College of Nursing

Traditional BSN Admission Criteria

 

Pre-Clinical Admission Criteria

Admission to UMSL as a pre-clinical nursing student does not guarantee admission into the clinical track of any of the Pre-Licensure BSN Options (Traditional, Accelerated or Part-Time Evening/Weekend), unless a student is admitted to the Traditional BSN Option under the Freshman Guaranteed Clinical Criteria.

Freshman Guaranteed Clinical Criteria

First-time freshmen and applicants with fewer than 24 transferable college credit hours from a regionally accredited college or university who meet the following minimum criteria may earn a guaranteed clinical space in the Traditional BSN Option:

*Effective Fall 2013, the minimum core high school GPA requirement to earn a guaranteed clinical space will change from 2.75 to 2.9.

In order to keep their guaranteed clinical space, students must maintain the following minimum criteria upon enrollment at UMSL:

Freshman General Admission Criteria

First-time freshmen and applicants with fewer than 24 transferable college credit hours from a regionally accredited college or university who do not qualify for a Guaranteed Clinical Spacebut do meet the following minimum criteriamay still qualify for admission to the nursing major as a pre-clinical student:

Students admitted under the Freshman General Admission Criteria must still apply competitively for a clinical space during their sophomore year (see Clinical Admission Criteria below).

*Effective Fall 2013, all first-time freshmen and transfer students with fewer than 24 transferable college credit hours who are admissible to UMSL may declare themselves to the Nursing major. UMSL's admission criteria for first-time college students can be found on the website for the Office of Admissions. These students will still have to apply competitively for admission to the clinical track, unless they meet the requirements to earn a guaranteed clinical space (above).

Transfer Student Admission Criteria

Applicants with 24 or more transferable college credit hours* from a regionally accredited college or university who meet the following minimum criteria may qualify for admission to the nursing major as a pre-clinical student:

*Once an applicant has earned 24 or more transferable college credit hours from a regionally accredited college or university, we do not take ACT score and/or high school GPA into consideration for admissions purposes.

Clinical Admission Criteria

Clinical spaces are awarded on a competitive and space-available basis for each admission period. Admission to the University of Missouri-St. Louis does not guarantee admission into the clinical track of the Traditional BSN Option, unless a student meets the Freshman Guaranteed Clinical Criteria (see above).

Applicants must meet the following minimum criteria to apply for a clinical space in the Traditional BSN Option:

Applicants planning to complete the general education / prerequisite coursework at an institution other than the University of Missouri St. Louis should consult an academic advisor at the College of Nursing prior to enrollment, to ensure that such coursework meets the Colleges requirements.

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* Applicants who have been dismissed from other nursing schools are ineligible for clinical admission to UMSL's Prelicensure BSN Options (i.e. Traditional, Accelerated and Part-Time). Transfer students from other nursing schools must be able to provide a letter of good standing from that school, indicating that: 1) the student was not dismissed from the program, 2) the student was in good academic standing when he or she left the program (being on academic probation is not considered to be good academic standing), and 3) would be eligible to reenroll at that program. Please call our Office of Student Services at 314-516-6066 for further details.