Ok @bearcatfan and others. Here’s what we found out. I posted this in the OSU thread but wanted to make sure folks here had it as well. D visited campus today. During the nursing portion it was confirmed that the school is no longer direct entry. Instead it is Pre-Nursing (no exceptions such as Honors were listed). Students apply to get into Nursing during freshman year. The numbers:
target freshmen enrollment for pre-nursing: 180
students accepted into Nursing program: 166
number of students applying to Nursing: 400
The 400 is made up of the 180 plus the CC and other college transfers and OSU students switching majors. So acceptance is about 40% to get into the Nursing program. Not nearly as low as other programs. A major factor of the application apart from completion of prerequisites with high GPA is the essay and some students spend weeks to craft theirs. So it’s not just high stats that are needed.
My D has eliminated OSU since it isn’t direct entry but also for her the campus is too large (40 residence halls, 12 libraries, etc.) I thought this might help someone. Good luck to all students!