Does being a guy have any affect on being accepted into your schools nursing program?

In my BSN program there is only me and another guy. We have a total of 60 students in the class.

I really don't think it did have any effect. The teaching and academic advising staff all acted like I was a godsend when I applied to nursing schools but I was still rejected from one university and had to wait an extra year to get into another when I transfered to a school closer to home.

I a forced to conclude that being a male student counts for much less than some would assume

No. It doesn't at my school.

i sincerely hope not.

I am in a bachelor's to BSN program and my class is about 10% male. All of the guys I have met have been pretty competent, so I would have to say they rank higher up in the class overall. The best advice is to work your hardest and do very well in your pre-reqs and in nursing school. If you know that you put in 100%, you never have to look back with regrets.

zero factor

I've heard that a male has priority getting accepted than a female into the Nursing Program simply because they need a lot more male nurses in the workplace.

P.S. I hope that's true!!!!

Not to offend anyone...but in the past..when you thought of a nurse..the picture that most likely popped into your head was a white woman...with those little white hats. But of course as nursing has become more and more a desired profession you are seeing that change..however its still dominated by women...when i was accepted into my nursing program..i believe i was considered because of my grades....and the interview but i think the major reason i was accepted was because i was a male and a minority..I think people are trying to see a change in the demographics of nursing towards the future.

Anyone who thinks they got into a program just for being a guy is selling themselves short.
First of all, I'm fairly sure it would be illegal and at the very least unethical to accept or deny someone to a nursing program based on gender alone.
If you get in, its because you had the grades to do so and not because of some malecentric affirmative action.

To go a step further, being a guy will not help you find a job once you graduate. I'm not saying its harder, its just that from my experiences trying to find a job it appears that grades, academic acheivement, and clinical performance (and yes, being a man) have less to do with being hired than knowing the right people and networking.

In a tight hiring market where no one wants to risk hiring a new graduate nurse, its all about personal clout with people in the right places and nothing to do with your Y chromosome.

At my school the point system is used to determine who makes it into the clinical classes. No extra points for being male or female.