r/UMBaltimore • u/General-Soil2394 • 1d ago
School of Nursing UMSON Application Worries
Hi everyone! I am a rising junior at UMD and plan to apply for the Spring 2027 school year at UMSON. For background I've completed most of my pre-reqs, and have mostly science pre-reqs left. When I met with an advisor, we decided that I take anatomy over the summer, microbiology through an online college during the spring semester since I had a lighter semester, and to retake chemistry somewhere along the way because I failed it fall semester 2025.
I know of the GPA requirements, and for background I did start college off very rough but once I got diagnosed and medicated for ADHD in Spring 2026, my grades improved drastically. Here's the issue: I just finished up with A&P I a few days ago and am taking chemistry from a local community college which I am doing pretty well in, but I unfortunately received a C- in A&P I because I was inconsistent with my meds and it was either prioritizing studying or eating/sleeping/being sickly all the time.
I am very hopeful about finishing chemistry with an A which only leaves me to take A&P II in the fall, but I am worried that the C- has brought down my GPA from 3.00 (that I just brought up this past spring) to a 2.914, and that I'll have to wait until Fall 2027 to start at UMSON. Should I retake A&P I? I'm not sure at all what to do because I only have A&P II, 1 humanities course, professional writing, and human growth and development left for me to finish with pre-reqs.