BSN Transfer Option

The prerequisites for the BSN Transfer option include 60 semester hours or 90 quarter hours of college course credit. You may submit an application for admission with the courses in progress, but all prerequisites must be complete with a grade of C or higher by the time you plan on beginning the nursing program. Please review the updated list of prerequisites below, effective for all fall 2016 applicants:

Physical Sciences
General Chemistry I with lab
Human Anatomy & Physiology I with lab*
Human Anatomy & Physiology II with lab*
Microbiology with lab*
Nutrition
     *Starred courses must have been taken no more than seven years prior to beginning the ABSN program.

Math
Introductory Statistics

Social Sciences
Human Growth and Development or Life Span Development*
     *The Human Growth and Development prerequisite must cover human development from conception through death.

General Electives
Additional courses to reach 60 semester hours or 90 quarter hours*
     *Prerequisite credit cannot be given for nursing, pathophysiology, pharmacology, technical, learning support, or physical education courses. 
 
**All courses are subject to review by the Office of Enrollment and Student Affairs.

To be considered for admission to the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, you must submit the following items:

• Application for Admission
• $50 Application Fee
• Official transcripts from each school attended
  • Students with international transcripts must provide an evaluation from World Education Services (www.wes.org).
• Resume
• Official test score report, which includes TEAS, SAT, ACT, or GRE
  • Only one of the test scores listed is required
  • Students with test scores older than 5 years are encouraged to register for the TEAS Test
  • TOEFL scores are required if English is a second language

Please review the Prerequisites tab to review prerequisite course requirements. All prerequisite courses must be completed with a grade of C or higher by the start date of the BSN program.

The average GPA for admitted students is 3.5. Students are encouraged to submit SAT, ACT, or GRE test scores that fall within the 50^th-99^th percentile of all test takers. Individuals taking the TEAS are encouraged to obtain adjusted individual total scores of 90%.