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Dear Prospective Nursing Student:
Congratulations on your admission to SUNY College at Brockport! You’re about to embark on a wonderful new phase of your life, and we hope that you decide to do that here at SUNY Brockport! You have indicated on your admission application that you have an interest in the nursing program at SUNY Brockport. We have an outstanding nursing program that prepares graduates for a wonderful, rewarding career. The health care providers in the Rochester, New York area vie for our nursing graduates, as our program’s reputation in this area is excellent.
It is important for you to be aware of the following:
- Acceptance into the nursing department is not the same as acceptance into the college. Since you may apply for admission to the Nursing program, the admissions office has notified various offices on campus that, while Nursing is not yet your declared major, it should be considered your intended major. This “Intent to Major” designation allows us to better serve you in the areas of transfer credit evaluation, advisement and registration.
- Your first two years of coursework involve completion of general education requirements and nursing pre-requisites. You traditionally apply to be in the nursing program after the fall of your sophomore year and begin nursing courses in the fall of your junior year. You must apply for admission to the Department of Nursing between November 1 st and the third Wednesday of January in the year you plan to start your nursing courses. For example, a sophomore student would apply to nursing by January of 2008 if he/she planned to begin taking nursing courses during the fall of 2008. You will receive a letter of acceptance/non-acceptance in March of the year you apply. The nursing program is typically the last two years of full-time coursework or traditionally the junior and senior year. The nursing program starts in the fall semester only. There are no spring admissions. Please see the departmental webpage for an example of the traditional curriculum, an application, and further information.
- Acceptance into the nursing program is not guaranteed and is very competitive. There are currently large numbers of students applying to the nursing department. Admission to the nursing program is based on (1) satisfactory completion of prerequisites, (2) overall GPA, (3) references, and (4) a personal statement.
- In order to be eligible for consideration for admission to the nursing program:
- You must be accepted by SUNY College at Brockport and complete an application for consideration for admission to the Department of Nursing by the departmental deadline. Applications are available online.
- You must complete of all but two prerequisites by May of the year you plan to start the nursing program. Prerequisites are listed on the nursing department webpage (http://www.brockport.edu/nursing/prereqs.html). The maximum number of prerequisites that can be taken in the summer before you begin the nursing program is two. A grade of at least a C must be earned in all prerequisite courses, with no more than one prerequisite course repeated.
- You must earn cumulative Grade Point Average of 2.75 by the end of the fall semester of your sophomore year.
- You must also have junior status with a minimum of 54 non-nursing liberal arts credits by the time you start the nursing program.
- The first semester at Brockport all freshman students with no previous college attendance take a one-credit Academic Planning Seminar (GEP 100). This course provides an orientation to the college experience and to the Brockport campus. There are several sections of this course designed especially for nursing students. To make sure that you are assigned to one of these sections, you must indicate nursing as your intended major on all course registration forms. This course will provide additional information regarding the program and your instructor will be a nursing department faculty member. In this class you will be assigned a faculty advisor and given assistance with developing your future academic coursework and schedule.
- All students with previous college attendance (transfer students) will receive additional information in the mail regarding SOAR sessions for class registration. Students with previous college attendance will be assigned a faculty advisor within the nursing department at these sessions and are encouraged to make an appointment to speak directly with that individual.
These are the admission standards for the class of 2009 and are subject to change for future classes pending departmental review.
Further information is available on our departmental webpage or you may call the nursing department directly at (585)395-2355.
Sincerely,
Linda Snell, DNS, WHNP-C
Chairperson, Associate Professor
Department of Nursing
