qustion about getting into to nursing school?

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Hello everyone! I am currently taking the prerequiste classes for nursing school(i already have an undergraduate degree in accounting). anyway, i have heard stories of people being accepted to a program but not for the current year...they are waitlisted and allowed to come the following year since there are so many students applying to nursing school.

Currently I'm only taking the minimum prerequistes....A&P, chem, nutrition, psyhcology, microbiology. Do you think if I take some upper level classes, like maybe Bio for science majors, I will have a better change getting into more nursing programs.

thanks,

hushpupgrl

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As far as I know most all of the programs are waitlisted. I go to a hospital based school that does not put anyone on waitlist. You apply and you get in for the following year- if not you have to reapply again the next. I know competition is high- so keep those grades up. I don't think getting more prereq's in will help you get into school faster but it will certainly make school easier so you can focus just on nursing courses.

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hushpupgrl-

I'm curious as to where in Pennsylvania you are.

I went to school in Dallas, PA (right outside of Scranton). None of the nursing schools around there had wait lists. Actually, I have never heard of a nursing school wait list until I moved to Houston and joined these boards.

I went to nursing school straight out of highschool, got into the first nursing school that I applied to, with no pre-reqs. I received my BSN in 4 years.

I think the wait-list all depends on the area - larger cities will have a larger wait list, smaller cities may not have one at all..

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I am from Montgomery & Berks county area's. I know that years ago the community college I attended had anywhere from a 1 year to 5 year wait list. I've heard of many others speak of being on a waitlist. I know I've seen others speak of a "lottery", but not sure if that is in Pa. And then there are others that consider all applicants for the next cohort based on grades.

All I can say for sure is that competition is high and there are many, especially from what I have read on this site, that are just waiting to be accepted.

Best advice I could give to you is apply to several schools you may be interested in, aim for 4.0, and hopefully one (or possibly several choices) becomes available to you with a sooner start time.

Best of luck to you

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I just applied to the Brandywine School of Nursing which is a two year RN diploma program. I hope to get into their Fall 2008 program. They are affiliated with Immaculata University. I am planning on taking the CLEP test for Developmental Psychology and then taking Microbiology in the spring and then I am finished with all my required college (non-nursing) courses. Brandywine sets it up that the only prerequisite is Chemistry for their program. The rest of the courses can be taken within their structured curriculum. However, I have four kids and I just want to concentrate on the nursing classes while I am in nursing school. Then I plan on continuing at Immaculata for my BSN.

Delaware County Community College also has a two year Nursing program. They have both a day and evening/weekend program. It is very competitive to get into their evening/weekend program from what I hear. Delaware County is affiliated with Chester County Hospital. They may also be affiliated with other hospitals too.

My advice is to decide what program you are going to try to get into. I know Brandywine and Delaware County have different requirements in their curriculums. For example, Brandywine requires Chemistry & Nutrition and Delaware County does not require those courses. Delaware County requires English Comp. II and Abnormal Psychology but Brandywine does not. You don't want to waste time and money. Also, both the above schools require that you take the NET test before you can be accepted that the nursing school administers. Other schools may have different nursing pre-entrance exams.

I have been going for some years now at Immaculata and I love it there. I already took Chemistry and Nutrition and I will finish my Associates Degree at Immaculata with the above two courses. I live very close to Brandywine. My kids school is nearby so for me that is the best choice. I do agree that it is very competitive. I think I remember Brandywine saying they get about 500 applications and only 50 are accepted. I could be wrong on that number. It was a while since I attended the information session. I don't think I am too far off though.

**Sorry so long. I have been inside for a few days with a bad cold. I am leaving the house soon to run errands. Good Luck!!

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