Admissions Advice for Transfer Students

If you are already a college or university student or have an associate degree or bachelor’s degree already, it is important that you will have already prepared carefully before applying. Nursing requires strong interpersonal skills as well as a solid understanding of the scientific basis of medicine and nursing. You will make clinical judgments based on your scientific reasoning. Likewise, as a baccalaureate graduate, you will be in a position to eventually provide health care leadership. You need to express your ideas clearly in writing and speaking. A solid grounding in the liberal arts helps 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 a decision maker whose decisions impact the health of people in your community. This is the reason for the rigorous requirements identified in the Transfer Nursing Brochure. See also the Transfer Guide 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.

The decision to admit you will be determined by the following:

  1. Your cumulative grade point average
  2. Your science grade point average
  3. Your short answers on the BSN Application
  4. Your statement of purpose
  5. Both your letters of recommendation
  6. A prior bachelor’s degree and/or course work completed at Concordia may strengthen your application score
  7. Critical thinking test score

The Director, in collaboration with the Admissions Committee, will make the final admission decision.

Please note that other subjective information, like 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.