Application and Requirements
Application Overview
Our system is designed to time out after 1-hour, so please be prepared to complete the application once beginning the process. It will not allow you to start another application until after 24 hours upon timing out. Therefore, it is your responsibility to adequately prepare when completing the application. You cannot complete any entry after 5:00 pm on the application deadline date. The system shuts down promptly at 5:00 pm.
- Do not attempt to send application material to our general email mailbox because it won’t be accepted. It is unfair to those complying with the directions and submitting applications before the deadline.
- Do not call requesting special permission to submit after the application deadline date or time. It is your responsibility to ensure you start the process in time to complete the application.
- Do not call requesting extension for recommender to submit recommendations. It is your responsibility to follow up and ensure they submit before the deadline.
Problem with submitting an online application, please contact the Office of Academic Assistance – Admission at 404-413-1000. We may be reached, Monday through Friday, 8:30 am until 5:00 pm. However, this does not include late submissions or same day application submission of application deadline.
Ensure all supplemental forms are included before submitting. You will receive an email notification confirming your application was successfully submitted online.
Our office will not accept separate parts of the application or recommendations that are mailed or delivered in person, for the ACE, Traditional, Transfer or RN to BS professional undergraduate nursing application. They must be submitted online before the application deadline date and time.
Short Answers (Traditional/ACE Applicants Only)
Short Answers(Traditional/ACE Applicants Only) are completed during the online application process but you may review to prepare and submit. Please prepare Volunteer Verification Form and courses taken before beginning the online application process. The questions include completion of up to three additional forms to be attached during the online application process: Volunteer Verification Form, GSU Freshman Traditional Checklist, Traditional Courses Taken, and ACE Courses Taken. Please complete and save each document in Adobe PDF format before beginning the application process. Forms must be added to online application when applying.
Essay
Discuss your position on a healthcare or social issue in a two-page, double-spaced, typed essay. Attached to the appropriate section in your online application. Include your full name on the first page of the document and add a work cited page. Do not include cover page or graphics.
The RN to BS nursing application does not require an essay but requires a resume instead.
Two Letters of Recommendation
Please allow your recommender ample time to submit your recommendation before application deadline.
Contact the recommender before the application deadline if you have not received an email confirming a submission of recommendation. You should receive two separate notifications for each recommendation submitted. The student is responsible for following up with the recommender to ensure each recommendation is received.
A previous recommendation may be used for an application update.
Do not jeopardize your application by submitting recommendation yourself. Provide the following to recommender so they may submit recommendation letter.
Your recommender must submit letter of recommendation before application deadline (February 15 & May 7 (GSU freshman only)–Fall; October 1 – Spring by 5:00 pm). Recommender’s should enter the correct e-mail address of prospective student applying. A notification will be sent to the prospective student notifying a recommendation was submitted on your behalf via email.
Those applying for RN to BS must submit all recommendations by April 15.
Online recommendations must be submitted through the recommender’s email address. Your recommendation letters will be disqualified and no points received if not submitted by recommender’s email.
Any attempt to circumvent the process is considered a violation as referred to in the GSU Code of Conduct and Administrative Policy Prohibited General Conduct. The following types of behavior constitute violation of the Georgia State University Student code of Conduct. Any student who is found responsible for any of the following misconduct is subject to disciplinary sanctions outline.
The Test Essential Academic Skills-TEAS
The Test Essential Academic Skills-TEAS must be taken as part of your application. Students must create an online profile with atitesting.com to register for the TEAS exam at GSU and other testing locations.
If taken at another college, TEAS scores must be submitted directly to the School of Nursing and received no later than nursing application deadline.
- Georgia State Institution Code: GA State U
Scores received after the deadline will not be considered. Your TEAS exam is only valid for 1 year.
- Minimum TEAS score accepted: 50%
- Average TEAS of accepted applicants: 85%
Application Updates
If you applied to the School of Nursing last semester, you may be eligible for an application update. Update forms may only be used to reactivate a complete nursing application for one additional semester. Please be aware that pre-requisites and GPA requirements may have changed from the previous semester. This form can only be used to apply to the next available semester.
Applications completed one year prior or more cannot be reactivated. A TEAS may be applied to an application update if desired. Those applicants who wish to re-take the TEAS must specify the date of the exam to be reviewed on the update form in the space provided.
The TEAS score from the previous semester will automatically be applied with no exceptions if no box is checked/no test date is written on update form.
Contact Us
Location
140 Decatur St.
Room 900 Urban Life Building
404-413-1200
Mailing Address
Georgia State University
P.O. Box 4019
Atlanta, GA 30302-4019
Academic Assistance
Office of Academic Assistance
P.O. Box 3995
Atlanta, GA 30302-3995
Employment Opportunities
National Hartford Center of Gerontological Nursing
Georgia State University School of Nursing is a member of the National Hartford Center of Gerontological Nursing.
Accreditation and Approvals
The baccalaureate degree in nursing, master’s degree in nursing, Doctor of Nursing Practice program and post-graduate APRN certificate program at Georgia State are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.
Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education
655 K Street, NW, Suite 750
Washington, DC 20001
P: (202) 887-6791
F: (202) 887-8476