How many attempts did it take you to get into the nursing program?

cracklingkraken, ASN, RN · Sep 12, 2015

1 attempt. There are too many variables to say what your chances are for each attempt. It depends on the requirements of the nursing program, the applicant pool, whether there is a waiting list, and many other factors.

Obviously, the better you do in your pre-reqs, the higher chance of admission you'll have. Good luck!

BeachsideRN, ASN · Sep 12, 2015

Once. Accepted to 3/3 programs it's all variable.

prettymica, ASN, BSN, MSN, LPN, RN, APRN, NP · Sep 12, 2015

I was refused by several schools, but I never gave up. I have three nursing degrees to prove it. Good luck to you :)!

kimdav · Sep 12, 2015

It took 8 years for my acceptance and I was applying to all state and community college RN programs from northern cali to silicon valley. I had excellent grades but no health care work experience. I never made a wait list during that time. On year 8 I told myself it was my last round of apps....hard to keep hearing no. Then I received a letter that I had been accepted into a school closest to me! My advice is to KEEP AT IT! Don't give up

Hoosier_RN, MSN · Sep 12, 2015

1st time. But many were on 4-8 years of trying. I had high prerequisite grades and a high entrance exam score and interviewed well.

Pangea Reunited, ASN, RN · Sep 12, 2015

I got in on my first try, but as an alternate. I was tenth in the alternate line and hoping that ten people who placed above me would change their minds!!!! And while I waited, I had to go to orientation, pay for a background check, get vaccinated, etc. to keep my place in line. It was a huge amount of money for me at the time- especially since there was no guarantee that I would actually get a spot.

2k15NurseExtern4u, BSN, RN · Sep 12, 2015

Wait listed the first time, accepted the second

FloatRN19 · Sep 12, 2015

Took two years.

so the school I went to and only applied too my first year had a rule. If you had four pre-reqs or less to complete you could apply as if you were fully qualified. Well in the years before microbiology wasn't necessarily counted in the total and in the second year you could dual enroll into the local university. It changed and I never found out so I was auto rejected.

The he next year I applied to that and two other schools. The two other schools I never actually completelyapplied(sent money/records) and then applied to the school I went too. In my statement I wrote that they would continue to see my application every year until they admitted me.

emmy27 · Sep 12, 2015

1 attempt. I was wait-listed initially, but a slot opened up a week later.

I was still in my last set of prereq classes when I applied, which weakened my application (not getting credit for those as-yet incomplete courses), but I was very proactive in learning their evaluation system and maximizing points elsewhere. Every program weights different qualities differently, so take the time to find out what they care about at the program of your choice and think strategically. I got extra points through documenting my long-term residency in the area, for instance, which some people who also qualified for didn't bother to do.

meganec17 · Sep 12, 2015

I applied directly out of high school - I was accepted to 5 out of 7 schools I applied to - all into the nursing program. I attended one school for one semester. I decided it wasn't the school for me, so I did general ed classes at a community college for one semester (not in the nursing program)

After community college, I applied to another four year university, and was accepted into my sophomore year of the nursing program. I am attending for my BSN now.

NuGuyNurse2b · Sep 12, 2015

accepted to ADN but rejected by BSN.