<p>Ok, reading over my post before, I’d like to clarify that it’s not that I don’t think that test scores don’t matter that much. In fact, you MUST show that you do well in school, and you must show in your ECs that you have a passion. However, what I tried to emphasize is that your essays must also show your personality and how that fits into nursing. I think a mistake some people make in regards to their essay is that they write a great piece about something, but what they showed about themselves doesn’t really fit into their major!
At a top tier college, everyone does well in school and has great ECs, so part of it comes down to whether they find you a good match in your major and in their school. And the essays can show that - especially those supplements so write great supplements! Albeit, people say that essays don’t matter as much as your stats, but I beg to differ that in a school specifically for nursing, the admissions committee will look at your passion, specifically.</p>