Nursing Admissions Process Criteria

Students will be admitted to the nursing program through a weighted score made up of three factors: cumulative high school or college GPA; number of college credit hours completed; and grades in specified course work. Points for various criteria will be given according to the chart below. Students also will be required to meet the current minimum standards for admission and to list all colleges attended on the application.

Students will select one of the following options for calculating their college GPA for admission.

OPTION 1—Students may use only their Moraine Valley hours as the college GPA for admission. If students choose this option, they cannot use any other college credit toward the degree requirements or as prerequisites.

OPTION 2—Students may use all of their college credit toward the degree requirements, prerequisites and GPA calculation. These hours also may be used as regular transfer credit.

The high school GPA will be used only if students have attempted less than 12 credit hours. A GPA of 2.5 will be assigned if the student took the GED rather than graduate from high school. Ties will be broken based on the total number of college credit hours completed.

Courses must have been completed within five years of the semester of admission, except PSY-104.