Many applicants received letters stating that they were on a waitlist along with what position on the waitlist they hold. This particular admissions update is relevant to anyone who was placed on a waitlist.
The UW School of Nursing (SoN) has extremely limited space in all degree programs. Frequently, offers of admission are made to competitive applicants and for any reason, their plans may change or they decide to accept an offer from another School. If an admitted applicant forfeits her/his offer of admission, the SoN then contacts the next person on the waitlist. Unfortunately, because the SoN has no control over any individual's plan to accept an offer of admission, there is no way for the SoN to know IF and/or exactly when a space will open up for anyone who is waitlisted. There are many items to consider in addition to the instructions stated in your letter.
- The SoN makes offers from the waitlist until the last possible date where a prospective student can realistically meet compliance requirements necessary to begin the program. Sometimes, students are admitted off the waitlist all the way into the beginning of Fall Quarter.
- Waitlist lengths are limited to a number that is realistic in terms of how many spaces we think may open up any given year. In other words, we do not want to 'tow anyone along.' If you were offered a waitlist slot, the faculty believe there is a possibility that space may open up and you could be offered a spot in the program.
- If a space opens up for you, we contact you immediately by phone and by email. If you do not hear from us, you can assume that there is no space at this time. If your contact information has or will be changing from what you submitted in your application, make sure you let us know.
- Historically, there is no consistent pattern and thus, there is no way to predict exactly how a waitlist will run for a program or specialty. Some years, we go through the entire waitlist. Some years, only a few spots open up. It is rare that everyone who is made an offer of admission accepts it.
- This year, we have asked that anyone who was offered a space in the GRADUATE programs replies with her/his Intent to Register no later than April 16. We anticipate seeing movement on the waitlists after those dates and all the way through the beginning of Fall Quarter.
We look forward to contacting you as soon as a space does become available for you!
We thank you for taking the time and effort to apply to our programs. Because we are unable to speak with every applicant individually, we are posting the most common and consistent reasons applicants were not offered admission to the BSN program. Many factors contribute to why the admissions committee may have denied an applicant. Please carefully review this list of common reasons for denial. Be sure to take into consideration that though a majority of applicants meet the minimum criteria and are generally competitive for admission to the program, each applicant is scored and considered in relation to her/his competitiveness within the entire pool of applicants. The UW School of Nursing received many more applications than spaces available in the program. Unfortunately, we are unable to admit every applicant.
- The applicant did not meet minimum requirements. For example, an application was submitted despite not meeting stated prerequisite, grade, GPA, or application completion criteria.
- The BSN program is academically rigorous. An applicant may have been considered an academic risk if s/he has repeated and/or withdrawn from several natural world courses in order to meet the minimum GPA requirement for the program. Though the applicant may have met the minimum requirement, a pattern of repeats, withdrawals, or inconsistent performance makes her/him less competitive within the context of the entire pool that applied at the same time.
- The applicant may have expressed minimal or less relevant health care experience in relation to her/his stated goals and/or in relation to the pool of overall applicants.
- The applicant did not clearly articulate how her/his background, experience, and goals have prepared her/him to succeed in the program. For example, several applicants did not follow directions for how to format their resumes, and as a result, faculty were unable to ascertain information about an applicant's health experience, community service and involvement, leadership, and trainings and certifications.
- The applicant submitted essay responses that did not indicate a clear line of thinking with supported rationale, evidence of critical thinking and self-reflection, and/or problem solving.
- The overall presentation of the application did not indicate to reviewers a level of maturity, self-awareness, and/or self-reflection necessary in order to succeed in a demanding academically and personally challenging program and profession.
This is not an exhaustive list, but does summarize the most common reasons for denial of admission. If you are considering applying to the program at a later date or if you seek more information about how your file was reviewed, we highly recommend that you attend and/or listen to a BSN Information Session. In the sessions, we give tips on how to submit a competitive application. Additionally, we go over each application requirement with the aim of informing applicants as to exactly how and why the faculty weighs the information in considering each applicant fairly within an extremely competitive pool. Visit our information session web page to find ways to improve upon your application should you decide to reapply next year.
The admissions deadline for BSN, MN, MS, Certificates, and PhD programs is January 17, 2012 at 5:00pm. This deadline remains firm unless the University of Washington officially closes the Seattle campus for business due to inclement weather.
You can check the status of campus closure on the University of Washington home page: www.washington.edu
When you complete your application for the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program, you are asked to submit a printed copy and an electronic copy to sonasapp@uw.edu. This electronic application must be completed using Adobe Reader, a program available to download for free. More information on completing our electronic application can be found at http://nursing.uw.edu/admissions/pdf.
A few notes about completing the application:
- On page 3 of the application, you will not be able to enter the calculated grade points into the right-most column. This is calculated automatically for you when you enter the number of quarter credits (Column C) and the decimal grade you received for the course (Column D).
- Similarly, the calculated number of Natural World courses that appears at the top of page 4 is determined by counting the number of courses you enter in Column A minus any checkboxes you selected in the "Check box if not taken" column. You are not able to update this number manually.
- If using an Apple computer to complete the application, you must download and use Adobe Reader to complete the application. Otherwise, the application appears blank when it is submitted to our office. By default, Apple computers use a program called Preview to open PDF documents. You will be able to see what program is being used by looking at the name listed next to the Apple logo in the upper left-hand corner of the screen. This may mean that you have to launch Adobe Reader and open the application PDF from within the program.
- If the GPA is not being calculated or you are having trouble saving information in the form fields, make sure you are using Adobe Reader.
- You can submit the application by clicking the "Submit" button at the top of the PDF (if you use a program like Outlook or Mail to send emails) OR by sending the completed PDF as an attachment to sonasapp@uw.edu.
For additional questions, contact the School of Nursing at (206) 543-8736 or sonas@uw.edu.
Some of you admitted to the ABSN program in 2012 may have received a misprinted deposit form. The official deadline for returning the $500 deposit is due February 15, 2012 - please disregard any other dates that may be printed.
Updated on January 4th, 2012 at 2:34 pm
Emails were sent out to each Master’s and DNP applicant today. The email outlined options for Master’s applicants who are affected by the recent pause of MN and MS specialties. Please see below for guidance on how to proceed.
We value each and every student and applicant at the School of Nursing and are committed to assisting all of our students and applicants to reach their educational and career goals either here at the University of Washington Seattle campus or at other nursing programs in the region.
We apologize for the late decision and understand that you have devoted time, effort and energy into completing your MN application. We are committed to working with you and hope you will apply to the DNP.
Because of this recent pause, the deadline for ALL DNP applications is extended to February 15. We hope this deadline extension will encourage you to consider applying to the DNP. Academic Services is working with the Graduate School to issue you a refund for your MN application fee as soon as possible.
If you decide to apply to the DNP program, you should take the following steps:
- Go to: http://nursing.uw.edu/academic-services/degree-programs/dnp/doctor-of-nu... to start a DNP application.
- Submit required application materials including transcripts*, DNP essay responses, your resume, and scholarly writing sample. These are DNP-specific materials and must be submitted as new items toward your application.
- Contact sonas@uw.edu to let us know you plan on applying to the DNP program. We will work with the Graduate School to gather your letters of recommendation from your MN application so that you do not need to have your recommenders re-write or re-send letters.
- Submit a complete application online and send a hard copy of your DNP application and materials to Academic Services by February 15, 2012.
*If you had already uploaded transcripts for your application to the MN program, there is no need to re-upload them for your new DNP application. The transcripts from your initial application will still be available in MyGrad. You will still need to send hard copies of your transcripts when you submit your DNP application to the School of Nursing.
Please continue to visit our admissions blog where we will continue to post updates and important admissions information as it becomes available. If you have further questions about your options or how these recent changes affect your plans, please contact us at sonas@uw.edu.
Many applicants received letters stating that they were on a waitlist along with what position on the waitlist they hold. This particular admissions update is relevant to anyone who was placed on a waitlist.
The UW School of Nursing (SoN) has extremely limited space in all degree programs. Frequently, offers of admission are made to competitive applicants and for any reason, their plans may change or they decide to accept an offer from another School. If an admitted applicant forfeits her/his offer of admission, the SoN then contacts the next person on the waitlist. Unfortunately, because the SoN has no control over any individual's plan to accept an offer of admission, there is no way for the SoN to know IF and/or exactly when a space will open up for anyone who is waitlisted. There are many items to consider in addition to the instructions stated in your letter.
- The SoN makes offers from the waitlist until the last possible date where a prospective student can realistically meet compliance requirements necessary to begin the program. Sometimes, students are admitted off the waitlist all the way into the beginning of Summer Quarter.
- Waitlist lengths are limited to a number that is realistic in terms of how many spaces we think may open up any given year. In other words, we do not want to 'tow anyone along.' If you were offered a waitlist slot, the faculty believe there is a possibility that space may open up and you could be offered a spot in the program.
- If a space opens up for you, we contact you immediately by phone and by email. If you do not hear from us, you can assume that there is no space at this time. If your contact information has or will be changing from what you submitted in your application, make sure you let us know.
- Historically, there is no consistent pattern and thus, there is no way to predict exactly how a waitlist will run for a program or specialty. Some years, we go through the entire waitlist. Some years, only a few spots open up. It is rare that everyone who is made an offer of admission accepts it.
We look forward to contacting you as soon as a space does become available for you!
We thank you for taking the time and effort to apply to our programs. Because we are unable to speak with every applicant individually, we are posting the most common and consistent reasons applicants were not offered admission to the ABSN program. Unfortunately, we are unable to admit every applicant. Many factors contribute to why the admissions committees may have denied an applicant. Please carefully review this list of common reasons for denial. Be sure to take into consideration that the UW School of Nursing received many more applications than spaces available in each program and specialty. Each applicant is scored and considered in relation to her/his competitiveness within the entire pool of applicants to each specific program.
- The applicant did not meet minimum requirements. For example, an application was submitted despite not meeting prerequisite, grade, GPA, or application completion criteria.
- ABSN is an academically rigorous program. An applicant may have been considered an academic risk if s/he has repeated several natural world courses in order to meet the minimum GPA requirement for either program. Though the applicant may have met the minimum requirement, a pattern of repeats, withdrawals, or inconsistent performance makes her/him less competitive within the context of the entire pool that applied at the same time.
- The applicant may have expressed minimal or less relevant health care experience in relation to her/his stated goals and/or in relation to the pool of overall applicants.
- The applicant did not clearly articulate how her/his background, experience, and goals have prepared them to succeed in the program.
- The applicant did not articulate a clear understanding of role and profession and as a result was not considered a definite match with the program and/or specialty.
- The overall presentation of the application did not indicate to reviewers a level of maturity, self-awareness, and/or self-reflection necessary in order to succeed in a demanding academically and personally challenging program and profession.
The deadline for ALL DNP applications is extended to February 15. Due to the recent pause of several Master of Nursing specialties, the deadline for ALL DNP applications is extended to February 15. We hope this deadline extension will encourage MN application to consider applying to the DNP alternatively.
The School of Nursing is temporarily pausing admissions to the following Master’s-level options for the 2012-2013 academic year.
- Adult: NP (includes Acute Care NP) and CNS
- Pediatric: NP and CNS
- Nurse Midwifery
- Psych/Mental Health NP
- Perinatal and Neonatal: NP and CNS
- Independent Master of Nursing option
- Independent Master of Science option
No changes are envisioned for the Master of Nursing entry option for Community Health (which also has a DNP option) or the Master of Science offering in Clinical Informatics and Patient Centered Technologies (CIPCT).
Students who are currently enrolled in our Master of Nursing offerings or our Master of Science independent option are not affected by this change.
If you have applied to or were considering application to a graduate program in advanced practice and have questions about your options or how this affects your plans, please contact sonas@uw.edu.
We value each and every student at the School of Nursing and are committed to assisting all of our students reach their educational and career goals either here at the University of Washington Seattle campus or at other nursing programs in the region. Please contact Interim Academic Services Director Dagmar Schmidt at dagmar@uw.edu for any assistance you may need as a result of these recent changes in our programs.
|
