Nursing School Suggestion?

[hatingthewaiting]

I am hoping I can get some suggestions about schools I may have a chance of getting into. I am looking for ones that only, or primarily, look at your last 60/90 units. My cum GPA is terrible and doesn't even make the cutoff to be considered at many universities. I know Samuel Merritt & UCLA only look at you last 2 years, anybody know of some more? I wanted to stay in California at first, but now I'd go to nursing school on the moon if I got in!

[yellow finch, BSN, RN]

Are you asking about an ADN/BSN or MSN program? I assume you're talking about grad school, but what specialty are you looking at? Online or brick & mortar school?

[hatingthewaiting]

Sorry about not clarifying. Preferably Entry level MSN programs, but I'm also looking into ABSN ones if I don't get into any Masters programs.

I spoke with Yale, and they said they have no minimum GPA requirement, but they do look at all 4 years.

I don't think these are the kind of degrees you can do online cause I have no nursing background yet.

[czyja, MSN, RN]

Hmmm. If your GPA

If I were you I would make a list of the programs that interest me, then email them and ask "My GPA is X.XX. Am I eligible for admission?" If the answer is yes, then APPLY.

I would also look at ADN programs. Master's Entry programs are hyper competitive. Do not let this dissuade you from applying, but do not put all yer eggs in one basket. Good luck!

[Kensington]

Definitely try Yale, Columbia and USD -- private schools tend to look at a lot more than just your GPA. Write an awesome personal statement, and do well on GREs and prereqs. Good luck!!

[yellow finch, BSN, RN]

One other thing to look at are schools that accept students on a "rolling admissions" basis. What this means is the faculty meet about once a month, look over the applicants, and decide who is accepted and who isn't for that month. Because more slots are open at the start of the "rolling admissions" period, you have a better chance of getting in when applying early. The further along in the process they are in reviewing students, the fewer openings are available... add in the possibility of a sudden mass of applicants towards the deadline, and you have a much harder chance of being accepted. The only school I know of in my area that does this is Emory University.

This is in contrast to schools who collect applications and starting the day after the deadline review the applicants, weed them out based on whatever criteria they deem important, and then start cutting people out one-by-one until they have their core group of acceptances, waitlists, and rejections.

Best of luck!