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Apr 26, 2004 01:32 PM

Question regarding prereq's and admission to BsN programme in US :-)

by Lys

Hey all,

I'm a canadian (soon to be 4th year) BScN student with a quick question, as I don't quite understand the differences between the admissions to this programm between the US and Ontario.

I'm hearing of people asking what your GPA was *prior* to entry into the program...and taking "prereq's". What's the procedure for beginning a BSN program?

Up here, we apply straight from highschool. Of course there are certain highschool credits which we had to obtain prior to application, but there are no post-secondary courses that we have to take to be admitted.

Would someone mind clarifying for me please? Thanks sooo much!! :-)

*yay for exams being done BTW*

Lys


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from mitchsmom
Old Apr 26, 2004, 01:43 PM

The requirements vary from state to state and often from school to school. In Florida, we have the following state-madated college level prerequisites that we have to have done before entering a nursing program (link):
http://www.fgcu.edu/chp/nursing/bsn-prereqs.html
(note that the page says you have to have 60 credit hours, that is just for a 4 year BSN program, 2 year ADN programs would generally only require the prerequisites listed in the chart (about 30 hours), but not 60 full hours).
Hope that helps.
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from Lys
Old Apr 26, 2004, 01:51 PM

Thanks for the info!
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