Documents Required for Admissions

1. Online application
2. Application Fee ($30)
3. College Transcript(s)
4. Essay (In 300 words or less, answer the following question: As a future nurse, what do you think you will contribute to nursing?)
5. Activities/Interest Resume
6. WES Evaluation*
7. TOEFL Scores**
8. Copy of Visa or Permanent Resident Card (if applicable)

*Transfer or Advanced Placement applicants who have taken course work or earned a degree abroad are required to have foreign credit evaluated by one of the following Credential Evaluation Services.

• World Education Services (WES) Evaluation
• Educational Credential Evaluators
• Josef Silny & Associates
• International Education Research Foundation
• Educational Perspectives

** Transfer or Advanced Placement applicants whose native language is not English are required to take and submit scores for the Test for English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). The required score is 79 for internet-based, 213 on computer-based and 550 on paper-based.

Please note that TOEFL scores are valid two (2) years from the test date. To learn more about the TOEFL, please visit www.ets.org/toefl

Prior to enrollment students will also be required to submit:

• Current professional-level CPR certification (American Heart Association or American Red Cross)
• Completed institutional health requirements
• Criminal background check (state and federal)
• Testing for drug and substance abuse