<p>My #1 school has a requirement for the College of Nursing that the applicant must take physics and chemistry to be even considered for admission...and I didn't take physics! My GPA, SATs, ECs, all of it is beyond what the school is looking for but I can't get into the college of nursing...right? Does anyone know if I could somehow get in my soph. year of college if I take a physics course my freshman year? I have no idea how that works, my Guidance counselors have been no help. Thanks</p>
<p>The college website should have the information on accepting transfers from other departments. They will also usually list the prerequisites you would need in order to transfer. If not, they may not accept them. But you can write a short note to the department and tell them your qualifications and ask about the transfer situation.</p>
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some schools use a simple eligibility index where you multiply each of these things by a factor, and if the sum exceeds a cutoff you are automatically accepted. This is not done by most colleges, and seldom done by nursing schools. In fact nursing schools usually have a supplemental questionaire where they ask about things such as your actual exposure in nursing settings. Its not unusual for someone with hands-on experience to be accepted and someone without it turned away; they really care that prospective nurses know what they are getting into. You didn’t name the school you are applying to even though this is an anonymous forum, but you ought to look and see if this is the case.
This is going to vary college by college, and since you didn’t list the college in question nobody can know. You ought to contact the undergrad advisor in the school of nursing at the college, either by phone or email, and ask. At some colleges this is no more than filling out a form, at others they may only consider frosh or junior applicants to the major, at some their may be other rules entirely. You’ll have to check. It’s not surprising your GC in High School don’t know; most GC have enough on their hands keeping up with frosh admission requirements, its not really fair to expect them to know the rules for changing majors at all the colleges out there.</p>
<p>is this a Direct Admit program? If so, you’ll have to contact the school and ask if you can take the class this summer or during the school year.</p>