KU nursing program

dirtyhippiegirl, BSN, RN · Jul 12, 2012

I can kind of see how this can be confusing...

Have you looked into KUMed's Nurse Academy camp? I think you fall into the targeted age range and you'd probably learn quite a bit.

The school of nursing is a part of the University of Kansas. (Although the hospital itself is not anymore.) However, you have to apply to the school of nursing after having met the pre-reqs. You can take classes for the pre-reqs at any accredited college/university. (A lot of people will say that the nursing school prefers to take students who did their pre-reqs through KU.)

So. You do two years of pre-reqs, then you do two years of actual nursing school at the campus attached to KU Med.

I guess it's never too early to be considering nursing school these days, lol. You should anticipate applying to several schools in the area. I graduated from KU in May of last year and there were 850 applicants for 120 spots. I think there were over a thousand applicants for 120 spots for last year's cohort.

ElizabethDaiThien · Jan 17, 2013

If you don't mind me asking, have you heard about any late applicants being accepted??? And what was your G.P.A. and etc. I have a lot of experience and volunteer work with people and recently got my C.N.A. But I realized I qualified for the program 2 months too late. I am having a talk with the dean on Friday, but I was just curious if you had heard about any situations like mine. I have a 3.0. I messed around my 1st and 2nd years of college. Once I made the switch, I received a 4.0 last semester.