Any Holy Family ABSN people out there?

kellyfuturebsn · Feb 10, 2017

Hey Elizabeth. Do you happen to know about their Nutrition requirement? I took it over Winter Break at Bucks, and I had no idea, until after I received my confirmation email from my application being submitted, that they're asking it be taught by a registered dietician. Do you happen to know anything about that? I really don't want to have to take Nutrition again...it'll be a third time

ElizabethPA · Feb 20, 2017

Just saw your post. I think it will be ok. I am just finishing mine up online and They said they would accept it. Call them and check but my guess is that it's ok. Are you starting in May?

nursetony5 · Mar 8, 2017

I'll be starting this May! See ya at orientation on March 24th!

kellyfuturebsn · May 12, 2017

Hey Elizabeth, I was denied anyway :/ I didn't have enough pre-requisites finished when I applied, and my GPA was like a 2.9 lol. But I am reapplying for the January 2018 start, I have more pre-reqs finished (will all be done by 8/10/17) and am back over the 3.0 mark thanks to all As in pre-reqs so far. Is this program super competitive to get into? I'm worried a 3.0 just won't be good enough as a cumulative GPA.

Aluv · Mar 11, 2018

Hi Kelly! I know this post from last year and looks like you already in the program! Congrats! What was your GPA when you were accepted? I have 3.0 for science classes and 3.8 overall GPA. Not sure if thats enough?

kellyfuturebsn · Mar 11, 2018

Hi Kelly! I know this post from last year and looks like you already in the program! Congrats! What was your GPA when you were accepted? I have 3.0 for science classes and 3.8 overall GPA. Not sure if thats enough?

Hey Aluv. My GPA actually wasn't great because of a rough very first year of college many moons ago lol. I was able to pull my GPA up to like a 3.1 or 3.2 overall, and had a 4.0 in the pre-reqs. Here's the deal. I definitely think they look at you overall and not JUST based on your pre-req GPA. Luckily, for those pre-reqs, you only need a 2.75, so you've already hit over the minimum requirement.

I made it a point to get a 4.0 in my pre-reqs because my previous bachelors was in a completely unrelated field and I wanted to prove to nursing programs that I am a much different student than I was years ago. I think you will be just fine. Did you apply for Fall? If so, you are definitely going to be considered. I wouldn't stress it yet, because they're about to bring in a whole new cohort and they're starting the process of making decisions for the Fall cohort. I stressed like crazy about my acceptance because of my overall GPA and obviously ended up just fine.

Also, you can always check in with Don. I did, all the time. I didn't care if I drove him crazy lol.