HELP, need names of nursing schools with high acceptance rates

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Hi,

I am currently a junior at WSU and I want to start applying to nursing schools. I have a 3.1 GPA that I am currently raising. By the end of the year, I want to be admitted into nursing programs. I want to know of different nursing programs in the United States that have a HIGH ACCEPTANCE RATE and will accept my low GPA. It can be anywhere. I was looking at programs in Pennsylvania and Oklahoma. Please give me your input!! I want to have as many options as possible.

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For-profit schools will take you if you have a pulse ...but you will pay dearly for the "privilege". I suggest looking into a few programs in your area to see what you might be able to do to better improve your chances of admission. Every program qualifies students differently. In some, GPAs count more, and in some, they count less. Even the way each school calculates GPA varies. So your 3.1 might actually be higher or lower than you think.

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Specializes in critical care ICU.

Most community colleges will take anyone who writes a check. I got a better education at community college than I did at my 4 year university, so don't think it's of lesser quality!

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Most community colleges will take anyone who writes a check. I got a better education at community college than I did at my 4 year university, so don't think it's of lesser quality!

I got accepted at community college with a 3.7, but only as an alternate. Where can you just write a check?! The ones I'm familiar with are less expensive, but very competitive.

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Specializes in Palliative, Onc, Med-Surg, Home Hospice.
Most community colleges will take anyone who writes a check. I got a better education at community college than I did at my 4 year university, so don't think it's of lesser quality!

Um, no. My community college was actually more competitive than a lot of the BSN programs in my area. It's very hard to get into all three of the CC programs here. The only school it is harder to get into is one of the top in the nation.

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Do you have any ideas about programs that focus on more than your GPA? Also, if I decide to go for a program that is into my money, is that necessarily a bad thing? I have heard of some good for-profit programs that teach very well and have a high NCLEX passing rate.

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Specializes in NICU.
Do you have any ideas about programs that focus on more than your GPA? Also, if I decide to go for a program that is into my money, is that necessarily a bad thing? I have heard of some good for-profit programs that teach very well and have a high NCLEX passing rate.

The problem is that very few have high NCLEX pass rates. Most are below 70% pass rate. The other problem is they are very expensive. That means a very large student loan for an associate's degree. If you decide to go for a bridge program (RN-BSN), you are adding more debt on top of your huge student loan.

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Most community colleges will take anyone who writes a check. I got a better education at community college than I did at my 4 year university, so don't think it's of lesser quality!

If you post the name of a community college that doesn't have a minimum GPA requirement, and a pretty decent minimum at that, I'd bet it could soon afford to be very picky!

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Do you have any ideas about programs that focus on more than your GPA?

As far as I know they pretty much all pay attention to more than your GPA, because once you have a pile of applicants who all have wonderful GPAs you have to go outside of that to narrow down the list. People usually add volunteering in hospitals and/or nursing homes and employment as a CNA to their applications when the competition is steep, to stay in the game.

Also, if I decide to go for a program that is into my money, is that necessarily a bad thing? I have heard of some good for-profit programs that teach very well and have a high NCLEX passing rate.

If you know of such a program it is likely to be very expensive. Like Guy said, it's a rare bird to have a school be BOTH easy to get into AND have a good (let alone high) NCLEX pass rate.

Like the saying goes, you can have Cheap, Fast, and Good, but you can't have all three. Choose two options and go from there.

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Most community colleges will take anyone who writes a check. I got a better education at community college than I did at my 4 year university, so don't think it's of lesser quality!

Wrong. The CC in my area is the most difficult to get into.

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Do you have any ideas about programs that focus on more than your GPA? Also, if I decide to go for a program that is into my money, is that necessarily a bad thing? I have heard of some good for-profit programs that teach very well and have a high NCLEX passing rate.

Most are not accredited and therefore it will be difficult to find a job. Most job postings say you need to graduate from a nationally accredited program. Have you even seen the amount of for profit schools **** down in the past year by the dept of education?

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Specializes in Med Surg/ Pedi, OR.

Google is your friend

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