Bachelor of Science IN NURSING
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Step 2:Welcome to your first step to applying to our Baccalaureate Nursing program here at Kent State University. Step one is to apply to Kent State University and submit all official transcripts (if any) from colleges or universities previously attended.
All students must first Apply Online and indicate Nursing as your desired major. You will be admitted to Kent State University as a Pre-Nursing major.
Admission to pre-nursing requires the completion of high school math, biology and chemistry. In addition, students should have at least a 2.7 cumulative high school grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) AND minimum ACT composite and science reasoning scores of 22 (or an SAT combined verbal & math score of 1020). Students with an ACT composite score of 21 (SAT combined verbal & math score of 980)need a 2.9 high school grade point average; those with an ACT composite score of 20 (SAT combined verbal & math score of 940) need a 3.3 cumulative high school grade point average.
TRANSFER STUDENTS are required to request all official transcripts from each college or university attended other than Kent State University. Transcripts should be submitted to:
Kent State University College of Nursing, Student Services
PO Box Kent, OH 44242
In order to apply to the Nursing Sequence, students must have minimum 2.5 GPA in the prerequisite sciences (see below) and 2.5 in your overall GPA and have already completed or are in the process of completing:
- BSCI 20020, Structure and Function
- BSCI 20021, Microbiology
- CHEM 10050, Fundamentals of Chemistry
- CHEM 10052, Introduction to Organic Chemistry
- First week in February through the first week in March
- First week in October through the first week in November (Kent Campus ONLY)