I agree that MSU prenursing seems extremely risky. How do you feel about their Nurse Scholar program?
D24, 1180 SAT, 3.5 weighted, no APs until senior year. Mix of honors and reg.
Steady increase in grades and rigor from 9th till now. No extra special extracurriculars. Not first gen.
Weāre in CT.
submitted SAT scores to all except Clemson and USC
Direct admit:
Elon- accepted, no merit yet
Drexel- $8k
Quinnipiac- $27k
Loyola New Orleans- $27k
Radford- $8k
Awaiting: URI and Clemson
Deferred: UDel
Accepted but not for nursing direct:
WVU, FAU
Not direct admit for nursing:
Accepted- ECU, western Carolina
Deferred- USC
Rejected: UNCW
Top Choices are Elon if we can make it work financially. She applied for some scholarships or ECU (nursing program seems to be without reach).
Would love to hear more about Loyola New Orleans. Only applied bc the app was free and it was direct admitā¦ worth a visit?
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She has great choice so far and great merit which is wonderful! Congrats!
I didnāt realize UDel started to release their nursing decisions yet? When did she hear from them? We are waiting on them. Portal says by 2/15 notification.
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Unfortunately I donāt know anything about it, Iām sorry.
I canāt speak to the nursing program, but I know a couple of students who had a good experience at Loyola New Orleans. The value of a visit would depend on the finances and your Dās level of interest.
Congrats on the great acceptances!
My daughter is in the same boat. Got pre-nursing but not sure about direct admit. I think this is the first year that IU is doing direct admit? I also read that you must maintain a 3.5 GPA to stay in the program.
We now understand that the direct admit decisions for nursing at Indiana U will be sent out 3/15, so the waiting game continues. Itās a bit frustrating for a student to apply in October then need to wait 5 months to know if they received a direct admit admittance. 4 of the 10 schools our student applied to have March decisions for nursing, even with EA at some of them.
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I have felt like the large schools are basically doing this - meaning - they are only accepting a small amount during Early Admissions and deferring the bulk of admits to the regular decision round where they have a āmore complete pool of applicants to choose fromā.
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I received my acceptance on Monday! Super excited.
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UC? Congrats! My daughter was also accepted for nursing there, but she hasnāt yet made a decision. It seems like an excellent choice so we have to get down there to visit!
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Yes! Cincinnati 
Congrats
Commonly buried in the nursing handbook are the requirements for progression in the program. Direct admit programs may have progression GPA requirements ranging from the low 2.something to the high 3.something.
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Congratulations! Does anyone have any information on how Miami U compares to Cincinatti for Nursing? Is one recommended over the other?
Also, I was unable to find the Miami U Oxford NCLEX pass rate the last few years. Does anyone have that information?
My child is comparing: Miami Oxford, CIncinatti, Marquette, and Michigan State. Finding it difficult to compare as they are all great programs!
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86% last year for Miami of Ohio.
Iāve been looking for that as well. My child is currently trying to decide between Miami, Marquette, Xavier, Belmont and Clemson. Several visits in February and March in our future but would really like to be able to compare the 2023 NCLEX rates (since it is the first year of the new exam). So far, Iāve only found Belmontās.
Agree 100%. I found this writing at the bottom of URIās Nursing curriculum. Seemed sneaky that this isnāt published elsewhere on their nursing website (at least that I saw). I am not sure I would have dug so deeply into curriculum pages if it wasnāt for some advice from others on this forum which has been so helpful:) URI is definitely known to be an excellent program, I am just not sure it is as ādirect admitā as I originally assumed. It all depends what each student is comfortable with.
Per URI Curriculum:
"Entry into NUR 203 (required course) is competitive and seats are limited. Students are required to have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 and a grade of āCā or better in all prerequisite courses to be considered. Entrance into the clinical course sequence is not guaranteed once meeting these requirements. Placement is competitively granted based on success in prerequisite criteria. Those who meet the minimum criteria but do not achieve a seat will be considered the following semester, in the same competitive manner. The NUR 203 class is determined at the close of spring and fall semesters. If seats remain, those completing pre-requisites in summer or interim session will be considered. "
It isnāt the grade threshold of 3.0 that is concerning, it is the āentrance into clinical course sequence is not guaranteedā even once in program and āSeats for a required course are competitive and limitedā is what is a bit concerning to me.
Thankfully I was advised on this thread to dig deep into direct admits:)
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do you mean Miami U in Ohio? if so, look on p19 at https://nursing.ohio.gov/static/uploads/Prelicensure%20and%20Continuing%20Ed/Ohio%20Annual%20Report%202023.pdf
I wish all state BONs would publish their annual program reports like this
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Wow! Thatās the first one that Iāve seen to actually say there are seat capacity limits as a block to matriculation into the nursing courses. Shenandoah U has pretty strict GPA/grades and testing criteria but not seat limits.
I can say that not many schools are seeing huge decreases in NCLEX pass rates with the new NCLEX.
Marquetteās has stayed above 90 I believe for bsn students.
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Thank you! Very helpful.