Admissions requirements

1. Completed College of Nursing application form with a $40 application fee included. The application fee is nonrefundable.
   
   
2. An official transcript from high school and each college attended indicating satisfactory completion of prerequisite courses with at least a cumulative 2.50 grade point average (GPA) on a 4.00 scale. The student is not required to have all prerequisites completed at the time of application. However, the student must be able to complete the required prerequisites prior to enrollment in the junior year of the nursing program.
   
   At the time of application, students must have at least two of the five required prerequisite science courses completed with a minimum 2.5 science GPA. To matriculate into the nursing program, students must have three of the five prerequisite sciences completed maintaining a minimum 2.5 science GPA and students must have Nursing Assistant Certification.
   
   
3. Structured personal interview and impromptu essay.

Application Process

Medcenter One College of Nursing (College) has an application deadline of November 1. An admissions meeting will be held to consider applicants meeting the November deadline. Applications received after November 1 will be considered until the class is full. The College encourages interested students to apply after the application deadline should there still be spaces available in the class or on the waiting list.

1. A holding file is created when any general information is received at the College concerning a student’s application (correspondence, transcripts, etc.).
   
   
2. The holding file becomes an active file when a prospective student’s completed application form and fee are received in the Registrar’s office.
   
   
3. Once the completed application form, fee, and official transcripts have been received, the active file is evaluated by the Registrar. This evaluation involves completing a Prerequisites for the College of Nursing form, which indicates those general education credits that have been completed.
   
   
4. Applicants are interviewed prior to consideration at an admissions meeting. All interviews will be conducted with two representatives of the College present. An impromtu essay will be included after the interview to help evaluate writing skills.

Application Review and Selection for Admission

The Student Affairs Committee makes admission decisions based on a composite picture of the applicant. The College retains the right to accept the most highly qualified applicants as determined by the College.

Admission to the program is competitive and based in large part on the grade point average (GPA) earned in prerequisite and science courses. Therefore, the higher the average and the greater the prerequisites completed at review, the greater the likelihood of admission. All available information in a student file will be considered. Selection criteria for consideration of admission include, but are not limited to, overall GPA, science GPA, amount of prerequisite coursework completed, review of personal statement and impromptu essay, and personal interview.

The Director of Student Services can accept exceptional students without review by the Student Affairs Committee. The following is the exceptional student criteria:

1. Must have a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher.
   
   
2. Must have completed at least three of the core science courses (chemistry, microbiology, anatomy and physiology) with a GPA of 3.5 or higher.

Student Services will provide written notification to each student regarding admission or denial of admission to the College. Accepted students must complete commitment forms and submit a $200 reservation fee, which will reserve their space. The fee will be applied to the first semester of tuition. Applicants who meet admission requirements and are not granted admission may notify the College to keep their application active for future consideration.

Accepted students are notified of their spring or summer placement in Health Assessment and Foundations of Nursing Practice. There are limited spaces available in the summer session. Students transferring from colleges outside the Bismarck area will have summer placement priority.
 
An additional five qualified applicants who have completed the interview process will be ranked and placed on a waiting list. They will be provided written notification. The top ranked student on the waiting list will be contacted if a position becomes available.

Final Admission

Admission is on a conditional basis until:

1. All prerequisite courses have been completed with a grade of C or above, maintaining a cumulative and prerequisite science GPA of 2.5.

2. Pre-entrance medical examination forms, including current immunization status documentation of TB status, and documentation of personal health consistent with the ability to perform the essential functions of clinical coursework are complete.

3. Students submit documentation of current CNA certification. Must be submitted prior to beginning the Nursing Foundation course.

4. Documentation of required criminal background check and disclosures are complete.

5. Students submit documentation of current CPR certification. The CPR card must be from a healthcare provider course with an expiration date beyond the date of graduation from the program.
   
   
6. Admission is contingent upon negative results on a pre-admission drug test.

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