Denied into the Nursing program?

[stratus93]

Ive always been told that Males have it easier when it comes into getting accepted into a Nursing program. Due to the lack of Male Nurses.

Now Has any one been Denied into a Program? Just curious.

[BloomNurseRN, ASN, BSN, RN]

I know that definitely wasn't the case in my nursing program. Our admissions were based solely on grades and an admission tests. If you had the most points, you were in, plain and simple.

I have heard that males tend to get jobs easier and tend to make more as nurses, but that's a different thread altogether.

[NICUmiiki, DNP, NP]

The only reasons that I can think of for a program to "deny" a student is that they either falsified their documents or they just didn't get their documents in on time/missed the deadline. Other than that I don't see any other reason where a program would deny someone.[/quote']

Your school must have a wait list. For competitive entry schools, if there are 30 spots and 200 people apply, 170 will get denied.

[Caribbean Character]

Your school must have a wait list. For competitive entry schools if there are 30 spots and 200 people apply, 170 will get denied.[/quote']

Our program has an average of 4 applicants for each seat in the freshman class. MANY people get denied every year.

[BloomNurseRN, ASN, BSN, RN]

Our program has an average of 4 applicants for each seat in the freshman class. MANY people get denied every year.

The year I was accepted there were approximately 400-500 applicants for 40 seats in our RN program and maybe 200-300 applicants for 20 seats in the LPN program. That's a lot of denials.

I'm male and I made it in but I prefer to think that my two prior degrees, my 3.93 GPA, excellent references, a well-written personal statement, and a strong interview were much more significant factors than were my Y chromosomes.