Why is a nursing major so "difficult"?

Courtneyyyx331
Fri, 02 Sep 2016 04:03:35 +0000

I am currently a senior in the nursing program at the University of Southern Maine. Nursing school is extremely difficult and looked at as the hardest major because of all the provisions they put on nursing students. Just to give you an example, at my school you have to have above a 3.0 in all the science classes. A C is considered failing and you can only fail 3 times or your kicked out of the program (some schools only let you fail once). If you miss three classes (3 tardies is considered an absence) you fail the class. You have to average a 77 on your exams or you fail (the final grade you get is the average test score of your exams). You can only repeat a class once and if you don’t pass your kicked out of the program. If you get two Low Passes in any of your clinicals your kicked out of the program. If you go 1 year from classes that require a clinical, they put you an entire year back. It’s absolutely ridiculous and extremely hard. My advice: give up your social life, study extremely hard, make friends who will study with you and give you advice about future classes, and know how you learn best!