Nursing Program -becoming easier to get in?-

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Now my prerequisites are almost done and I am ready to apply to Nursing Accelerated Program this year. Nurse's job market is no longer that good. I wonder if that makes it easier to get into the nursing programs lateley? I saw a lot more discussion about the schools a few years ago. Is it still very competitive to get in?

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Specializes in hospice, HH, LTC, ER,OR.

Yes, still very competitive.. With 1000s of people applying for 40-60 slot per semster.. you do the math

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Extremely competitive...

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since when is the nursing job market not so great?

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I haven't heard of any nursing program having thousands of applicants for 40 - 60 slots but it is competitive. The incoming second career BSN program at Univ Michigan had 355 applicants for 42 slots in 2010 (about 20% acceptance rate) (2010 Second Career BSN Profile | University of Michigan School of Nursing). The regular program for freshmen had 404 applicants for 123 spots (2010 Freshmen BSN Profile | University of Michigan School of Nursing). From information gathered here, it seems like Eastern Michigan's ABSN program accepts about a third of applicants, Wayne State accepts about half of theirs. Community colleges vary on their acceptances, some are straight waiting lists as long as pre-reqs are met with grades above a C-, others do lottery or point systems.

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Yes programs in Michigan are still competitive as previous posters have stated. That is one of the reasons why I left Michigan and am going to Ohio for RN school. I was attending Washtnaw Community College in Ann Arbor, Mi they have a 2 year wait. Schoolcraft College has a 4-5 year wait with other colleges having a competitive admission process.

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Good example. I attend baker. to even apply I was required to two eng comp 1 & 2. a&p 1&2 intro to psych, intro to micro bio, algebra, nutrition, patho , public speaking, a comp elective, and intro to medical billing which I substituted with another comp elective due to curriculum change. only after completing all of the listed prerequisite courses was I able to take my Kaplan admission test. Baker uses a 100 point system. 60 % of your points are from GPA with a max of 60 points. 5 points max for no transfer. withdraw, or repeat courses and 35% of your score comes from your Kaplan entrance exam. I ended up with a total of 92.52 points out of a maximum of 100 points. I feel confidant, but am still waiting on my decision/ acceptance letter to come. however. if you commit yourself to the program, study your butt off and get good grades then you have a good shot. baker college Clinton township usually sees between 160 and 250 total applicants and reapplicants . this term there were 151 at Clinton township. of those only 40 students are accepted to the program. after this term there will be no reapplication. bonus points to make it more fair and more merit based. good luck whatever you choose to do.

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Hi are you still attending Baker? I'm at the same campus

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