How many semesters did you apply to nursing school before being accepted?

Raven1994 · May 9, 2017

I haven't applied yet but watching this thread. I am freaking out about not getting accepted when I apply at the end of the year. I am just about to graduate with my undergraduate degree and will apply to an accelerated program. My GPA in my final year is a 3.7 and my final year average is an 84%. My GPA in my final 2 years is a 3.65 with an average of 82-83%. Some schools look at final year and others look at final 2 years. Some schools also look at experience and I have TONS of hospital, clinical, and research experience. Ahh I hope to get in my first time around!!! I kinda wanna get started on this goal asap lol.

I'm from Canada so we don't have TEAS or any of the entrance tests you guys mentioned.

Mkakids · May 10, 2017

Applied to 1 competitive program 1 time. I start end of August!

GPA 3.8, Teas 87%

PrereqTaker89 · May 10, 2017

Woah 94? Bomb.

Silver_Rik, ASN, RN · May 12, 2017

Applied to 3 programs this spring.

ADN at local community college - very competitive. Some years nobody under 3.8 GPA gets in. My cumulative GPA for all college work is only around 2.5 so I was taking a flyer even with 99%tile NLN-PAX score. They have a very strict ranking system and with my low GPA having a BA didn't help. Also I couldn't take advantage of their grade recalculation option since I have a (mostly economically useless) degree from 25 years ago... You can tell I'm a little jaded or bitter on this. Declined.

LPN program at same community college. Relies heavily on ACT scores. Mine was 29. Accepted and initially took a place for next fall. This was my backup with intention to get my LPN and bridge into an ADN program. Later surrendered this position

ADN program at satellite campus of a regional university / 45 minutes from home. This program looks at ACT or HESI, GPA 2.0+, GPA in prereqs 3.0+ My prereq GPA is 3.14 - still not great but good enough plus good ACT and I got conditional admit pending C or better in A&P II. Admitted and registered for Fall. It's an ACEN accredited program with 1st time NCLEX-RN pass rates only a few points lower than the super competitive program that declined me. Of course it's also a 45 min commute and tuition is 2x expensive, which are big reasons the other program gets so many applicants and can be so strict about who they admit.

FDBMath, ADN, RN · May 12, 2017

Applied to three ADN programs while taking additional pre-reqs for additional programs. Got into one, waiting on other two (though I will most likely go to the first one). This was the first semester applying.

GPA for pre-reqs: 3.6

TEAS: 97