Boosting GPA

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I will be graduating from a BScN program (nursing) in Canada with a GPA below 3.0, luckily I will not have many of the pre reqs done so I plan on boosting my sGPA and cGPA from taking such pre reqs and doing well on them.

Let's say I need to take bio, phys, orgo chem, chem, eng courses and an elective or two in order to further boost GPA

Is a DIY the best bet? I would simply pick from the above courses and add them to my schooling? I am unfamiliar with american universities so any input on this would help. Ideally I would like to be able to pick courses that I want to take and formulate my own course schedule as I will also be working as an RN in the states.

TL;DR- Can I sign up at a university and take random courses, without having to commit to a Post-bacc per say?

 

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I will be graduating from a BScN program (nursing) in Canada with a GPA below 3.0, luckily I will not have many of the pre reqs done so I plan on boosting my sGPA and cGPA from taking such pre reqs and doing well on them.

Let's say I need to take bio, phys, orgo chem, chem, eng courses and an elective or two in order to further boost GPA

Is a DIY the best bet? I would simply pick from the above courses and add them to my schooling? I am unfamiliar with american universities so any input on this would help. Ideally I would like to be able to pick courses that I want to take and formulate my own course schedule as I will also be working as an RN in the states.

TL;DR- Can I sign up at a university and take random courses, without having to commit to a Post-bacc per say?

Usually it's a bit harder to enroll in courses at a university. But you can do your DIY post-bac at a community college and yes the DIY will work!

Hopefully that clears things up!

 

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Usually it's a bit harder to enroll in courses at a university. But you can do your DIY post-bac at a community college and yes the DIY will work!

Hopefully that clears things up!

Yes it does! Thank you for the reply 🙂

 

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I will be graduating from a BScN program (nursing) in Canada with a GPA below 3.0, luckily I will not have many of the pre reqs done so I plan on boosting my sGPA and cGPA from taking such pre reqs and doing well on them.

Let's say I need to take bio, phys, orgo chem, chem, eng courses and an elective or two in order to further boost GPA

Is a DIY the best bet? I would simply pick from the above courses and add them to my schooling? I am unfamiliar with american universities so any input on this would help. Ideally I would like to be able to pick courses that I want to take and formulate my own course schedule as I will also be working as an RN in the states.

TL;DR- Can I sign up at a university and take random courses, without having to commit to a Post-bacc per say?

This is possible at many schools. UConn, for example, has a "General Studies" program for career changers. There's a short application/fee where you prove you already have an undergraduate degree and give reasons for what you hope to accomplish. Once you're granted the status, you can enroll in any course at the same time the normal undegrads do. I did this to take all my pre-reqs as a DIY post-bacc. I bet many schools have something similar, but you'd have to call around to find out. I had to call 3 different people at UConn to even find out the "General Studies" thing existed. DIY is advantageous in that you can work while you are taking classes, which is obviously beneficial from a financial standpoint.

 

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This is possible at many schools. UConn, for example, has a "General Studies" program for career changers. There's a short application/fee where you prove you already have an undergraduate degree and give reasons for what you hope to accomplish. Once you're granted the status, you can enroll in any course at the same time the normal undegrads do. I did this to take all my pre-reqs as a DIY post-bacc. I bet many schools have something similar, but you'd have to call around to find out. I had to call 3 different people at UConn to even find out the "General Studies" thing existed. DIY is advantageous in that you can work while you are taking classes, which is obviously beneficial from a financial standpoint.

Appreciate the reply. Nice to know that I have some options here, I will definitely be looking into CC as well as these General Study programs- I plan to work while taking pre reqs so these options seem to fit my needs.

 

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Does anybody know if Canadian marks are subject to change when added to GPA for applying to US medical schools? I have read online that they can be increased because Canadian GPA is done at a different scale