Is it hard to get into ASN program in Oregon without having any prior certifications?

You only include the pre-reqs. All of them. Its not cumulative or anything.

I'm not sure about other schools but pcc has a point system. Having a license is not necessary but it does allow you to earn more points. If you just volunteer, you get 1 point. If it's with patient care you get 2 points. Then they give more points if you have so many hours if you work as a cna, Emt, etc. they also only look at the gpa for your prerequisite classes. You might want to download a pdf from the school you want to apply at. For pcc's pdf file, just search for "pcc nursing"

I just came across your post and thought I'd chime in. Like the previous comment said, at PCC it's all point based. I think any program that you're interested in applying to you should check out online or speak to a guidance counselor about their nursing program to see what it is they look at. You don't have to have experience as a CNA or EMT to get into most programs but it can help if your points are low when it comes to GPA. I will be starting at PCC this coming fall and I have no experience except for 40 hours volunteering...but I do think if you're going into the application process without experience then your GPA needs to be competitive enough.

All OCNE schools have a basic point scale where they award up to 51 points, and some have extra discretionary points you can get for having patient care experience -- most have some form of point reward for having experience in health care or nursing specifically.

GPA is the largest component of the points, however. If you have a C in any prereq, check to see if the program you are interested in has a penalty for retaking courses -- if they don't, you might want to consider retaking those classes. From the people I talk to that have applied previous years and this year successfully, most have very high GPA's, I don't think I heard anyone say they had less than a 3.7, I had a 3.9.