Chance me Please

I am applying as an undergraduate for the nursing program which is highly competitive, and my grades are honestly not great.

UW GPA: 3.62
ACT: 28

freshman year: 2 honors classes
sophomore year: 3 honors classes
Junior year: 1 honors class and 2 college classes
Senior year (this is not showing on my transcript because I am applying EA): 8 college classes spread throughout the year

EC:

  • 4 years varsity gymnastics (captain)
  • 4 Years high school dance team
  • 1 year tennis
  • 1 year badminton
  • 2 years swim team
  • 3 years international club (officer)
  • 3 years interact volunteering club (officer)
  • 2 years unified friendship club
  • 2 years in AFK (a mentorship volunteering program)

Your college courses for senior year will be listed on your application so they will be very aware of your advanced course load. Are you in-state or OOS, and are you applying for back-up nursing programs elsewhere just in case you aren’t given the nursing guarantee? And do you know your class rank?

Here are last year’s stats for the nursing program. 49% admit rate is competitive but not “highly competitive”. You might have a shot, particularly given your strong list of EC/leadership.

“For fall 2017, the Freshman Nursing Guarantee Program had 118 spaces. For those spaces, 882 students applied and 431 (48.9 percent) were admitted. The middle 50 percent of applicants who were selected for fall 2017 had high school class ranks in the 86th to 97th percentiles and ACT scores of 27 to 30. Successful applicants typically had ‘A’ grades in their college preparatory coursework, and additionally, extensive leadership and school and community engagement.”

Good luck to you!

Here are the fall 2018 stats:
“For fall 2018, the Freshman Nursing Guarantee Program had 118 spaces for enrolled students. For those spaces, 987 students applied and 266 (26.9 percent) were admitted. The competitiveness of admission each year is based on the number of applications received and the academic qualifications of the applicants. The strongest applicants are selected for the program. The middle 50 percent of fall 2018 freshman applicants selected for the Freshman Nursing Guarantee Program had a high school class rank in the 90th to 98th percentiles and ACT scores of 28 to 31. Successful applicants typically had ‘A’ grades in their college preparatory coursework, extensive leadership, and school and community engagement.”