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Hey sarahliz51! Oh wow, I didn't know you were that far away lol. I actually live in the area so I was able to go up to the school and set up a meeting over the summer. I don't know if it was because I was trying to get a hold of the advisor for the 2nd degree program over the summer, but I could never get an email or phone call back from her. Hopefully you're having better luck! Anyways, at the meeting we were given a list of the pre-requisites needed to begin the program, which make up our pre-nursing GPA. That's what they base part of your admission decision off of. The minimum pre-nursing GPA is a 3.0, but she recommended having a 3.3 or higher. She said that you can apply while finishing any of the pre-requisites needed, but they would have to be finished by the time you start the program in May. As far as transferring though, I was told by the admissions department that I would have to apply and see what my previous classes would transfer as there. For example, I took general chemistry 1 and 2 at another school, but she doesn't know if that would transfer for what I need. I also took a statistics class at my previous school, but she didn't know if that would count for the statistics they want. It's kind of weird. As far as the program itself, she had mentioned it currently costs $255 per credit hour while in the nursing program. Also, while in the nursing program we are required to get at least a C in classes. Anything below a C and you have to repeat. If you do repeat, you have only one opportunity. Then she mentioned if you have four failing grades, you out of them program. I believe the list of pre-requisites she gave us is also on the website. If not, I can always send them to you. I hope this information helped! Good luck and let me know how it goes! :)

Congratulations sarahliz51!! I finally got my decision packet in the mail today (The first one got lost in the mail lol) and I was accepted to the ABSN program at Valpo also! Thanks for starting this thread too. I'm interested to hear what people have to say about the second degree program at IUN, since that is another program I'm applying to. Have you been to the information session yet for IUN? I went to one in the beginning of August and have some notes written down at home about the average GPA they normally take. I'll have to add to this post with that information when I get home from classes. Congratulations again! :)