<p>GPA-3.65 , 24/157 in class
Rigor of classes: Honors english 9, 10, ap literature, Psychology, Honors bio, chem, Calculus, Physics, Sociology..
Sats LOW i know :( 1410/2400 this is why im freaking out!
Extra Activities- Track freshman/sophmore year...cross country sophmore year....soccer junior year...15 hours of service for my church.resident of indiana..I am also going for nursing so maybe that will help because male nurses are in demand</p>
<p>IU Critical Reading Average of Middle 50% students (510-620)
Math- (520-640) mine were 440/460 respectively</p>
<p>Your great GPA in tough courses should offset the weak SATs--but only because you are in-state. Therefore, this combined with good extracurriculars (which you have) should get you into the Nursing program at IUB. Fortunately for you, the Nursing program tends to be one of the less competitive programs for admission at IUB (as it is at most schools in the country at the current time). </p>
<p>This major provides some of the best careers in the country, so it's a bit of surprise that so few people are going into Nursing at the moment. I guess it relates to many wanting to either be doctors or do medical research rather than enter Nursing.</p>
<p>Actually the nursing program at IU is very competitive, and it is competitive for all the nursing programs in Indiana. IUB has only sixty nursing spots available each year and 170 students apply on average. IU recommends a back up plan for anybody who applies, because the qualifications of students admitted to the program are way higher than the minimums to apply.<br> Nursing</a> - Health Professions and Prelaw Center - Indiana University - University Division</p>
<p>My daughter is in her first semester of nursing school at a small Indiana college that is way more expensive than IU or IUPUI. Advisors at IUPUI told her while she was in high school that she would pretty much need a 4.0 gpa to get into IU or IUPUI's nursing program, so she went the private school route.</p>
<p>Given the shaky scores I would recommend a few things. First, if you've not applied to IU yet, do so immediately. Next, have you considered Ball State and Indiana State? Both schools also have nursing program and are instate. Your scores are just under the 50th percentile at Ball State and within the Indiana State percentiles. </p>
<p>you guys gotta realize im not applying to the nursing program at the moment...you dont do that till your sophmore year so it really doesnt matter how competitive it is right now. im just worried about getting in the actual school.</p>
<p>and yes my back up plan is Indiana University South Bend...but i really wanna go to iu bloomington...i have also applied to loyola in chicago but from the looks of it, it will be harder to get in there than bloomington and it costs alot too lol</p>
<p>Thanks, bthomp1 for the correction. My mistake--I was looking at the wrong line when I checked the statistics on the common data set for last year.</p>
<p>P.S. Nursing GPAs at schools in the west (like at UCLA) are a bit lower than the class averages, so I guess I expected the same at Indiana--but obviously, I was wrong.</p>
<p>Another thing you might want to consider is that nursing schools tend to give special treatment to nursing school candidates who do their freshman year on the same campus or college as the nursing school they are applying to. In other words, you might get a 3.8 at IU freshman year, which is a great gpa, but if you are not one of the only 60 selected for IU's program, you could have problems getting in at other nursing schools even with that excellent gpa. IUPUI gives preference this way:</p>
<p>Admission Categories</p>
<p>Applicants are divided into admissions categories A, B, or C. Priority for admission consideration will be given to all qualified applicants in Category A before considering qualified applicants from categories B and C.</p>
<p>Category A
Applicants who have completed more than half of the credit hours required for the campus to which they have applied.</p>
<p>Category B
Applicants who have completed more than half of the credit hours required for an Indiana University campus other than IUPUI, IU Bloomington, or IUPU Columbus.</p>
<p>Given the special treatment for students who take their undergraduate classes at the same campus, you might want to investigate as many programs as possible and see what their acceptance rates are for the different categories of students. My daughter got in at her college in Indianapolis because of good grades and the fact that she did her freshman year at the college. Her school, like IU, accepts only 60 nursing students a year, and all sixty of the students accepted this year and last year did their freshman year at that school. No applicants from other schools, probably even including applicants that had exceptionally high gpa's, were even considered for admission.</p>
<p>well yeah i know what you mean....if i go to iu...im gonna apply to iu's nursing program...if i go to iusb.....im gonna apply to their nursing program.....i just feel theres no point in switching schools for a better nursing program because once your actually a registered nurse it wont really matter where you went</p>