With Direct Admit, what GPA do they need to maintain to stay in the program?
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Can anyone explain why some nursing schools are direct admit and others are not?
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I would guess that some are direct admit because they don’t have an excessive number of incoming nursing freshmen.
I would guess that some are 2+2 because they do have a very high number of freshmen who want to major in nursing, but can only accommodate a much smaller number during the clinical years.
I think that some smaller privates have Direct Admit because it’s a way to help secure enrollment. Those that can pay can avoid the “risk” that surrounds 2+2.
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Note that the pre-med-to-medical-school process is somewhat analogous, except that the prerequisite period is 4 years instead of 1-2 years, and the medical school is not necessarily on the same campus as the student's undergraduate school. There are a few direct admit BA/BS->MD programs, but they have fairly high (GPA, MCAT, and perhaps other) standards for the student to maintain while an undergraduate in order to retain the MD admission.
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I was just about to write something like this.
UCBalumnus mentions the need to have fairly high stats to gain admission to BS/MD programs (and admission is still very competitive), but that’s a very different situation from small private colleges having direct admission to incoming freshmen whose stats are not noteworthy.
At least at the 2+2 BSN programs, one might imagine that the graduates are the best of the best.
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I think that's a lot of pressure and I want my child to make the most of college!
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Yes, but so what? Why shouldn’t there be pressure?
Nursing students don’t have it tougher than premeds. Should people be demanding more direct admit med school programs?