@St678557 Merit will likely be sent this week with acceptance package. I’m hoping instate gets at least 5k a year. OOS is usually high. DS had 1400 SAT.
@karab1022 Are they asking for mid-year grades? What are the stats you have? May just be deferred which is common also.
The site is not asking for anything, just no different than before the update email. I am guessing it means deferred, at least not a rejection letter just another couple months of waiting. I am OOS, 3.6 unweighted gpa, 1280 SAT score. Let the wait continue. Congrats to all that got accepted.
Any Kinesiology majors get accepted?
My daughter got accepted into Kinesiology!
gle4766 and nursingmajor and other nursing applicants, would you mind posting your stats? My daughter’s status page was updated to say they want mid-year grades. So at least she was not rejected. Her mid-year grades will be available in about a week and they are good, so keeping our fingers crossed!
@bmcmom
I’m out of state with a 1130 SAT and 3.8 W GPA. I also had a hook for my personal essay.
@bmcmom I have 4.0 gpa and 1240 SATs. I got deferred from many of the other schools I applied to… so I understand the frustration! It is just hard with the nursing major competitiveness, the schools like to wait out for midterm grades. Good luck your daughter!
@bmcmom I am an OOS nursing major with a 1330 SAT and 4.43 W GPA. hope your daughter gets in!
how do you know whether you have been accepted into Nursing? Acceptance letter does not say anything about major?
@DMArtist101 I went under application details
Accepted today on Early Action - OOS - Business school/Undeclared.
@karb1022…it likely does mean they are waiting for mid-year grades and have moved you to the Regular Decision pool. I believe that is very common with URI. Good luck!
Okay are you sure that is the indicator? the application details have always said those same details, would they have changed if not accepted into the nursing program to something else… my D did not specify another major only Nursing.
@DMArtist101 The students who apply for competitive majors like nursing, pharmacy and engineering are accepted to take classes in that field. For Engineering, you don’t actually get accepted to the College of Engineering until after your first year of college. Probably the same for other majors. So if you applied as a nursing major and are accepted, you are going for nursing but if it is like engineering you are officially accepted as a sophomore.
URI Nursing is not direct entry but you’ll be able to take prerequisites for that major and if your able to maintain a C grade or above in all your classes and a gpa of 3.0 then you’ll be able to go be accepted into the Nursing School sophomore year. But I read in URI’s website that it’s not always a guarantee that students will make it into the program their sophomore year.
@gle4766 I think all majors at URI may be like that with the possible exception of pharmacy.
No update on my son’s page - looks exactly the same as it did yesterday. Nothing about second quarter grades either - just showing that they did receive his first quarter grades. He’s Business/Marketing. Maybe they are updating the portals in waves?
I thought they were going to release all definite EA acceptances at once to reduce stress. There might be another wave or deferring until March is not uncommon. @BostonMama
My D (~3.7 GPA, ~1200-1300 SAT) also was accepted but without info on major (hers is Nursing). Likely because, as @gle4766 said, URI is not a Direct Entry Nursing program. Information from their website is pasted below, for those interested (https://web.uri.edu/catalog/nursing/). I found it interesting (and discouraging) that many nursing schools bury these details deep within their academic catalogs. I don’t think she would’ve applied to URI if this was made clear to applicants.
Admission Requirements:
There are three routes of admission to the college’s baccalaureate program:
- Freshmen Students with no previous college study are admitted to University College for Academic Success with a major in nursing. After completion of the pre-requisite courses (BIO 220, 221, 222, 223, CHM 103, 124, NUR 100, WRT 104 or 106) with a minimum grade of C or higher in each course and 3.00 overall grade point average, students will be considered for transfer into the College of Nursing and the clinical course sequence. Seats are limited and competitively granted based on GPA. Please see the College of Nursing’s Academic Policies for a full description of the entry process: uri.edu/nursing.
2 & 3) Transfer students & RN-to-BS Options