Accelerated BSN or ELMSN schools that are easy to get into?

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So, I have a bachelor's in anthropology from a hippy dippy school that I didn't get grades for. I got narrative evaluations instead - hence having no GPA.

Are there any schools that are easy to get into (by easy I mean they don't care that I don't have a GPA - just care that I have a degree). I'm tired of waiting around and want to get on with my life and get into a program. Money is not an issue, at this point I'll fork over whatever it takes in student loans just to move on with my life.

So, do you know of any schools where getting an accelerated BSN or entry level masters just requires paying a lot of money and you're in? ELMS is preferable.

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Ha! You didn't go to Santa Cruz did you? If you have good references, and a good NET score you could try samuel merritt (though they are not "easy" to get into, but I think they consider a lot of factors other than GPA)

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Ha! You didn't go to Santa Cruz did you?

Go SLUGS!

(no I didn't go there; but, I *really* respect the reasons the Banana Slug was chosen as their school mascot! :) )

Good luck Dutchess too!

Mark

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I've heard that Columbia is a bit easier to get into, but I haven't applied there myself, so this is not from first hand experience. Columbia just takes a very large class (somewhere around 200 I think?) and my friend who got accepted there was rejected everywhere else.

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Columbia has an acceptance rate close to 70% (though that also depends on specialty). I also read on the Hopkins website that their acceptance rate is around 70% too (it was on an online chat transcript). Good luck to you!

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Oh yeah, and Georgetown's website also says their acceptance rate ranges from 40-70%, depending on the number of applications they receive.

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Columbia has an acceptance rate close to 70% (though that also depends on specialty). I also read on the Hopkins website that their acceptance rate is around 70% too (it was on an online chat transcript). Good luck to you!

Just to clarify, there are two tracks for the BSN at Hopkins, and thus the acceptance rate will vary. There are roughly 650 applications for the accelerated BSN program (13.5 months), of which they accept 130-150 students and approximately 400 applications for the 2-year Traditional BSN of which they also accept 130-150 students.

So I'm not sure where they get 70% from that, although I think I remember seeing it in the chat in some context. For a total of about 1100 apps, they accept maximum 300 students.

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The average matriculation rate (percent of accepted students who choose to attend a school) for most schools is around 50%, so if a school is aiming for a class of 150, they usually accept around 300. So it's possible that 70% is correct.

In any case, to the original poster, I think in general, private schools have a higher acceptance rate because they cost a lot more money. So if you don't mind paying more, I would look into private schools.

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The average matriculation rate (percent of accepted students who choose to attend a school) for most schools is around 50%, so if a school is aiming for a class of 150, they usually accept around 300. So it's possible that 70% is correct.

In any case, to the original poster, I think in general, private schools have a higher acceptance rate because they cost a lot more money. So if you don't mind paying more, I would look into private schools.

Thanks for the clarification Traveler, that makes sense.

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is that columbia university in new york?

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Yes, Columbia University is located in New York City.

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