Could i get into College with my grades?

mplovex · May 31, 2012

I'm not sure about the acceptance rate for any of these schools but look into the acceptance rates of the actual nursing programs and the requirements for each.

Regardless of the college you attend, you HAVE to take general education courses and nursing pre-requisites BEFORE applying into the nursing (BSN) program itself. This can take up to 1-2 years depending on the school.

Your stats sound well enough to get into a college but as for the nursing program, you really wouldn't be able to know that until you've take the actual gen eds/nursing pre-reqs in college. Different nursing programs have different requirements as for what they are looking for in the students they accept. Some nursing programs have priority lists: accepting their own students rather than transfers, those with higher GPAs, etc.

Also look into how many students are accepted into nursing programs. For examples, colleges will easily take in 300 pre-nursing students but when it comes to applying into the program, they will only accept 50-100 students. This includes students who are planning to transfer as well so that 300 can add more students applying for so very few spots. Spots are determined by clinical availability.

Research well into nursing programs itself, not just the colleges you plan to apply into, so that your chances of getting into the actual nursing program after you take your gen eds/nursing pre reqs are completed in college.

pixiestudent2 · Jun 1, 2012

Try carlow university, you need a 3.0

maddiem · Jun 2, 2012

Getting accepted a 4 year college/university doesn't mean that you got accepted to the nursing program. Your major will be considered "pre-nursing" for your first 2 years because you will be completing prerequisite courses and general education classes that you need before you can apply to the nursing school at a specific college.

Generally, prerequisite courses are anatomy & physiology 1 & 2, biology, microbiology, chemistry, organic chemistry (some schools require this, some don't), general psychology, developmental psychology, nutrition, college algebra, statistics...This seems like a lot but its spread out between the two years you're doing you gen eds and a lot of people take summer classes too to lighten their load (which you can do at a local community college when you're home for summer).

Once you have completed (or in the process of) all the prerequisites and gen eds for the nursing program you will apply sometime late during your second year. But, you're not quite done yet.

All nursing schools require that you take an entrance exam before your application is complete. This will measure the amount of knowledge you have gained from you prerequisites courses and tell the admissions committee if you will be a good candidate for their nursing program. Your test score and grades will be compared to other applications as well as letters of recommendation and other application supplements that the school may require.

Nursing schools have a limited amount of seats that they can fill for the program. Nursing programs tend to have less than 100 seats (I've never seen one with more than that).

So you getting into the program will depend on you getting the best grades possible and doing well on the entrance exam. To have a "competitive" application, I would say keep your college GPA a 3.50 and above. By the time you apply to nursing school, your high school transcript won't be looked at for grades...They will just want to confirm you graduated.

pixiestudent2 · Jun 2, 2012

Getting accepted a 4 year college/university doesn't mean that you got accepted to the nursing program. Your major will be considered "pre-nursing" for your first 2 years because you will be completing prerequisite courses and general education classes that you need before you can apply to the nursing school at a specific college.
Generally, prerequisite courses are anatomy & physiology 1 & 2, biology, microbiology, chemistry, organic chemistry (some schools require this, some don't), general psychology, developmental psychology, nutrition, college algebra, statistics...This seems like a lot but its spread out between the two years you're doing you gen eds and a lot of people take summer classes too to lighten their load (which you can do at a local community college when you're home for summer).
Once you have completed (or in the process of) all the prerequisites and gen eds for the nursing program you will apply sometime late during your second year. But, you're not quite done yet.
All nursing schools require that you take an entrance exam before your application is complete. This will measure the amount of knowledge you have gained from you prerequisites courses and tell the admissions committee if you will be a good candidate for their nursing program. Your test score and grades will be compared to other applications as well as letters of recommendation and other application supplements that the school may require.
Nursing schools have a limited amount of seats that they can fill for the program. Nursing programs tend to have less than 100 seats (I've never seen one with more than that).
So you getting into the program will depend on you getting the best grades possible and doing well on the entrance exam. To have a "competitive" application, I would say keep your college GPA a 3.50 and above. By the time you apply to nursing school, your high school transcript won't be looked at for grades...They will just want to confirm you graduated.

That may be at your school. But not all schools like you stated. All the universitys I looked at did not require a entrance exam. And you were also directy ammited once you applied.