Can one apply to nursing school while omitting prior college coursework?

[ScottFern]

My sister took 23 hours at a state school and later withdrew. Her GPA was 2.5 and now she is looking to apply to another 4 year nursing school. However, she thinks her low GPA is going to eliminate her from the applicant pool simply based on her prior grades.

What I want to know is: Can you apply to a 4 year nursing school while leaving off your other college courses?

Is it realistic to get into a nursing school with a 2.5 GPA from another school with 23 credit hours?

 

[Whisper]

Hmm, I'm not sure if you're technically required to include prior course work when you aren't planning on trying to get credit for that course work. I'd be inclined to say that no, she couldn't leave it off, but I might be wrong.

And I'd imagine that it's possible to get into a nursing program with a 2.5 GPA, although she might not be accepted by her first choice.

 

[Wreckem]

You cant omit prior course work, unless its been 10 years since it was completed.

My suggestion is she goes to a Junior/Community College and get her basics and prerequistes out of the way then transfer to the 4 year school. She should be able to get her GPA to the 3's if she tries.

 

[Wreckem]

Originally posted by: Whisper
Hmm, I'm not sure if you're technically required to include prior course work when you aren't planning on trying to get credit for that course work. I'd be inclined to say that no, she couldn't leave it off, but I might be wrong.

And I'd imagine that it's possible to get into a nursing program with a 2.5 GPA, although she might not be accepted by her first choice.

Not likely. Even ADN programs require above a 3.0 to get admitted into. You arent getting into a BDN program with a 2.5 transfer GPA.

 

[ScottFern]

Originally posted by: Wreckem
You cant omit prior course work, unless its been 10 years since it was completed.

My suggestion is she goes to a Junior/Community College and get her basics and prerequistes out of the way then transfer to the 4 year school. She should be able to get her GPA to the 3's if she tries.

She is at a comunity college right now. She is afraid its not going to take her 6 years, 4 nursing + 2 years at junior college and thats bumming her out. Why shouldn't she be able to just go to a 4 year university? Why should it take 2 extra years?

 

[Brackis]

Well she can maybe apply to some trying to hide it, and some others not hiding it?

What's the worst that could happen, especially if she somehow brings it up before actually enrolling/deciding between in a school she hid it from, provided she has a fallback school where she did disclose it.

 

[Wreckem]

Originally posted by: ScottFern

Originally posted by: Wreckem
You cant omit prior course work, unless its been 10 years since it was completed.

My suggestion is she goes to a Junior/Community College and get her basics and prerequistes out of the way then transfer to the 4 year school. She should be able to get her GPA to the 3's if she tries.

She is at a comunity college right now. She is afraid its not going to take her 6 years, 4 nursing + 2 years at junior college and thats bumming her out. Why shouldn't she be able to just go to a 4 year university? Why should it take 2 extra years?

Uh because she fvcked up. And it shouldnt take 6 years. It should take 4-5.

Just going of my schools 4year nursing program, you can transfer in the following which are all prereqs to being admitted into the nursing program

6hrs of English
3hrs of Math
8hrs of Anatomy
4hrs of Chem
4hrs of Microbiology
3hrs of Food and Nurtrition
3hrs of Arts
3hrs of Humanities
6hrs of History
6hrs of Govt
3hrs of Psych
3hrs of Sociology
3hrs of Human Development

Thats 55 hrs towards the four years. Meaning she'd have 2 years remaining(2 falls/2 springs/2 summers). Of course programs vary.

She wouldnt have 4+2. She would have 2 + whatever is left after the prereqs. She doesnt need to get a ADN to pursue a BSN. In fact, she shouldnt go for an ADN, she should strictly take nursing prereqs.

If she does nursing prereqs at a JuCo, she could still get a BSN in 4 years. Infact, she probably already has passed some of the prereqs, so she could possibly do it in 3 years. 1 year(fall,spring,summer) at a juco/2 years are the nursing school. She'd have to load up on credits at the JuCo but it is possible.

 

[Whisper]

Originally posted by: ScottFern

Originally posted by: Wreckem
You cant omit prior course work, unless its been 10 years since it was completed.

My suggestion is she goes to a Junior/Community College and get her basics and prerequistes out of the way then transfer to the 4 year school. She should be able to get her GPA to the 3's if she tries.

She is at a comunity college right now. She is afraid its not going to take her 6 years, 4 nursing + 2 years at junior college and thats bumming her out. Why shouldn't she be able to just go to a 4 year university? Why should it take 2 extra years?

Well, if she's earned a 2.5 GPA during her first 23 credit hours, it's possible that she might not yet be ready for the demands a nursing program would place on her.

At this point, it'd seem she has (as far as I know) two options:

1) Take the advice of the previous poster, get her pre-reqs out of the way at a community/junior college, bring the GPA up, and transfer to a four-year program

2) Finish up a BS/BA somewhere else, bringing her grades up even further, and then enter into an accelerated BSN program afterwards

I'm thinking they both could end up taking roughly the same amount of time, although the first option would seem to make sense if nursing is the field in which she's definitely interested.

Edit: after seeing some of the pre-requisites in the previous post, I'd definitely say option #1 is the smarter choice, seeing as how many of the listed credits would be earned along the way to nearly any degree.

 

[Eska]

Does nursing school have any prerequisites? If they do, just get them done from community college and apply. If not, just apply.
I hear if u get caught hiding or omitting ur grades, you might get kicked or denied from school. I know a girl that's doing it for applying to pharm schools right now.

 

[Whisper]

Originally posted by: Eska
Does nursing school have any prerequisites? If they do, just get them done from community college and apply. If not, just apply.
I hear if u get caught hiding or omitting ur grades, you might get kicked or denied from school. I know a girl that's doing it for applying to pharm schools right now.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure it'd result in dismissal from just about any program if for no other reason than it goes against most tenets of honor codes and ethical standards of practice.