Do Nursing Schools "Weed Out"?

[ucbalumnus]

@Rathgar

Have heard many stories of nursing schools that over accept students the first year - knowing they are going to “weed out” a percentage as they move into the clinical phase of the program.
What is everyone’s take on this? Do direct entry programs really want to keep all of the students they have accepted and do they work to help student’s who may be on the borderline with grades?

Probably varies by program. Look around the web sites or ask directly what the criteria are for remaining in the program. If you see required grades significantly higher than C or required GPA significantly higher than 2.0, that indicates significant weeding-out of some students despite them acceptably passing all of their courses.