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Practical Nursing Admission Requirements

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Admission Requirements:

Candidates must have earned the following within the last seven years to be considered for admission:

  • High school diploma with an overall grade average of 75 or a high school equivalent (GED) with minimal score of 275 or 2750
  • Meet Expository Writing (English 101) or Oral and written Expression (English 102) prerequisites of one of the following:
    1. Having a minimal score of 60 on the ACCUPLACER test for Reading and a minimal score of 75 on the ACCUPLACER test for Sentence Structure, or
    2. Students are exempt from the ACCUPLACER test if they:
    3. Achieve a minimum NYS English Regents score of 75
    4. Achieve a minimum SAT verbal score equal to or higher than 420
    5. Achieve a minimum ACT score of 17 on the English and Reading sections
  • Satisfactory completion of Algebra math proficiency
    1. Completion of two high school Regents math courses with a grade of 75 or above on the second New York State Regents mathematics examination, or
    2. Completion of equivalent college-level course work: intermediate Algebra with a final grade of “C” or higher
  • Satisfactory completion of Biology proficiency
    1. Completion of high school Biology or Living Environment with a grade of 75 or above on the New York State Regents Examination, or
    2. Completion of equivalent college-level course work: Introduction to Biology with a final grade of “C” or higher
  • Satisfactory completion of Chemistry proficiency
    1. Completion of high school chemistry with a grade of 70 on the New York State Regents, or
    2. Completion of equivalent college-level course work: Introduction to Chemistry with a final grade of “C” or higher
  • Meet the minimum technical requirements for the nursing program.
  • Have proof of United States citizenship or legal residence. New York residents are given priority.
  • Be at least seventeen years of age at the time of applying for nursing licensure.
  • Submit an application for admission into the nursing program.

Transfer Students

Candidates must have earned the following to be considered for transfer into the practical nursing program:

  1. Satisfy the criteria stated in Admission Requirements: PN.
  2. Have a college GPA of 2.5 or higher at the time the application is submitted.
  3. **Students requesting transfer from another nursing program must:
    1. Satisfy the criteria stated in the admission requirements: PN
    2. Satisfy the co-requisite criteria if seeking advanced placement.
    3. Obtain an overall college GPA of 2.5
    1. Students requesting transfer from a non-credit bearing PN course must take the Excelsior LPN Fundamentals exam and pass with a “C” or higher.
    2. Students requesting transfer from a non-credit bearing PN course must take an equivalent Drug Dosage Calculation and Pharmacology course and pass with a “C” or higher.
    1. Student to request a written statement from the transferring institution directly to SUNY Canton Admissions on college letterhead and sealed indicating their standing upon leaving the college.
    2. Complete SUNY Canton’s LPNC 102 and LPNC 103 courses.

Note: Transfer credit may be awarded for courses that were previously taken at an accredited institution, passed with a grade of “C” or better, and are similar in content and credit hours to those in the SUNY Canton curriculum, such as Anatomy and Physiology I and II, and Microbiology. Science courses completed more than seven years prior to acceptance will need to be repeated.

Important Dates

  1. Admissions to SUNY Canton’s undergraduate nursing programs are very competitive; therefore, it is important to remain aware of dates for application submission and completion of health and CPR requirements.
  2. Fall application Deadlines:
    1. Applications for external applicants is February 1st
      1. Review and first round selection of applicants with waitlist offers will occur by March 1st
    2. Applications for internal applicants is May 1st
      1. Review and final selection of applicants with waitlist offers will be decided by  June 1st
  3. Enrollment deposit deadlines
    1. External applicants by April 1st
    2. Internal applicants by July 1st
  4. Submission of current CPR certification and completed health requirements to the SUNY Canton Health Center by August 1st for fall admission and January 4th for spring admissions.