UNF {University of North Florida} Pre-Reqs & GPA

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What you really need to know about Pre-Reqs & GPA in preparation for your future UNF application to nursing school. GPA on your pre-reqs counts for 50% of the points that qualify you for an invitation for an interview, so it is very important.

In my quest to be the best candidate possible for the UNF nursing program I poured over this blog site and found much helpful information. But I had to sort through many comments to get to the real nuggets. My hope is that this topic will be reserved for valuable information and not simply personal conversations by individual cohorts.

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Overview: How to get into UNF Brooks School of Nursing:

  1. Complete your pre-reqs and strive for all A’s. This counts for 400 points which is simply the GPA x 100. So if you have a 3.85 GPA on your pre-reqs, you get 385 points. [Overall GPA mearly qualifies you for the program but is not considered beyond that. Overall should be a minimum of 2.90]
  2. Take the TEAS V. It is very important to make the highest score possible. This counts for the second 400 points towards an invitation. You total the scores on each sub-section by just dropping the decimal and adding. So if you got 96.5%, 90.3%, 78.8%, and 83.2% your score would be 348.8 out of a possible 400 points.
  3. To get an invite for the interview you should strive to score over 700, but it can be as low as 680. The interview now becomes 50% of your evaluation. TEAS V is 35%, GPA is 14%, and having an associates for your general education gives you the last 1%. Dress professionally and practice your interview skills.

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If I had listened to those who talked about how hard it is to get into UNF I would have given up a long time ago. I don't know yet if I am in or not, but I'm not sorry for trying. I've worked hard to be competitive and now we will just see what happens. {interview was yesterday}

If you have a 3.67 overall GPA from UNF then chances are you are a hard working, smart student. Don't think worst case scenario, think best case scenario. UNF is hard to get into for nursing, but you sound like the kind of student they are looking for. The average GPA for those invited to an interview and admitted for their pre-reqs was about 3.7/3.8. the pre-reqs are as follows:

SELECT One social science course

Any PSYXXXX, SOPXXXX, or SYGXXXX is acceptable.

DEP3054 3 Lifespan Developmental Psych

DEPX004, DEPX054, DEPX000, DEPX414, or any Human Growth and Development across the Life Span may be substituted for DEP3054.

STA2014 3 G(M)Elem Statistics-Health/SS

STAX014, STAX023, STAX122, STAX022, or any Statistic course maybe be substituted for STA 2014.

HUN2201 3 Basic Prin Human Nutrition

HUNX201, NURX192 or any Human Nutrition course may be substituted for HUN 2201.

MCB2010C 4 Microbiology

MCBX010C, MCBX010/X010L, MCBX013c, MCBX013/X013L, MCBX000/X000L, MCBX004/X004L, or any Microbiology with lab may be substituted for MCB 2010C.

BSC2085C 4 Human Anatomy and Physiology I

BSCX085c, BSCX085/X085L, BSCX093c, BSCX093/X093L, or any Human Anatomy and Physiology I or Human Anatomy.

BSC2086C 4 Human Anatomy & Physiology II

BSCX086c, BSCX086/X086L, BSCX094c, BSCX094/X094L, or any Human Anatomy and Physiology II or Human Physiology.

SELECT Additional science course

Any CHMXXXX, BCHXXXX, BSCXXXX, PCBXXXX, or PHYXXXX with a minimum of 3 credit hours is acceptable.

A list of the current Pre-Reqs

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Admission Stats from Summer 2012

Copied from Nursing Admissions Facebook:

Accelerated track admission offers: 27; 26 females, 1 male Avg prereq GPA 3.76; max 4.00; min 3.30

Avg TEAS 356; max 392; min 330

Avg interview score 394 (out of 400)

Regular track admission offers: 45; 32 females, 13 males

Avg prereq GPA 3.77; max 4.00; min 3.42

Avg TEAS 334; max 366; min 302

Avg interview score 393 (out of 400)

Waiting list offers (good through start of classes on 5/9/12): 31 ACPL and RPL mixed (no, we don't reveal rank)

Avg prereq GPA 3.77; max 4.00; min 3.39

Avg TEAS 326; max 367; min 287

Avg interview score 365 (out of 400)

Denials: 46

Avg prereq GPA 3.74; max 4.00; min 3.34

Avg TEAS 323; max 370; min 276

Avg interview score 235 (out of 400; affected by outlier of "0" score)

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