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         <td width="60%"><big>'''Undergraduate Honors Admission to the BSN Program Requirements Policy'''</big></td>
         <td width="60%"><big>'''Undergraduate Guaranteed Admission to the BSN Program'''</big></td>
         <td valign="top" width="40%"><big>Subsection: '''5.2.11'''</big></td>
         <td valign="top" width="40%"><big>Subsection: '''5.2.11'''</big></td>
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                 <td>Revised: November 2010<br />Revised: [[CON Undergraduate Honors Admission to the BSN Program Requirements Policy version December 2011|December 2011]]<br />Reviewed: [[CON Undergraduate Honors Admission to the BSN Program Requirements Policy version October 2012|October 2012]]<br />Revised: September 2017</td>
                 <td>Revised: November 2010<br />Revised: [[Special:PermanentLink/4337|December 2011]]<br />Reviewed: [[Special:PermanentLink/9772|October 2012]]<br />Revised:[[Special:PermanentLink/9969|September 2017]]<br />Revised: [[Special:PermanentLink/10677|April 2018]]<br />Revised: [[Special:PermanentLink/12608|April 2019]]<br />Revised: [[Special:PermanentLink/13765|September 2021]]<br />Revised: [[Special:PermanentLink/15422|November 2022]] ([[Special:Diff/13765/15422|changes]])<br />Revised: May 2024 ([[Special:Diff/15422/{{REVISIONID}}|changes]])</td>
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===Purpose===
<p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">To establish criteria for guaranteed admission to the BSN program.</p>
===Scope===
<p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">This policy applies to all undergraduate applicants.</p>
===Policy===
===Policy===
<p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">Faculty of the College of Nursing have developed the following admission criteria to be used in screening selected applicants for the Honors Admission to the traditional BSN degree. Acceptance as an honors admission guarantees placement in the BSN program as long as eligibility and provisional requirements are achieved and maintained (see below).</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">Faculty of the College of Nursing develop admission criteria to be used in screening selected applicants for guaranteed admission to the BSN program.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">Students may be accepted prior to completing all the required prerequisite courses if they meet the following criteria by the review date.</p>


<p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">Students may be accepted while in high school if they meet the following criteria by the end of their senior year. Students at the end of their junior year in high school may be accepted with provisional requirements for their senior year. The numbers in parentheses are for juniors. Students in college taking prerequisite courses for the BSN program may also be considered for undergraduate honors admission.</p>
===Admission Requirements:===
 
====Honors Admission====
<p style="margin-bottom:15px;">Admission Requirements:</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:15px;">To receive an honors admission to the nursing program, in addition to all regular admission criteria, a student must meet the following:</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:15px;">To receive an honors admission to the nursing program, in addition to all regular admission criteria, a student must meet the following:</p>


<ol style="max-width:67em !important;">
<ol style="max-width:67em !important;">
     <li><span style="font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline;">High School Student:</span>
     <li><span style="font-weight:bold;">High School Senior:</span>
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;max-width:67em !important;">
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;max-width:67em !important;">
     <li style="margin-left:2em; margin-bottom:15px;"><strong>Eligibility requirements:</strong> - <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Student must meet <strong>all</strong> the following to be eligible:</span>
     <li style="margin-left:2em; margin-bottom:15px;"><strong>Eligibility requirements:</strong> - Student must meet all the following to be eligible:
     <ul>
     <ul>
         <li>Minimum score of 28 on ACT or 1270 on SAT</li>
         <li>Minimum score of 28 on ACT or 1270 on SAT</li>
         <li>Cumulative GPA: 3.8 or greater</li>
         <li>Cumulative GPA: 3.8 or greater</li>
         <li>English: 4 years (3)</li>
         <li>English: 4 years </li>
         <li>Math: 3 years (2) including one algebra course</li>
         <li>Math: 3 years including one algebra course</li>
         <li>Natural Sciences: 3 years (2) including one chemistry and one biology course</li>
         <li>Natural Sciences: 3 years including one chemistry and one biology course</li>
         <li>Social Studies: 3 years (2)</li>
         <li>Social Studies: 3 years </li>
         <li>Foreign Language: 2 years (1) must be same language for both years</li>
         <li>Foreign Language: 2 years must be same language for both years</li>
     </ul>
     </ul>
     </li>
     </li>
     <li style="margin-left:2em;"><strong>Provisional requirements:</strong> - <span style="text-decoration:underline;">To maintain honors admission status, student must meet <strong>all</strong> the following:</span>
     <li style="margin-left:2em;"><strong>Provisional requirements:</strong>  
<ul>
<ul>
<li>Maintenance of a 3.8 cumulative GPA in college</li>
<li>Maintenance of a 3.8 cumulative GPA in college</li>
<li>No repeat courses</li>
<li>No repeat courses</li>
<li>No pass/fail courses in the sciences (except for laboratory components) and a maximum of 12 hours of pass/fail courses in other courses</li>
<li>No pass/fail courses in the sciences (except for laboratory components) and a maximum of 12 hours of pass/fail in non-science courses</li>
<li>A grade below a C+ will not be accepted</li>
<li>A grade of C or better in prerequisite courses</li>
<li>Must be full-time (at least 12 credits/semester) and follow the advised curriculum</li>
<li>Must be full-time (at least 12 credits/semester) and follow the advised curriculum</li>
<li>Must meet with a UNMC CON Student Services Coordinator once per semester prior to admission to the BSN program</li>
<li>Must meet with a UNMC CON Student Services Coordinator once per semester prior to admission to the BSN program</li>
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     <li style="font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline;">College Student:
     <li><span style="font-weight:bold;">College Student:</span>
 
    </li>
    <li style="font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline;">Second Degree Students:
 
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<!-- <p style="margin-left:2em; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline;">High School Student:</p> -->
 
 
<div style="margin-left:7em; font-style:italic; margin-bottom:15px;">Failure to meet these requirements will result in being dropped from honors admission although a student may apply for regular admission.</div>
<p style="margin-left:2em; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline;">College Student:</p>
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
     <li style="margin-left:2em; margin-bottom:15px;">Eligibility requirements and provisional requirements:
     <li style="margin-left:2em; margin-bottom:15px;">Eligibility requirements and provisional requirements:
     <ul>
     <ul>
         <li>Same as above except ACT not required.</li>
         <li>Same as above except ACT not required.</li>
        <li>Must have been a full-time student and have maintained a GPA of 3.8.</li>
        <li>Must stay on a trajectory as advised by Student Services Coordinator.</li>
     </ul>
     </ul>
     </li>
     </li>
</ol>
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<p style="margin-left:2em; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline;max-width:70em !important;">Second Degree Students:</p>
    </li>
    <li><span style="font-weight:bold;">Second Degree Students:</span>
<ul style="max-width:67em !important;">
<ul style="max-width:67em !important;">
     <li style="margin-left:5em;">ACT not required and student does not need to be full-time but must stay on a trajectory as advised by Student Services Coordinator.</li>
     <li style="margin-left:5em;">ACT not required and student does not need to be full-time but must stay on a trajectory as advised by Student Services Coordinator.</li>
     <li style="margin-left:5em;">Graduated with a 3.8 cumulative GPA or higher in undergraduate or graduate program.</li>
     <li style="margin-left:5em;">Graduated with a 3.8 cumulative GPA or higher in undergraduate or graduate program.</li>
     <li style="margin-left:5em;">Maintenance of 3.8 cumulative GPA in any pre-requisites or nursing support courses needed.</li>
     <li style="margin-left:5em;">Maintenance of 3.8 cumulative GPA in any nursing prerequisites or nursing support courses needed.</li>
    <li style="margin-left:5em;">A grade of C or better in prerequisite courses.</li>
</ul>
</ul>
<p style="margin-left:2em; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline; margin-top:15px;">Guideline:</p>
    </li>
<p style="margin-left:2em;max-width:70em !important;">A maximum of 20% of the incoming cohort by campus may be awarded Honors Admission. Excluded from this 20% are NU-PATH, RHOP, KHOP & ROTC.</p>
</ol>
<p style="max-width:67em !important;">Failure to meet these requirements will result in being dropped from guaranteed admission although a student may apply for regular admission.</p>
 
====Guaranteed Admission====
<ul style="max-width:67em !important;">
    <li style="margin-left:2em;">3.3 cumulative college GPA preferred</li>
    <li style="margin-left:2em;">No more than one repeat course</li>
    <li style="margin-left:2em;">No pass/fail courses in the sciences (except for laboratory components) and a maximum of 12 hours of pass/fail in non-science sources</li>
    <li style="margin-left:2em;">A grade of C or better in prerequisite courses</li>
    <li style="margin-left:2em;">Must be full-time (at least 12 credits/semester) and follow the advised curriculum</li>
    <li style="margin-left:2em;">Must meet with a UNMC CON Student Services Coordinator once per semester prior to admission</li>
    <li style="margin-left:2em;">Participate in campus specific program requirements (e.g. support courses or activities)</li>
    <li style="margin-left:2em;">Strongly recommended that all further math and science courses be completed at the collaborating institution </li>
</ul>
 
====Guideline:====
<p style="max-width:70em !important;">A maximum of 80% of the incoming cohort by campus may be awarded Guaranteed Admission.</p>

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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER
COLLEGE OF NURSING
Undergraduate Guaranteed Admission to the BSN Program Subsection: 5.2.11
Section 5.0 - Student Policies Originating Date: May 2010
Responsible Reviewing Agency:
Undergraduate Admission, Progression, Graduation and Scholarship/Grant Committee
Revised: November 2010
Revised: December 2011
Reviewed: October 2012
Revised:September 2017
Revised: April 2018
Revised: April 2019
Revised: September 2021
Revised: November 2022 (changes)
Revised: May 2024 (changes)


Purpose

To establish criteria for guaranteed admission to the BSN program.

Scope

This policy applies to all undergraduate applicants.

Policy

Faculty of the College of Nursing develop admission criteria to be used in screening selected applicants for guaranteed admission to the BSN program.

Students may be accepted prior to completing all the required prerequisite courses if they meet the following criteria by the review date.

Admission Requirements:

Honors Admission

To receive an honors admission to the nursing program, in addition to all regular admission criteria, a student must meet the following:

  1. High School Senior:
    1. Eligibility requirements: - Student must meet all the following to be eligible:
      • Minimum score of 28 on ACT or 1270 on SAT
      • Cumulative GPA: 3.8 or greater
      • English: 4 years
      • Math: 3 years including one algebra course
      • Natural Sciences: 3 years including one chemistry and one biology course
      • Social Studies: 3 years
      • Foreign Language: 2 years must be same language for both years
    2. Provisional requirements:
      • Maintenance of a 3.8 cumulative GPA in college
      • No repeat courses
      • No pass/fail courses in the sciences (except for laboratory components) and a maximum of 12 hours of pass/fail in non-science courses
      • A grade of C or better in prerequisite courses
      • Must be full-time (at least 12 credits/semester) and follow the advised curriculum
      • Must meet with a UNMC CON Student Services Coordinator once per semester prior to admission to the BSN program
  2. College Student:
    1. Eligibility requirements and provisional requirements:
      • Same as above except ACT not required.
  3. Second Degree Students:
    • ACT not required and student does not need to be full-time but must stay on a trajectory as advised by Student Services Coordinator.
    • Graduated with a 3.8 cumulative GPA or higher in undergraduate or graduate program.
    • Maintenance of 3.8 cumulative GPA in any nursing prerequisites or nursing support courses needed.
    • A grade of C or better in prerequisite courses.

Failure to meet these requirements will result in being dropped from guaranteed admission although a student may apply for regular admission.

Guaranteed Admission

  • 3.3 cumulative college GPA preferred
  • No more than one repeat course
  • No pass/fail courses in the sciences (except for laboratory components) and a maximum of 12 hours of pass/fail in non-science sources
  • A grade of C or better in prerequisite courses
  • Must be full-time (at least 12 credits/semester) and follow the advised curriculum
  • Must meet with a UNMC CON Student Services Coordinator once per semester prior to admission
  • Participate in campus specific program requirements (e.g. support courses or activities)
  • Strongly recommended that all further math and science courses be completed at the collaborating institution

Guideline:

A maximum of 80% of the incoming cohort by campus may be awarded Guaranteed Admission.