asu or mcc ?

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i have read every forum in hear on arizona nurses and the knowledge you get from this is amazing ! im very greatfull for finding it . hear is my question " if your goal is to get your bsn in the beginning before you take any classes would it be best to just take the bsn critical tracking courses at one of the cc's or rio salado and then transferring to asu after 2 years for the upper division nursing major courses and forget about trying to get your adn at one of mcc's. would it just be a waste of time to go through all of the waiting and pre req's before acceptance if this was your plan in the beginning? any advice would be appreciated.

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I'd suggest going to talk with an advisor at ASU to see what their application policy is for their nursing program. I looked it up a while back online and from what I could tell (which very well may have changed) you get "points" for grade point average and/or courses taken at ASU. So if you take all your prereqs through the CC and then try to transfer, you've got less of an edge it would seem.

Also be advised that you'd need to get well above a 3.0 I'd imagine to even have a shot at getting into ASU's program. I have absolutely no idea what the going GPA is. It could be 3.5, could be 3.8. I just don't know.

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Specializes in Acute Care Psych, DNP Student.

I've heard it is around 3.8 to be competitive.

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my friend applied at ASU he took all the preq's he could at the community college and then the rest at asu. You have to pretty much like said above a 3.8 overall gpa.. I believe there is about 60 spots for there nursing school. They have a regular one and accelerated one but... i heard over 500 people applied.. and if you don't get in you really don't get in.. there is not a next time... like at least at community college you can wait, and u will get a spot... I hope this kinda makes sense.. lol

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Specializes in Acute Care Psych, DNP Student.

If I recall correctly, the admission system is based upon a point system of 6 pts. You get 4 possible points for nursing pre-req GPA, 1 point for NET score, and 1 point for your essay score.

From what I've heard - you need ~ 3.8 GPA plus almost perfect NET and essay scores to get admitted. So it's difficult but not impossible.

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Or why not get your ASN through the CC's and then let the hospital you work at pay for your BSN? A lot of the hospitals have an RN-BSN program on site and they'll pay for your classes. This way you can start working about a year earlier than you would by going to ASU, and still end up with a BSN around the same time. JAT

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Specializes in PACU, ED.
Or why not get your ASN through the CC's and then let the hospital you work at pay for your BSN? A lot of the hospitals have an RN-BSN program on site and they'll pay for your classes. This way you can start working about a year earlier than you would by going to ASU, and still end up with a BSN around the same time. JAT

:yeahthat: I just graduated with my ASN, paid for by the hospital. While I'm working they will pay for me to get my BSN. Plus, the MCC district nursing program has an excellent first test pass rate for the NCLEX!

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For the class that started Fall 2006, the cut-off score was 5.94??? or something around there. There are 7 points total... 1pt for Net Math, 1pt for NetReading, 1pt for essay, and 4pts for your GPA. So basically a student applying for Fall of last year who had a 3.3GPA, 99% (.99) in math, 88% (.88) in the reading, and a 77% (.77) in the essay got in. His/her total score would have been 5.94 out of 7 points...just enough to get in. It does not matter at all where you take your pre-reqs. I took all mine at the local community colleges. I liked the small classroom atmosphere better there. Hope this helps.

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Again, don't know if this is still valid, but per their website the current calculations of GPA can be found here: http://nursing.asu.edu/forms/index.htm

Select "GPA Calculation Worksheet." It shows that out of 17 possible prereqs required for application into ASU's nursing program, you choose your highest 13 courses and calculate a GPA on those.

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