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I believe that they look at the overall GPA at first, however, as they are narrowing down the applicants they will look at the Nursing Core GPA. Honestly, as long as you have a strength in either GPA or TEAS you will be fine! Try and score high on the TEAS because that will balance your application out. Getting in is not as hard as other schools, so don't be super worried about that. I wish you good luck, and let me know how it goes! I'm in my 4th week so far and we have our first nursing exam the week after next! The program really is very well-rounded with the BEST instructors. If you get in the program my best advice is to make sure you do ATI ahead of time and finish your clinical orientations before the start of class. This will help you focus on the material better.

Hi guys! I got accepted to the Fall ASN 2020! So excited!

I have not heard anything yet either...still waiting! I did ASN only so maybe those letters will come out later. This is sooooo hard!

Hey guys! The program accepts 50 for fall and 50 for Spring. In the past, the letters have gone out in the first to the second week of April. Just Google search "middle Georgia state university allnurses" and you will get about 7 different links. Go through them and see what GPA the people who got accepted had as well as when they received their letters. It will help you get a better idea of what you are looking for. I am nervous too and have been checking the mail religiously! I hope ya'll are in my cohort! I am so nervous. I hope we even have a fall semester with all of this cornovirus. I have been thinking about how that would affect everyone! However, with the nursing shortage that people are talking about, maybe there will be exceptions. IDK, but I am praying that things get better soon. I live right outside of Athens and have had confirmed cases in Oconee (where I live) and numerous in Athens. I am not worried about getting sick, rather the impact this has had on so many people! God bless you all and keep each other posted! Thank the Lord! Nervous and excited and hope we all get in!

I inquired about this after this coronavirus outbreak and was told that letters will be sent towards the beginning of April. If something changes they will let us know. Good luck to everyone! I am growing nervous as the time approaches!

Sorry for some of the quotation mistakes I have made on this forum! Do you guys know anyone else applying to this program?

Wow! Those are both nice combinations. I live right here in Athens as well...small world! Too bad UGA doesn't have a nursing program. It is kind of ridiculous actually because they could easily round up very passionate professors and students and have one of the best programs in Georgia! The BSN and ASN deadlines are the same.

For anyone applying to BSN, the average acceptance GPA for BSN Fall 2018 was a 3.47 and the average TEAS was a 75. Keep in mind that I was told that year by year the GPA is slightly increasing as the program becomes more well known, but this won't be a major change for this year. In addition, it is important to realize that the averages change every year and depend on how many people apply and their academics. Because MGA is not really a 4-year school people dream of going to for nursing, it is less competitive. However, the program has excellent NCLEX pass rates. The 2019 first time NCLEX pass rate was a 94.83. To put that into perspective, Emory's NCLEX pass rate for 2019 was only 96.26%. So while the program accepts students with worse grades, it knows how to teach students how to pass the NCLEX. And as a bonus instead of ending with 150K in debt, you can end up with only around 15-25K in debt if you get a loan for all of it! It does not matter how "good" the school is, all that matters is how the school prepares students to take the NCLEX.

I don't mind! My GPA is 4.0 (so far) and my TEAS is an 82.7. They will also look at your subsection scores so don't worry if you did bad on the English portion (because I made like a 50 on that section!). They used to have the average GPA and TEAS on the degree planning sheet, however, they stopped adding it this year, but I still had a copy from previous years. For the ASN program (Fall 2018) the average TEAS was a 71% and the average GPA was a 3.05. Hopefully this helps you see where you stand. It changes from year to year, but my advisor told me herself that the program is not as competitive as other programs where you have to make like a 90 on the TEAS to even me considered.

Hey! I applied to ASN! I hope we all get in as well. We should find out first week of April. Once the deadline is here, Carla Higgs (nursing school administrator) reviews the applications as a first round of selection. She considers TEAS, GPA, withdraw patterns, and any other factors that apply. She then sends the list of students that qualify to the admissions committee (the professors) who sift through those applications and come up with a narrower list of applicants. Finally, the list is then reviewed for accuracy by either the department head or the dean of nursing. Let me know if you have any other questions, I may or may not be able to answer them. Keep your fingers crossed ?

Hey I just applied! We talked earlier about MGA, but hopefully more people can share their stats with us!

Yeah, this is pretty dumb. How can someone make decisions on where grants and funds should be allocated if they don't even know the importance of nursing functions? I would be gravely disappointed if this person stayed in this position. Nursing research is essential to improving healthcare, and understanding basic nursing principles is necessary in discerning where research funding should go to. In this case, business would not help as much because the problem at hand deals with understanding nursing. Therefore, they should be hiring someone with BOTH a nursing and accounting/business background. There are plenty of nurses out their who have gone through dual MSN/administration programs.

This is awesome, and so many people do not realize this. This is what sets apart a compassionate RN at heart from people just trying to get through. You are going to be an awesome nurse!

Thanks for the info! It is very encouraging! I hope we are in the same cohort so we can study together. I promise I will not bring you down, I am one of those people that stays in track and on topic. I have always struggled to find good study groups because the people use me. I take a lot of notes, read all of the assignments and ask the teachers questions. I like helping people, but I can tell if someone is just being my friend to get good grades. You seem like you are the total opposite of this, so maybe we can arrange something one we find out we got in (I believe we will!) the program! Did you read the other forums? Let me know if you have anymore Q's! My name is Michael by btw!

Wow! That makes me nervous, but that is not enough to stop me. My biggest worry is that I will not study the right things. When I read, I always feel that everything is important. My notes get so long and take so much time that by the time I am done taking them, I sometimes don't even have enough time to study them! Do your teachers give you study guides or anything to help guide your learning. By the way, MGA uses ATI for their NCLEX study. I have heard people complain about it, but it prepares them. I am also going to buy the Saunders NCLEX review day one so I can have a comprehensive review. Any other study tips?