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Hey ashley1022, I'm not 100% sure but in past threads students heard back the last week of April or the first week of May. According to the forum from 2017 they heard back on April 27th. Could be different this year though.

Also, they don't average out your GPA from all the colleges you attended. Nursingcas adds up ALL your grades together into one sum. So if you had a 3.5 from one college and a 4.0 from hunter your cumulative GPA will NOT be 3.5 + 4.0 / 2 = 3.75 (the avg). Instead it will just be the addition of all of your grades as a whole. Hope this helps anyone who wants to know what their cumulative GPA is before Nursingcas calculates it.

Myr21, thanks for sharing your scores. You have an awesome GPA so I'm sure it'll pick up your NLN score when the avg is calculated. I finally took my NLN today, scored 148 in 99th percentile. Unfortunately I will prob not be admitted. My GPA from my previous college was a 3.7 and a 4.0 at Hunter. However, when Nursingcas calculated my GPA they included an F I received over a decade ago (I re-took the class and got an A so my previous college didn't count it towards my GPA) which lowered my GPA to a 3.53. When I called Nursingcas and they told me that it doesn't matter if your college replaced the F with an A, they count BOTH grades even if your colleges don't. Just wanted to put this out there in case someone has the same issue so that they are prepared. Had I known this earlier I may not have wasted time applying to hunter and going through all the motions to get in. Anyhow, if anyone is interested in knowing how to study for the NLN exam I suggest buying the recommended book AND also purchasing the practice exams from the testing site itself. I actually found many of the questions repeated on the actual exam from the NLN practice exams I purchased online (more so than from the book). Money well spent. I unfortunately had a majority of physics questions which was honestly my worst nightmare- so definitely brush up on your physics! Know how to decipher between different circuit diagrams and which devices measure voltage, electricity, circuits etc. Know your laws: Ohms, Newton and Coulomb's law etc. As far as the math goes, if you're taking your exam at hunter calculators are allowed-- functions such as exponents and integer features are available which saved me so much time. Verbal section is a bit tough. IMO 40 minutes is not enough time to read 6 passages (5 questions each) and answer 30 vocab questions. I felt really rushed and I know I made a few mistakes because of that. My advice it to practice speeding up your pace while reading. As far as the vocab studying goes I studied from the NLN vocab list on quizlet but more importantly I took the time to look up and memorize every vocab I encountered on all the practice exams. I will still update you guys when I receive my inevitable rejection. Good luck to everyone applying this year!

ktdee, mine didn't get verified yet. I did submit my application a day or two before the deadline though. Did you send yours in early?

I am downloading the app now! Thanks so much.

kw1754, thanks for sharing your scores! I had the exact same problem at my previous college. Sigh.. to be young and reckless. Took me a few semesters to raise my GPA. I'm so worried about taking the NLN exam knowing you guys did so well! -- Stakes are high this semester! Every time I take a practice test it seems another vocab word I've never heard of pops up. And don't get me started on the science section. lol

ktdee, thanks for the insight on the exam. That's a great NLN score and GPA! My personal essay was around 650 words as well. Hope they don't put too much emphasis on it. Did you apply to the generic or accelerated program?

Thanks so much for the advice. Studying for this exam is so nerve-racking. Hunter's nursing programs are so competitive but I think you have a really strong GPA and NLN score! I'll post my NLN score and acceptance or rejection (applying to generic) as the results come in. Good luck with everything!

mcrib09, Thanks for sharing your scores! That's an awesome NLN score! Would you mind sharing how you prepared/what study materials you used for the NLN Pax?

Here's my info so far to get this thread started: GPA last college 3.7 (i think) GPA at hunter 4.0 Taking NLN in Feb so I will post my scores then!

Hey prospective nursing students :) I wanted to start a discussion on Hunters 2018 application frenzy. I'm currently completing my application & studying for the NLN that I have scheduled in February. Would love if we could open up a discussion on current test scores and experiences: How did you prepare for the NLN exam? Was the actual test material what you expected- was it harder/ was there any material you were not prepared for? Did you take the exam at hunter? If so, I found out they let you use calculators- was it a very basic calculator - or did it have functions such as exponents and negative integer capabilities? What is your NLN score and percentile? What is your gpa? Do you feel your career goal statement (for nursingcas application) was strong? (I struggled a bit with this section as the instructions were very vague) Hope to hear from you all. Good luck!

To get the discussion going here's my info so far: I can only provide have my gpa scores for now since I haven't taken the NLN exam yet. GPA from transfer college 3.74 (I think) GPA from Hunter- 4.0 For the application essay I didn't get too personal, wrote mostly about my experience in work and school and how that will help me with future studies. My word count was a tad under 700. (Nursingcas did not provide any details at all!-- so I'm a bit apprehensive about this part) I am currently using "Review Guide for RN Pre-Entrance Exam 3rd edition" to study but am worried that I should be more thorough from reading so many posts on the science section.

Hey prospective nursing students :) I wanted to start a discussion on Hunters 2018 application frenzy. I'm currently completing my application & studying for the NLN that I have scheduled in February. Being that I'm super nervous I was looking back on the NLN scores, gpas.. etc. from past years but would love if we could open up a discussion on current test scores and experiences. How did you prepare for the NLN exam? Was the actual test material what you expected- was it harder/ was there any material you were not prepared for? Did you take the exam at hunter? If so, I found out they let you use calculators- was it a very basic calculator - or did it have functions such as exponents and negative integer capabilities? What is your NLN score and percentile? What is your gpa? Do you feel your career goal statement (for nursingcas application) was strong? (I struggled a bit with this section as the instructions were very vague) Hope to hear from you all. Good luck!