Colonel Sandbag

The state tracks NCLEX pass rates by school. I calculated the average over the last 9 years for each. here are the results: Nursing Education Program Average Yearly NCLEX Pass Rate 2012-2021 Boston College MSN99.52% Worcester State97.66% Simmons Direct Entry97.61% Regis Direct Entry95.80% Northeastern University - MSN94.88% Fitchburg State University94.24% Quincy College - Quincy 94.00% Boston College BSN93.70% Becker College AD (Closed 2021)93.32% University of Massachusetts -Worcester92.93% Simmons BSN92.58% MCPHS University -2nd Bachelors (Worc)92.36% University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth - BSN91.75% MGH Institute of Health Professions MSN91.14% Northeastern University - BS91.13% Massachusetts Bay CC90.93% Bristol Community College90.26% Middlesex Community College89.59% University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth - Accedlerated - BSN89.22% Westfield State University 89.20% University of Massachusetts - Amherst89.12% North Shore Community College89.09% Quincy College - Plymouth89.00% Brockton Hospital88.74% Becker College BSN (Closed 2021)88.59% Holyoke Community College 88.47% MGH Institute of Health Professions BSN88.05% University of Massachusetts - Lowell87.48% Endicott College87.43% Quinsigamond Community College87.21% Anna Maria College86.98% Greenfield Community College86.89% Curry College86.68% Bunker Hill Community College86.53% Massachusetts Total 86.44% Massasoit Community College86.19% Northeastern University - Accelerated BSN86.16% University of Massachusetts - Boston ABSN86.00% Cape Cod Community College85.84% NATIONAL Total (US Educated) 85.75% American International College85.64% University of Massachusetts -Boston85.62% LMH/Regis Collee Nursing Program85.43% Berkshire Community College 85.41% Our Lady of the Elms College85.20% Springfield Tech Community College85.15% Mt Wachusett Community College84.26% Northern Essex Community College83.21% Salem State University - BS83.12% Regis BSN81.91% MCPHS University -Accelerated BSN (Bos)80.96% Roxbury Community College - CLOSED79.87% Bay State College74.73% Laboure College73.75% Quincy College - CLOSED57.83%

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Hey All, I'm looking to become a nurse practitioner and I'm expecting to apply to direct-entry masters or DNP programs as well as a few ABSN programs (so that I could jump to DNP at the same school) but I'm having a hard time figuring out where I'm competitive. Can I enlist you to help me understand? For background: I'm in my early 30s, I manage a small team at my state's medicaid agency, I have a master's degree in bioethics, and I've been published numerous times as a bioethics and health policy researcher. My "stats" seem average to me: Undergrad GPA = 3.2 overall, 3.4 in my bio major (not great but my degree is from a top 15 liberal arts college)My GRE scores were 97th %ile for verbal, 73rd for quant, and 60th for writingI have around 200 hours of clinical & clinical-ish experience including patient visiting on med surg and cardiac floors, shadowing PCPs, and volunteering in a rock climbing group for people with disabilities. But I feel like I might stand out in other ways: I have a graduate degree in bioethics (3.8 GPA).I've been published ~10 times in peer-reviewed and non-reviewed fora (JAMA, Health Affairs Blog, a few other places).In my job I'm responsible for evaluating the performance of population health management & care management programming. I have a lot of first-hand experience as a patient in virtue of having a disability which motivates my desire to be an NP...I took the MCAT three years ago and I got 97th percentile, but I don't know if that matters.Can you guys help me understand where I stand? Am I an average applicant? A strong one? Do certain schools take a more holistic approach in evaluating candidates? Would I benefit from focusing on those? My dream school is University of Washington but I'm also really interested in the MGH program, the Yale GEPN program, and potentially UPenn. I haven't taken some of the nursing prereqs like A&P, psych or nutrition, so I would be applying without those... Thank you so much to anyone who lends input!