This thread has been very interesting to follow. We live in Wisconsin and the U of Wisconsin also dropped direct entry a couple of years ago for pre-nursing only. The horror stories from high achieving kids we know not getting into nursing school are similar to what it sounds like now at OSU. My daughter did get accepted at Wisconsin for pre-nursing but is going direct entry to the University of Minnesota (reciprocity is great) and is very happy about it thankfully. I totally agree with the comments that the risk is not worth it with pre-nursing.