Deferred here
No and I’m disappointed being in-state. For alot of reasons it was ideal. My son toured junior year, it was the number one. Not a deferred, but a no. Bummed a flagship doesn’t take more in-state, but, expected it.
Has anyone heard back from CSUF Nursing yet? Or know when we will hear back?
Now that all of the nursing decisions are in, I thought I would add my S25 results in case it is helpful to future nursing applicants.
Large, competitive suburban high school
GPA 4.0UW/ 4.7W (at the time of applying)
ACT 33 (one sitting, chose not to retake)
6 APs + 1 post AP (honors organ chem) + 1 college class
National Merit Semifinalist (waiting to hear about finalist this month)
Accepted:
Pitt (in state; no merit; applied 8/3, accepted 9/20)
Loyola Chicago ($31k merit; applied early September, accepted mid-October)
New Hampshire ($14k merit; applied late October, admitted 12/19; accepted to honors program 12/21)
Vermont ($25k merit; applied late October, accepted 12/19)
Case Western ($35.5k merit; applied late October, accepted 12/19)
UMass Amherst ($16k merit; applied late October, accepted 1/17)
Northeastern (no merit, still hoping for NMF scholarship; applied late October, accepted 1/29; accepted to NUin program which was his first choice)
Deferred/Postponed:
Michigan (applied late October; deferred 1/24)
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Congrats! And thanks for this. Does your son have it narrowed down to a top choice or two?
Thank you!
Northeastern and Vermont have been the favorites all along.
Case Western would likely shoot to the top though if their coach would commit to a walk on spot for his sport.
There are also some regular decision applications that we are waiting on. These are schools where he can play his sport but don’t have nursing. He would have to do an accelerated nursing program after college if he goes that route.
I think he will take this decision down to the wire (on or almost May 1st), but I can circle back with an update when he makes a decision.
Happy to answer any questions about our experience from future applicants in the meantime though!
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Haven’t heard anything
I don’t see a lot about UVM Nursing. Can you tell me why it is near the top of your son’s list? My daughter is very interested in UVM as well, but we are on the west coast and will have limited time to visit all of the schools she is considering over spring break. I have read that housing is very difficult for upperclassmen, and this concerns me.
Honestly, he likes UVM for the skiing and the fact that he felt like he could find his people in Burlington and UVM.
It was the first school we toured (two years ago) and we unfortunately didn’t arrange a tour of the nursing department. It is obviously very convenient to have the medical center right on campus. And, I think their website notes that the senior practicum can be done internationally which interests my son.
It looks like most of the morning for UVM’s admitted students day is spent with your college/major. I am hoping we can make it to an admitted student day and report back with more information.
The housing situation for juniors and seniors does concern me. And, also the # of clinical hours is much less than at some of the other nursing programs on his list.
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Thank you for your response. We are scheduled to go to a UVM admitted student day but we’re still waiting on a couple of decisions that could be game changers.
Best of luck to your son as he makes his decision!
If you make it to the UVM admitted student day, could you please share your thoughts/ impressions/ any information that stood out to you and your student?
I am not sure yet if we are going to be able to make any of the dates work.
Yes, I would be happy to share!
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So we are almost done with this thing.
Stats: 4.23 weight, 4.0 unweighted. 2 years nursing shadow/internship at VA hospital and at a community hospital this year. NO SAT/ACT. 5 AP classes, 2 DE classes. Public charter school in SF bay area, CA.
ASU (DA - out of state) - admitted
U of Portland (DA) - admitted
Cal Baptist (non DA) - admitted
Azusa Pacific (DA) - admitted
Point Loma Nazarene (denied - not offered wait list)
SDSU: Still waiting.
As of right now she is leaning towards Azusa Pacific. She really liked the school and they offered generous merit aid/grants and a spot in their honors program. She found out today she was given the Spring 2026 cohort which is the preferred one (gets out in 4 years vs 4 1/2).
I guess we are just waiting on SDSU which is a huge long shot. She thought Point Loma was almost a guarantee and was surprised to get rejected. Cal Baptist (even without direct admit) was a very close 2nd place right now. It has a great environment for the students and a beautiful campus. The program is well run and even though not direct admit they reserve 90% of the spots for “in house” students and not transfers.
Has anyone else here had a student go to Azusa Pacific or Cal Baptist? What did you think? We are a Christian family so that aspect is well known and is welcomed.
Thank you!
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Is anyone looking at non-direct with their kids as well? So far the admissions received have been underwhelming to my kid, and one that was but didn’t offer any merit scholarship. Had a couple applications non-direct may circle back to look at but trying to research what accepting may mean such as not getting into upper division.
It depends on the school as to how competitive the non-direct programs are for entry into the clinical part of the nursing programs. As a general rule, the flagship universities and some other public schools are very to extremely competitive. Students attending smaller private non-elite schools and some public schools which are less competitive overall seem to have better odds. You might want to contact the individual schools to find out what percentage of their pre-nursing majors who apply to their clinical program are accepted. If you list the schools you are considering, some of us may be able to provide more specific information.
If a student isn’t accepted to the clinical phase, options are to change major, transfer to another school (although many nursing programs don’t accept transfers) or (sometimes depending on school policy) apply again the next semester. If a student decides to stay at the school, needs to change their major but still wants to be a nurse, an ABSN program can be pursued following graduation. There are many, many ABSN programs. They usually require at least a 3.0 GPA and 4-9 prerequisites. They do tend to be expensive, though, usually with no financial aid available other than loans.
The ones I am questioning are UA Tuscaloosa and Auburn, and East Carolina. If anyone has any experience with these programs, I would appreciate it. As of now, if we can’t get interested in a program may have to spend some time reevaluating goals and expectations quite a bit.
Unfortunately, I have no knowledge about these programs, but hopefully someone(s) on this thread will. You might get more responses by starting a new thread. (My knowledge base is primarily the many direct entry programs in Pennsylvania and vicinity).
Dd just got accepted to University Delaware of direct nursing! Very excited for her.
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Congratulations to your daughter! Can I ask you a question? Is Penn, UP or PSU? If PSU, which campus? Is her 4.0 based on a 4.0 scale? TY
She is going to University of Pennsylvania.