[maverickemt]

Hi all,

Is it harder for males who want a career change and who want to go into nursing either for a BSN or ADN-RN to get into nursing schools? Any opinions would be nice and any advice would be greatly appreciated since I would like to go to nursing schoool.

[FutureNurse35]

I think you have a better chance of getting into a BSN program because of your gender. My school was sued because of lack of minority in their nursing programs, so now every year, they have to enroll a number of males and other minority groups.

[maverickemt]

Yeah, its still competitive though, right. I am all set and I keep on imagining that I am already in. i have my littman stethoscope and my brand new scrubs!!!

Originally Posted by MSU_nurse07

At my BSN program, men were held to lower admission standards. While the women averaged 3.5-4.0 GPAs, a few men got in with as low as 3.0's.

[BSNtobe2009]

Originally Posted by maverickemt

Hi all,

Is it harder for males who want a career change and who want to go into nursing either for a BSN or ADN-RN to get into nursing schools? Any opinions would be nice and any advice would be greatly appreciated since I would like to go to nursing schoool.

I"m a female, but I would hope not. I don't think that males should be treated any differently, but that also includes meeting admission standards.

[Pompom]

I do not think that is an issue with school admissions. Getting your application and fees in early, line up your source of payment, have good grades and maintain them and you should not have a problem. Nursing school takes up the majority of your personal time, time away from friends and family, even reading a magazine that isn't nursing related cuts into precious study time. It is an incredible committment but worth it.

[ZASHAGALKA]

Not more difficult, if anything, less.

Most schools and the instructors that decide upon admissions know full well that 'diversity' in nursing is a consistent problem.

~faith,
Timothy.

[collegebound]

I don't think so. At my school, there was no interviews or meetings, you just handed in paperwork. Thus no way of really knowing if the applicant is male or female. My name is Shawn and I got in. Am I male or female? So how would they know?!

[BSNDec06]

My program gives preference to male applicants. We just revised the philosophy statement to include a section on promotion of diversity in the programs and the profession as a whole. This includes gender as well as racial/ethnic diversity.

[maverickemt]

Are you from the philipines? Because I would think you would have an easier time getting in...not counting the fact that you are a female. But how many male Indian (from the subcontinent of india) have you seen?

[dfarr]

I don't think my program gave preference to males. There are only 5 guys in our class of about 80, and I'm sure more than 5 guys applied for this semester. Our admissions are based strictly on pre-nursing GPA and then overall GPA.

I would hope that they wouldn't give guys preferential treatment. I wouldn't want to know that I got in just because of my Y chromosome.