Chances at Penn State for nursing?

charlieschm
Wed, 17 Jul 2013 23:17:17 +0000

I don’t know about the nursing program, but overall Penn State is very numbers driven in admission. For main campus, they publish a diagram that shows SAT scores and GPA to estimate your chances for admission.

In any case, try to do some paid or volunteer work in a health care setting, and work that information into your applications or essays.

Penn State also is probably the only public university that does not give any admissions preference to in-state students.

It is harder to get into the nursing program than it is to get onto the main campus. You can do a search on this site to find scores of people who were accepted or rejected for Penn State’s nursing program. Each year, students list that info on CC’s Penn State forum. You don’t need super-human scores, but it is very competitive.

Everyone should take both the ACT and the SAT. They are very different tests. The ACT is best for people who are better in science than math. Colleges will base their decision upon whichever score is higher.