UPITT acceptance confusion???

wgmcp101
Thu, 12 Dec 2013 13:21:29 +0000

Below is a link to info on Pitt-Johnstown’s nursing program. The BSN program is relatively new on that campus, having been established in 2010 by the School of Nursing in Pittsburgh. A new $12 million facility to house the program opened just this year (see [here](http://www.upj.pitt.edu/31483/)).

[Pitt Nursing at UPJ](http://www.upj.pitt.edu/24806/)

Pitt-Johnstown itself is the oldest (1927) and largest of Pitt’s four regionals, although that said, it is still pretty small with only about 3K students. It’s a very different setting than Pitt main in that it is suburban, wooded campus with stone buildings that look like ski lodges. Princeton Review lists it on its best colleges in the Northeast list.

Regarding transfers from Pitt regional campuses to main, it varies by school that you are transferring from, typically requiring 30-60 credits having been completed and a 2.5 or 3.0 GPA. For the School of Art & Sciences, it takes a 3.0 on 60 completed credits. Students have apparently received waivers to transfer after one year. The School of Nursing doesn’t provide transfer guidelines, and seeing how competitive it is to enter Pitt’s nursing school, it may be difficult to transfer in. The limited number of spots in Pittsburgh is probably one of the reasons the School actual established the BSN program at Johnstown.