In order to get into the School of Nursing at IU Southeast, there are different steps students must take.

First, students have to take several pre-nursing required classes and maintain a GPA of 2.7 for pre-nursing classes and a 2.5 for their overall GPA.

Students will take a KAPLAN Admission Assessment Test for Reading Comprehension. In February, applications are to be submitted for admission to the Nursing Program.

Admission is based on the student’s score from the admission assessment test for reading comprehension, combined with their GPA.

This combination will rank students for their place in the Nursing Program, if they are to be accepted. Overall GPA is weighed at 75 percent, and the Reading Comprehension score is worth 25 percent.

“Last year, 150 applications were turned in, which is a high number for IUS,” Sarah Gierke, advising for pre-nursing said. “We usually wipe off 20 applications off the top because people didn’t do the testing or other necessary steps.”

Gierke said she hopes to have the number of people admitted raised because there is a high demand.

There are two ways students can be admitted. In the spring, 75 percent — 41 students —are admitted and 25 percent — 14 students — are admitted in the summer. Students who met the requirements but were not admitted in the spring will be reconsidered in the summer.

Mike Brown, co-president for IUS Student Nursing Association, said getting in is the hardest part.

“You have to sacrifice now to say you’re in the School of Nursing because once you’re in, you’re in,” Brown said.

Students can join the National Student Nursing Association once they have been admitted in the Nursing Program. Then they can become a part of the IUS chapter.

For students who are not positive about becoming a nursing major, they can take course COAS-S100. In the course, students will receive one credit hour and have the opportunity to shadow health care professionals three hours a week at Clark Memorial Hospital.

Shelby Garber, chairwoman for the Student Nursing Association, said she enjoyed job shadowing.

“It’s a great opportunity, and you can learn about a lot of different areas,” Garber said.

Kayla Miville, co-president for IUS Student Nursing Association, is doing the four-year program.

“I’m glad I did the four-year program,” Miville said. “It hasn’t been too taxing.”

Miville takes 16 credit hours per semester, and she also takes summer classes, each year.

“I study at least one hour a day, and I study extra the weekend before an exam,” Miville said. “If you really want to do it in four years, you can.”

Brown said the program is geared toward improving student experiences.

“The school of nursing is in a constant state of change,” Brown said. “They wan

t to see people succeed.”

By TIFFANY ADAMS

Staff

adamstif@ius.edu