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    Angry Problems Getting into Nursing School

    I have tried for 3 semesters to get into nursing school. I am done with all of my gen eds, including all my anatomy and all my micro. I have a 3.6 GPA and STILL cannot get into nursing school. The programs around here only let about 40 students in a semester, and that includes the students that failed their first semester of nursing. What really ticks me off is that if they failed... they STILL get priority over new incoming students into the program.

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    Re: Problems Getting into Nursing School

    Is there another nursing school in your area? You shouldn't be having that much trouble getting in with a 3.6 and a good HESI. May I ask where you are from?
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    Re: Problems Getting into Nursing School

    Im from Northern Kentucky, near Cincinnati Ohio. There are other schools, but they have a ton of waiting lists.

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    Re: Problems Getting into Nursing School

    This is only part of the story: http://www.ultimatenurse.com/forum/f...786/#post63454

    Still boils down to: lack of teachers, etc.

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    Re: Problems Getting into Nursing School

    Hmm. We don't have that problem here in TN. Sure people get rejected, but that is usually because they have a low Gpa. The way my nursing school did it is as follows.
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    HESI Score x 500 = Score 1

    (GPA / 4) * 300 = Score 2

    Student Score: [Score 1 + Score 2]
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    So, if you got a 91% like I did, it was .91 x 500 = 455

    3.6 / 4 = 0.9 x 300 = 270

    Total: 725

    The top 40 scores got the spot, the next 40 down were saved as the alternate list. This way everything is based on academic merit.
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    Re: Problems Getting into Nursing School

    The school I'm in only accepted three students with less than a 4.0 in the prerequisets, and they only had an 3.75 in one class. The grade requirement was only for prerequiset classes. (something like a 3.75 in hisotry doesn't count) Many students have either gone to another school that is about a 2 hour drive away or repeated a class they had a 3.0 in so they could get that 4.0 they needed to get in. You may want to try the same.

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