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Hello high school seniors and families!
My name is Brian Bost and I am a nursing recruiter for Duquesne University's School of Nursing.
As a Senior, you're in store for many fun and exciting experiences over the course of
the next year and one of those experiences is choosing which college or university that
you would like to attend.
In a normal year the college admissions process can admittedly be a little bit stressful and
even slightly confusing at times, but of course as we know this is not a normal year.
COVID-19 has brought many challenges and changes along with it and it's added its own stress
and confusion to many aspects of our lives.
So, in hopes of alleviating some of the stress and eliminating almost all of the confusion
with our admissions process, we wanted to create a brief video to make the experience
as easy as possible for you and for your families.
Let me start by saying that our office is here for you.
If you have any questions or concerns please don't hesitate to reach out to us.
We can speak with you through email.
We can speak with you over the phone.
We can schedule a visit with you over Zoom virtually.
And beginning this fall, yet again, we can have in-person campus visits—and we're very
excited for those!
We're very excited to be back on campus.
Regardless of which avenue that you choose, we'll be able to address your concerns individually,
on an individual basis, and we'll be able to help in any way that we can.
As I'm sure you've discovered by now, pretty much every college or university has its own
unique admissions criteria.
And, I wanted to take this moment to shed some light on ours.
The School of Nursing has decided to become test optional.
That means that applicants will not be required to submit any kind
of standardized test score, such as the SAT or the ACT to be considered for admission
into the school.
This will in no way negatively impact any applicant and we will remain committed to
reviewing each application holistically.
One of the many components that we will be reviewing in the admissions process is your
high school performance.
We require a minimum of a 3.2 cumulative and weighted GPA for test optional applicants.
And, we will be looking closely at your math and your science courses.
Specifically, we want to make sure that you're taking courses such as biology, chemistry,
algebra 1, algebra 2, pre-calculus.
Something along the lines of calculus or statistics.
Maybe anatomy and physiology.
Definitely four years of math.
Definitely four years with science.
Essentially, we want to make sure that you're challenging yourself adequately in those two
areas specifically and that you're doing well in the courses that you're taking.
If you have a GPA that falls below a 3.2, you can still be considered for admission
into the school.
However, we may require some additional information from you.
Our application process is as easy as four steps.
And I want to take a moment to talk about each one of those four.
Step one is you submit an application online.
There are two ways that you can do that.
The first is through our website at Duq.edu/apply.
The second is through the Common application.
Both take about 10-15 minutes or so, and are both active and live right now.
So, whichever one you choose, whichever is easiest for you, whenever you feel comfortable,
go ahead and submit that application.
Step two is to submit any kind of required documents that we need.
At this point there are only two required documents: your official high school transcripts
and your letter of recommendation.
The official high school transcripts can be sent directly from your guidance counselor
to our Office of Undergraduate Admissions.
And your letter of recommendation can be sent directly from your recommender into your application
portal.
Now, I highly, highly, highly, highly, recommend that you send in that letter of recommendation
from a math or a science teacher.
I do want to take a moment to say that these documents can come in sporadically.
So, you can apply one day.
And, you know, three weeks later get in your high school transcripts.
Two weeks after that, get your letter of recommendation.
The letter of recommendation can come in before your transcripts.
Whatever order that they come in is fine, as long as we receive all of them.
We are okay with them taking a little bit of time to get here.
The third step is to get your decision.
So, our Office of Undergraduate Admissions will begin reviewing applications in October.
We operate on what we call a rolling-admission basis.
So, that means that as soon as your application becomes complete, as soon as we get all of
your documents in, we will go ahead and get that application reviewed.
Typically, it takes about four to six weeks to hear a decision from us and then you'll
get your letter.
The fourth and final step is to submit your deposit.
If you are accepted, you have until May 1 to deposit to Duquesne.
And please, don't rush this.
Take all the time that you need.
The spot in the School of Nursing will be held for you until May 1.
I hope that this has been helpful for you.
Please know that my job does not stop after this video ends.
If you have any questions, if you have any concerns, if you need anything, please don't
hesitate to reach out to me or to one of my colleagues.
Our primary job is to make sure that this process is as easy as it can be for you and
for your family, and eliminate any barriers that that might stand between you in becoming
a Duquesne nurse.
Thank you so much for your time and I hope to see your application soon.
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