 Admissions
Policy
Admission Policies Effective
for Fall 2008
Pre-Nursing Admission Policy:
Students must apply and be
admitted to St. Ambrose University (www.sau.edu/apply)
and to the Department of Nursing (www.sau.edu/nursing) to enroll in NURS 150,160, 260, 300,
and 310, or have permission of the Department of Nursing.
To
be accepted for admission as a first year student:
1.
Complete the
Department of Nursing Pre-Nursing Application Form (www.sau.edu/nursing/admitapplication)
and the SAU application form
http://www.sau.edu/apply
2.
Basic students
must have a 2.7 high school GPA in English, Math,
Sciences, Social Sciences, and Foreign Language. .
3.
Students
entering directly from high school must have either: ACT
scores of 21 or above; or SAT scores of 990 or above.
4.
Submit required
health information. Application packet will not be
reviewed without the health information (www.sau.edu/healthservices,
click on Health Form)
5.
Submit verification of the completed background check (www.myvci.com/sau).
To
be accepted for admission as an external transfer student:
(Transfer admissions are closed for Fall 2008 - will accepts
applications for Spring 2009 after September 1, 2008)
1.
Complete the
Department of Nursing Pre-Nursing Application Form (www.sau.edu/nursing/admitapplication)
and the SAU application form
http://www.sau.edu/apply
2.
Transfer
students must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.0. Prior to admission external transfer
students must have demonstrated 12 credit hours at the
101 level or above in the Sciences, Math, English, Social Sciences
and Foreign Language with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or greater.
4.
Submit required
health information. Application packet will not be
reviewed without the health information (www.sau.edu/healthservices,
click on Health Form)
5. Submit verification of the completed background check (www.myvci.com/sau).
6.
Transfer
students who meet the criteria will be admitted on a
space-available basis.
To
be accepted for admission as an internal transfer student:
1.
Complete the
Department of Nursing Pre-Nursing Application Form (www.sau.edu/nursing/apply).
2.
Internal
transfer students
must have a 3.0
cumulative grade point average. Prior to admission
internal transfer
students must have demonstrated 12 credit hours at the
101 level or above in the Sciences, Math, English, Social Sciences
and Foreign Language
with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or greater.
4.
Submit required
health information. Application packet will not be
reviewed without the health information (www.sau.edu/healthservices,
click on Health Form).
5. Within two weeks of
acceptance, students
must submit verification of the completed background check (www.myvci.com/sau).
6.
Once semester grades have been turned in your application
will be reviewed by the Admissions Committee and you will be
notified of their decision by SAU E-mail.
Admission Deadline Dates:
Early
Decision: November 1st
Mid-Year Decision: December 15th
Late
Decision: April 1st
Students not
meeting the admission criteria are welcome to attend SAU and
reapply to the Department of Nursing for the following
semester.
Nursing Continuation Policy for Junior Level Students
(Effective for students who were admitted Fall 2007)
Each
year, 64 students will be admitted to the Nursing major.
Students must apply and be admitted to enter junior and
senior level nursing courses.
Students must:
1.
Have a
cumulative college
GPA of 3.0 or above.
2.
Have completed
all prerequisite courses with a grade of C or better, before
the start of junior level nursing courses.
3.
Validate
completion of 80 hours of work experience as a nursing
assistant.
4.
Students
must submit verification of the completed background check (www.myvci.com/sau), and current CPR
certification.
5.
International
students must have a minimum score of 600 on the TOEFL exam.
6.
Complete an
interview by faculty committee if requested.
7.
If the number
of applicants exceeds program capacity, a competitive
ranking process will apply that incorporates the number of
semesters as a current SAU student, GPA, references,
Documents of Concern, and an interview with faculty.
8.
Students who do
not meet the above criteria may submit a letter of request
to the Admissions Committee.
9.
Admission
Deadline: By February 15th students must submit
the following documents as an entire packet to the
Department of Nursing:
1) A
completed application;
2) An
Advising Transcript printed from Beeline, if available; and
3)
A letter from Records and Registration stating the
student's cumulative college GPA.
To apply for admission to the Department
of Nursing: DON
Application Form.
To apply for admission to St. Ambrose University:
http://www.sau.edu/apply
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