Mercy College-Toledo 2014-2015

augurey · May 15, 2015

I have, perhaps, a lame/stupid question for current or former students. Acceptance letters. Does Mercy College go with large envelopes for acceptance and small for rejections, or all acceptance and rejection letters in a small envelop?

hbrueshaber · Jun 1, 2016

I currently applied to the nursing program at Mercy, does anyone know what there cut off GPA is? and how many people they accept?

augurey · Jun 1, 2016

I currently applied to the nursing program at Mercy, does anyone know what there cut off GPA is? and how many people they accept?

I think GPA cut off is 2.7 (either from high school or all colleges combined), but I got in with less than that (with a personal statement with my application - my poor grades where from about a decade ago and I had a very high GPA from an unaccredited school that didn't count but was taken into consideration with my statement). I think number of people they accept depends on the campus (not sure which one you're referring to). I don't know how many the Toledo programs accept, but I believe the Youngstown campus admits about 96. At least they did for the 2017 class. I don't know if that'll change for the next.

Going2bRN, ASN, BSN · Jun 24, 2016

Well I thought I would resurrect this thread as I am a new student at Mercy. Just completed the spring semester and have all my pre-reqs done. I started in school at UT in 2013 and decided last year to switch to nursing. I applied and was accepted to the nursing program this summer and will start in the fall towards my Associates. I am super excited as Mercy is such a wonderful school and the professors are wonderful.

Sirena922 · Jun 24, 2016

Congratulations!

Going2bRN, ASN, BSN · Jan 3, 2017

Just finished my first semester of nursing 110 at Mercy so I thought I would drop in and say how it went. First off, even though I prepared myself mentally for how hard it would be, I really had no idea. I am generally an "A" student and I really struggled. We had 4 exams and my grades were 78%, 83%, 87%, 83%. That all averaged out to the must have 80% in the class to pass but I was scared after that first test. I spoke to others in my class who had returned after failing the previous fall and they had said they missed passing by just a point or two. Now some would say that is unfair, but I see it as a standard. It got me on the ball. I thought I had studied hard for the first test but I realized I was going to have to seriously step up my game if I was going to pass this. So while I thought that studying for a day or two before a test was sufficient, I quickly learned that studying must ALWAYS be happening.

I started making study sheets after every class and used my CHEGG flashcard app on my phone for vocabulary words and math conversions I needed to memorize. I would study at any opportunity. I made calendars with planned study times and I studied nclex style questions as well.

Sleep, exercise and good food are so important and the times I skipped out on them were the times I did the worst. Avoid stress in your life as well.

For my first semester, I chose not to work outside of school as I didn't think I could handle it and I do believe that is accurate as I had so much to learn about how to do well in nursing school. I did get a job a few weeks ago and I believe with all I learned I am now able to handle a part-time job in addition to going to school. I will also add I am an older single student and I do have several kids. My youngest is 10.

Overall, I absolutely LOVE Mercy. It has been an incredible blessing and a fantastic opportunity to grow as a person. Never before have I been so challenged in my life. I pray that I will be able to continue to do well and pass each semester here on out. If all goes as planned, I should graduate in May 2018. At that point, I will hopefully pass the NCLEX, get a job and then apply to Ohio University to do my RN-BSN completion online.