look at prerequisite GPA, others will look at your cumulative GPA. You need to start researching now the requirements for the nursing schools you are looking to get into so that you can exceed them. Most applicants are going to do much better than the standard 3.0 GPA requirement, so you need to as well. Refocus yourself, figure out what you are doing wrong, and do it better. Get a tutor. Meet with your professors. Join study groups. Do whatever you need to do to be successful.

HouTx, BSN, MSN, EdD · May 7, 2015

Agree with PP advice. Nursing programs use very specific criteria for admissions... but the choice of that criteria is not arbitrary, it is based on an analysis of the things that predict success among their students. If they won't accept prerequisite GPA's

It's not just about the grade. It's about the knowledge that is represented by the grade. If you think of a 4.0 as 100% of the course knowledge, that would mean that a 3.0 means the student has absorbed only 80% of the course information. Nursing programs have a cumulative curriculum... that means each course is built upon all of the knowledge/skills obtained in the previous courses..... not just a portion of that knowledge. So, you can see that 'squeeking by' with minimal room to spare will eventually cause major problems down the road.

No one's trying to be mean, but the reality is that anything less than a 3.5 for pre-requisites will probably present a major obstacle in moving ahead in a nursing program. You're early in the process. Hopefully, you can make corrections and end up exactly where you want to be.