Admissions Advice for BSN Transfer Students
If you are already a college or university student or you have an associate's or bachelor's degree, it is important that you carefully prepare for Concordia's Nursing program before applying.
Nursing requires strong interpersonal skills, and a solid understanding of human beings, human society, and the scientific basis of medicine and nursing. As a nurse, you will be responsible for clinical judgments based on your scientific reasoning. Likewise, with a Bachelor's degree in Nursing from Concordia University, you will have the potential to be a leader in nursing and health care.
As a nursing leader, you will need to express your ideas clearly. A solid foundation in the liberal arts will help you understand the events that are shaping health care and the health of individual patients. You will not simply be a technician at the bedside; you will be making decisions that impact the health of people in your community. This is the reason for the rigorous requirements identified in the Transfer Nursing Brochure. Also review the Transfer Guides (on the right) to determine nursing pre-requisite equivalent courses for area colleges. Please note that science courses taken at other colleges must be those designed for science majors.
Admission decisions are determined by the following:
- Your cumulative grade point average
- Your science grade point average
- Your short answers on the BSN Application
- Your statement of purpose
- Both your letters of recommendation
- A prior bachelor’s degree and/or course work completed at Concordia may strengthen your application score
- Critical thinking test score
The Director, in collaboration with the Admissions Committee, will make the final admission decision.
Please note that other subjective information, such as your personal and professional experience, will not affect your final score. Likewise, having a C.N.A. credential or volunteer experience will not directly affect admission. Of course, those experiences may well strengthen the wisdom reflected in your answers to #3 and #4, and they might result in highly relevant letters of recommendation.