Does being a Male help for admission

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Hello i was wondering if it will be easier for me to gain admission into BSN considering i am a male?

Specializes in Maternal - Child Health.

The BSN program I attended added 1/2 point to the GPA of males and minorities. Since GPA was the major factor in the admission process, it definately helped. But once in the program, they had to maintain the same standards as every other students. Not all were able to do so, and were dropped from the program.

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thats well said

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Specializes in GYN/GON/Med-Surg/Oncology/Tele.
everyone talks about GPA hear do they take into effect what school the GPA is coming from? for instance CC or University?

My undergrad GPA is a 2.9 (from a 4-year school)

I'm currently taking pre req's to apply to UNC-Chapel Hill's ABSN program as well as a few other schools. Gotta have a back up plan. The minimum GPA requirement at UNC is a 3.0

I spoke with an admissions counselor in the nursing department and she told me that regardless of my pre req's GPA which is a 3.8, they would more than likely use my undergrad GPA as the deciding factor for my acceptance into the program...do you think that's going to stop me from applying? NO!!!

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I also think it depends on where you live. Affirmative Action has been banned in Michigan (where I live), so they can't give a man special points for admission, although there are several scholarships for men going into nursing.

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Hello i was wondering if it will be easier for me to gain admission into BSN considering i am a male?

I had an experience recently that really opened my eyes. My dental hygenist was cleaning my teeth, telling me about all the colleges her son wants to apply to. She casually mentioned that the admissions counselor at a LARGE, IVY LEAGUE university point-blank told her son to say he wanted to be a nurse on his admissions application. The counselor told him that the nursing school is anxious to have more male nurses in their program, and that it would be easier for him to get into said Ivy League school as a potential nurse than as a potential engineering, history or any other kind of student. Huh!

So, yes, in at least some circumstances, it seems there can be an advantage to being a male nurse-want-to-be.

BTW, the admissions counselor quickly reassured this young man that he didn't have to actually take nursing courses -- he just had to say he wanted to. Once admitted to the school, he would be free to pursue whatever field he wanted.

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anyone from long island trying to gain admission into nursing school?

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So what states or schools have this affirmative action for males going on? Just curious to see if it's any decent schools doing it too, or only lower level ones.

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