A high school graduate interested in nursing is eligible for early admission to the nursing major at Calvin College. The student must meet the following criteria:
- A composite ACT of equal to or greater than 28 or
- An SAT critical reading plus math score of equal to or greater than 1260
- Average marks of 91% or higher from a Canadian high school
- Students must specify a nursing major on their Calvin College application and submit their final Early Admission qualifying ACT or SAT on or before February 1st prior to Calvin admission for their freshman year.
In order to maintain early admission status, a student, at the Calvin College Department of Nursing application deadline, must have:
- A 3.5 GPA in the nursing prerequisite courses at Calvin
- A 3.3 cumulative GPA at Calvin
- Completed admission requirements (i.e. criminal background check, disciplinary check, drug screen, fingerprint check) as specified in the Calvin catalog of the year of the student’s admission to Calvin.
Please feel free to contact the Department of Nursing if you have questions about this new policy.
