ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS: RN to MSN with PORTFOLIO
Nurse anesthesia applicants, click
here for the application procedures.
For all other majors, applications/credentials can be reviewed
throughout the year, but clinical area placements can best be
assured if applications are completed by the following dates:
• June 1st for Fall semester • October
1st for Spring semester • March 1st for
Summer semester
To complete the application process, please do the following:
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Complete the Miller Analogies Test (MAT)
or Graduate Record Examination (GRE) and have official
scores sent to Case Western Reserve University, Nursing
Department.
MAT: website or 1-800-228-0752; in Cleveland, call Case at
216-368-5230 or CSU at 216-687-2272.
GRE: website; in Cleveland,
call Case at 216-368-1030. |
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Applicants for the joint degree MSN/MA in
Anthropology or the joint degree MSN/MA in Bioethics should
take the GRE instead of the MAT |
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Applicants for the joint degree MSN/MBA should
take the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) instead
of the MAT or GRE |
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International applicants should take the Test
of English as a Foreign Language
(TOEFL) |
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Arrange for official transcripts
from each post-secondary college/university/school
of nursing attended to be sent to the address at the end of
this section. |
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Arrange for 3 recommendations.
Consider nursing instructors, RNs in supervisory positions
at your current place of employment, and professional colleagues
who have earned advanced nursing degrees. Complete Section
A on each Recommendation Form. Provide each person with
the form and a stamped CWRU return envelope. |
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Complete the MSN
application form - please remember to sign
your application! |
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Write an essay. In one typewritten
or word-processed page or less, discuss your objectives
and reasons for wanting to undertake graduate study. Indicate
your career plans upon completion of graduate study. |
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Complete your professional portfolio
- (click here to see the guidelines).
Diploma/associate degree RNs who also have a non-nursing
baccalaureate degree (but do not have a BSN degree) need
to submit a professional portfolio. If your portfolio is
approved and you are successful in the admission process,
you will need to submit an $800.00 fee prior to matriculation
in the MSN program for the six upper division undergraduate
prerequisite nursing courses that will be waived. |
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Provide the non-refundable $75.00
application fee. Your check/money order should
be made payable to Case Western Reserve University. |
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Provide the non-refundable $100.00
portfolio evaluation fee. Your check/money order
should be made payable to Case Western Reserve University
(must be a separate check) |
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PLEASE MAIL ITEMS 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8
to:
Donna Hassik
Case Western Reserve University
Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing
Office of Student Services
10900 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44106-4904
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If you have questions, please contact us at (216) 368-2529 or 1-800-825-2540 x2529 or admissions@fpb.cwru.edu.
NOTE: All materials submitted become the property of
the School of Nursing and cannot be returned to the applicant.
Any information about race, ethnicity, gender, color, national
origin, religion, age, marital status, physical or mental disabilities
is confidential and not used as criteria for admission decisions.
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