I was a transfer student. I was told by the USF advising counselor that for nursing you must have at least a 3.6 to even apply to the university (if you are applying as a transfer & want to declare your major as nursing). Unfortunately, USF thinks high GPAs make good nurses. They base their admissions on GPA (no interview, no references). This is a shame because it takes much more than getting good grades to be a great nurse, but I can't blame them because they want a higher retention & progression rate. I applied to another university & graduated with my BSN cum laude. So don't get discouraged :)