Pre-Nursing Requirements/Admission
The Pre-Nursing Pathway is for first-time-in-college (FTIC) degree seeking students. Students interested in this pathway will apply to UH as a Freshman student. Students will select Pre-Nursing as their major when applying to UH. We advise students to select Exploratory Studies as their second major; we work with Exploratory Studies advisors so they are kept up to date with Gessner College of Nursing policies.
Quick Links:
- New Student/Freshman Admission Criteria for UH
- Pre-Nursing Change of Major Request
- Change of Major Request for Current UH Students
- Change of Major Request for Transfer Students
- Next Steps for all Change of Major Requests
- Current UH Students with More than 60 Credit hours
New Student/Freshman Admission Criteria for UH
To declare Pre-Nursing as an intended course of study at UH, high school graduates must meet the following criteria.
| Class Rank | Total SAT Score/ Min. SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (ERW) |
ACT Composite/ Min. ACT English |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top 25% | AND | 1220/630 | OR | 25/24 |
| 26%-50% | 1270/630 | 26/24 | ||
| All Others/ Not Ranked |
1300/630 | 27/24 |
Class Rank: Top 25% AND
- Minimum SAT Score Total/Minimum SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (ERW): 1220/630; OR
- ACT - Minimum ACT Composite/Minimum ACT English: 25/24
Class Rank: 26% - 50% AND
- Minimum SAT Score Total/Minimum SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (ERW): 1270/630; OR
- ACT - Minimum ACT Composite/Minimum ACT English: 26/24
Class Rank: All Others and Not Ranked
- Minimum SAT Score Total/Minimum SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (ERW): 1300/630; OR
- ACT - Minimum ACT Composite/Minimum ACT English: 27/24
In addition, applicants for Pre-Nursing must complete the following high school coursework:
- English: 4 units
- Biology, Chemistry, and 2 other advanced science courses requiring biology and chemistry as pre-requisites: 4 units
- Algebra: 2 units
- Geometry: 1 unit
- Pre-Calculus or other advanced math (e.g., statistics): 1 unit