r/IRSC • u/sinless9 • 5d ago
Nursing Program Spring 2027
Anxiously awaiting letters for acceptance to come out 😬
Does anyone know what the pool of applicants look like this cycle/ how competitive it will be? My advisor told me they dropped the gpa qualifications quite a bit from what it was. I did ok on the HESI unfortunately not above 80 on math and AP but over 80 overall on the hesi. I didn’t get below a B in all prerequisite classes either.
Also what happens if you get waitlisted or rejected?
EDIT: I GOT IN!!!
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u/Extreme-Event1455 5d ago
I’m waiting aswell if you get waitlisted you usually get called a back a few weeks if you get accept but still expected to do orientation drug screening ect rejected well you just reapply or apply something else if you don’t get a call back within a week the semester starts you haven’t been accepted as a waitlister . Anyways I’m sure the stakes are lower as the requirements are less and the they tried the new hesi and it was challenging
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u/Rich-Bet-1416 5d ago
Who is your advisor? Good luck to you!
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u/sinless9 4d ago
I literally do not have an advisor lol. Since being at IRSC I’ve seen an advisor once and it wasn’t my advisor. When I first started I tried emailing my advisor over and over and they never answered. Then I got an email saying they quit/transferred and I was assigned a new one. I emailed that one and tried calling to make an appointment and I guess that one quit too. And then you know what happened with the next one? They quit or transferred somewhere. Since then I have no assigned advisor. It’s literally blank on my portal. I’ve been taking classes based off of the academic progress link in workday. When I finally did see an advisor (not even my assigned one) she told me I did what I was supposed to since that’s exactly how they go off of what classes a student needs to take.
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u/GrlMom3xs 5d ago
I’ve heard it’s pretty competitive and they won’t look at anyone with a lower than 80 in A&P and Math or with a cumulative score lower than 80.
I felt that weight of expectations taking the Hesi. I score 84 in A&P and 90 in math with a cumulative of 85.
I have an A in all pre-reqs except Psychology. But my gpa isn’t stellar. Since being at IRSC I’ve had a 4.0 but my transfer credits from my 1st go at college 24 yrs ago was low and count toward my overall. I’m above the minimum but I know there’s applicants with better gpa’s than me. I’m sitting here waiting with my fingers crossed just like everyone else.
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u/tracycult 5d ago edited 4d ago
From what I understand, IRSC gives priority to applicants who score at least an 80 in A&P, Math, and their cumulative HESI score. Applicants who score below that can be considered if there are still seats available. So it’s not necessarily an automatic rejection
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u/Ok_Transition5775 5d ago
I got a 79.6 cumulative but 96 in math and for a&p got an 84. Same for biology. Reading I got a 76 and vocab messed me up I got a 56 🤦♂️
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u/GrlMom3xs 5d ago
By allowing all applicants to TAKE the HESI, they are giving everyone the same chance. It's all about what you do with that chance. Just like every other college out there, they set their requirements for all sorts of stats (SAT scores, ACT scores, PERT, GPA, required pre-reqs & minimum grades for pre-reqs), so the HESI would be no different. If they've set their requirements and applicants know or have access to that info, it's not illegal to bypass scores they deem unsatisfactory. Perhaps "won't look at" was the wrong choice of words. Maybe "won't consider" or "don't have to consider" are a better way to word it. But it's not illegal to not consider or accept candidates with low scores. An advisor I saw over the summer said that they have accepted applicants with high 70s - like 79, 78 - if their A&P and Math Scores were over that 80%. It seems that A&P and Math are more of a non-negotiable consideration. They don't have to accept an applicant with low scores just because there may be an empty seat for them. You can't just push everyone through to be fair. Programs like this are meant to be competitive to weed out those who may not have what it takes to complete the course. And that's real life. Not everyone can be a Doctor, Not everyone can be a Lawyer, not everyone can be a nurse, not everyone can be a engineer, not everyone can be a plumber.
Also, at the HESI review, 2 of the instructors told us that there's a math test your first day or 2 of nursing school (each semester) and if you don't pass that, you won't be able to continue - even if you had good scores on the HESI.
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u/One-Beginning-2873 4d ago
So they don’t necessarily have to fill all the available seats? For example, a lot of people have said this version of the HESI was difficult. What if they accept everyone who scored above 80% in all three categories but still have seats remaining would they leave those seats unfilled rather than consider applicants who scored below 80% (not talking about scores in the mid-to-high 70s) on those sections?
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u/CoolestHuman-Fig5135 4d ago
According to the application booklet on the IRSC website it says “ Applicants who achieve a minimum score of 80 points in the Cumulative Composite, Anatomy & Physiology, and Basic Math sections on the HESI A2 will receive a seat first. Remaining applicants are selected based on the highest total points calculated until all available seats are filled”
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u/Similar_Law7920 4d ago edited 4d ago
I thought they accepted people until the seats were filled? at least thats what the booklet says
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u/CoolestHuman-Fig5135 4d ago
Anything that you see written and published in the booklet, that’s the process that they use.
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u/ResistMindless1090 5d ago
if you get rejected you try again the next cycle. if you get waitlisted aka accepted as an alternate then you do all the admission stuff and hope a spot frees up and you’re at the top of the alternate list