o PersonalLettersofRecommendation o CommunityWork o HealthRelatedExperience Table 17. BSN to MSN Admission Point System Criteria Possible Points I. Academic Achievement: UndergraduateLevelCourses 20 A. GPA ● GPA3.00-3.59 10 ● GPA3.60-4.00 20 II. Post-Secondary Education 20 ● BaccalaureateDegree 10 ● Graduate/Master’sDegree 20 III. Application Essay to Nursing Program – APA Format 10 Theessaywillinclude: ● StatementofpurposeforenrollingintotheMSNprogram 2 ● Theessentialfunctionsandroleofgraduatedegreenurse 2 ● PreparationtobecomesuccessfulintheMSNprogram 2 ● Accountabilityandintegrityinthenursingprofession 2 ● Grammar 2 IV. Health Care Background 5 ● Onetothree(1–3)years 3 ● Morethanthree(3)years 5 V. Personal Interview 20 ● Professionalism 4 ● AppearanceandDemeanor 4 ● CommunicationSkills 4 ● AnsweringSkills 4 ● OverallImpression 4 VI. Evaluation from the Office of Admissions 5 ● Professionalism 1 ● Timeliness 1 ● Communication 1 ● Compliancewiththerequirements 1 ● Self-Motivation 1 Vocational Nurse (VN) Program All applicants must: 1. Be at least 17 to be admitted to the Essential Medical Bioscience prerequisites course with a parent’s or guardian’s consent. Applicants must be at least 18 at the beginning of the core program. 2. CompletetheEssentialMedicalBioscienceprerequisitescoursewithapassinggradeasidentifiedin thesyllabus. a. The Essential Medical Bioscience course is waived as a prerequisite for those who have completed the following courses within the last five (5) years: Cell Biology, Human Biology Basics, Basic Math, and Medical Terminology. A prerequisite course challenge exam is also available for those who are interested. 54