Does being a guy have any affect on being accepted into your schools nursing program?

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I know this seems like a really stupid question but I wanted to see what the people on here have found out from personal experience. Not too long ago I was talking with a group of fellow nursing students about the process of getting accepted into the nursing program at our college. A few of the students said that out of all the students they knew that applied for the program most of the time men who applied were accepted after their first or maybe second attempt, while most other students are accepted after their second or third time applying. During the discussion, I told them that I didn't really think that being a guy (and a minority) was what led to this situation but they seemed to disagree and suggested I ask some other guys at this website and some other nursing students overall and see what they think. What does everyone think about this?

When i decided to go back to school for nursing, almost all of the students taking nursing prereq's were like " you will def get in, your a dude". So i was like hell yeah! Well, I had a 3.5 gpa, and got declined twice. I got accepted on the 3rd try, but had to take two summer classes (and get A's) to bring up my gpa, and get accepted. When I graduated, people also said " Youll def get a job, your a nurse, and a male... NO ONE really knows this crap. I havnt been offered a job by anyone cuz im a guy, and i def didnt get into my nursing program because of it. As others above me have stated, its all about hard work. I also know its super hard to get a job right now, so beg all your friends and family to see if they can get you in. Its all about who ya know, not about how many apps you put out...

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Good question. I'm applying at the beginning of march, and i will know by april something if i'm in or not.

I'm a white guy, 89.5% hesi, but a not-so-fantastic GPA of 2.87. I'll try to remember to update ya...

For what it counts, the word on the grapevine is us guys do have an advantage, i know nothing about if being a minority compounds that.

Nurse hard, play harder!

o/

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Will be applying to 3 schools in Cali, and will also let you guys know if I get in too.

Science GPA = 3.62

Gen-ed GPA = Around 3.2 ish

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Perhaps it depends on the school. It didn't in mine according to the advisor. We ended up with a 15% male class.

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Specializes in none.

Hmmm I've definitely heard this rumor before myself. I just applied to the University of South Florida's upper division program. My Overall GPA is 3.59, Pre-requisite GPA 3.88 I don't have volunteer experience and my only health experience is CPR certification and my Combat life Saver training from the Army. I have A's in all science classes. I know most people I have talked to are applying to CC but I want to go to a University because it will look better on my resume. I'm praying I make it and for this "male favoritism" lol!

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My husband and I applied to all of the same ADN programs. We have the exact same science gpa but I have a higher overall gpa. I have 3 degrees (AA, BS, MS) and have more volunteer experience while he has an EMT license. He was accepted to one ADN school after a 9 month wait while I was declined. Other than that one school he was accepted to we were both declined from all other schools.

He is in his third semester of ADN while I am still applying everywhere. A little birdie told him at his school they can fast track certain students on their waitlist into acceptance. He was fast tracked while I was not. Makes you wonder....

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My husband and I applied to all of the same ADN programs. We have the exact same science gpa but I have a higher overall gpa. I have 3 degrees (AA, BS, MS) and have more volunteer experience while he has an EMT license. He was accepted to one ADN school after a 9 month wait while I was declined. Other than that one school he was accepted to we were both declined from all other schools.

He is in his third semester of ADN while I am still applying everywhere. A little birdie told him at his school they can fast track certain students on their waitlist into acceptance. He was fast tracked while I was not. Makes you wonder....

On the other hand I was granted an interview at another school while he was not. When I asked them if they took into consideration gender they said that while others schools do they do not. They said when they looked at apps they don't even look at the candidate's name let alone gender. So my experience only pertains to what I have gone through personally.

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Specializes in I can take BP!! lol.

The rumor and perception is that being a male you have a grater chance of being accepted to nusing school. I'll tell you that at my local public BSN program that is not true. I know 6 guys taking pre reqs with me. None of us got in. Four girls we know from our classes all got in with lower GPA's and ACT scores. Go figure..... It appears to get into UMC you must be an 18-20 year old female................. go figure

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Specializes in Emergency Department.

From what I can tell, the programs that I applied to do NOT consider the sex of the applicant. I would be surprised if my class has more than 4 or 5 males in it though... Why? Even though those programs do their selections via a lottery system, there's likely a heavy self-selection bias. How many males apply to nursing programs? Probably not too many compared to other career fields, especially ones that are male-dominated. For programs that do take applicant sex into consideration, it's going to be just one criteria among several they'll consider. If EVERYTHING is equal except the applicant's sex, you might see that factor come into play. It is what it is...

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My husband and I applied to all of the same ADN programs. We have the exact same science gpa but I have a higher overall gpa. I have 3 degrees (AA, BS, MS) and have more volunteer experience while he has an EMT license. He was accepted to one ADN school after a 9 month wait while I was declined. Other than that one school he was accepted to we were both declined from all other schools.

He is in his third semester of ADN while I am still applying everywhere. A little birdie told him at his school they can fast track certain students on their waitlist into acceptance. He was fast tracked while I was not. Makes you wonder....

You may have not been accepted for various reasons because of you already have 3 degrees. An EMT license may be more relevant to the career path he may choose and this may have been a deciding factor.

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Being a male didn't seem to effect me at all, of all my clasmates those with the higher grades and TEAS scores seemed to prevail.

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there is a formula at my school [male nurse student] but it could give one's rat's rear if you're a boy or a girl. Either you are one of the top applicants or you are not. Our school doesn't suspend disbelief to enforce a quota, they aim for quality, intelligent, and capable nursing students. If you're not one of the top 30, you're S.O.L. it just so happens that there are a few insanely smart males, but their attrition rate has to my surprise mirrored the overall class attrition rate as the program goes along. We've lost some post masters students and some paramedics and some very nice men in our course and are down to 2 males....but, we've lost a LOT of females....if you look at the ratios though it's similar, if you discard real life "stuff" it's identical I'ld assume. at our school if you're a LPN, Paramedic, or CNA 2 you get a few points. They don't "give" any points for being a male, and the applications don't even ask your gender.

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