Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Applicants to the ABSN degree program need to graduate with a bachelor’s degree in a non-nursing field prior to starting the ABSN degree. If you meet the course and GPA requirements at the time of application, you are eligible to apply and be admitted conditionally, as long as you graduate with your bachelor’s degree before the ABSN classes begin in mid-May. You may apply at the beginning of your last year of undergraduate study.

No, we do not require or accept letters of recommendation.

Yes, we require that the science prerequisite courses be completed within seven years of the program start date. With the intensity of our accelerated curriculum, students do not have time to refresh their science knowledge while learning the new information.

In addition to submitting the application to the School of Nursing through NursingCAS you must submit your UW–Madison second-degree application by October 1. Without a second-degree application, you will be ineligible for admission to the ABSN program.

Yes, all applicants need to submit all official college/university transcripts where they earned college credit (even if while dual-enrolled in high school) to NursingCAS.

If you are taking coursework in the fall or spring terms while your ABSN application is under consideration, you can enter your expected enrollment information in NursingCAS in the Academic History section for the term in which you intend to take those courses. Current and future terms will display the courses as “In Progress/Planned.”

No. A CNA is one way students learn about the nursing profession and gain experience in the field, but we do not require a CNA license for admission. There is a place to enter your CNA information in the Supporting Information section of the NursingCAS application.

No, we currently do not require applicants to complete the TEAS exam.

Yes, once you enter the nursing online application, you can save it and return to it later. However, in the experiences and achievements section, you should complete all information and duties for each experience and/or achievement, as you may not be able to edit them after entering.

We use the email addresses supplied on your nursing admission application for all correspondence. If offered admission, it continues to be your responsibility to ensure this email address is active and checked from the time of application until you are issued a wisc.edu email address.

Applicants placed on the waitlist are notified of their status when admission decisions are released. Applicants may be admitted from the waitlist when/if an admitted student declines the offer of admission, if admission is revoked, etc. If a waitlisted applicant is admitted, they are typically notified between December and January. The waitlist is unranked and unnumbered, and there is nothing an applicant can do to influence their status on the waitlist.

Maybe. If you create a new NursingCAS application with the same email address, you will be given the opportunity to decide which sections you want to import from the previous application cycle and which ones you would like to submit again. You will have to submit a new university second-degree application when reapplying.

No, we generally have more applicants than we have spots for; as a result, admission decisions are final and not able to be appealed.

Currently, there is no limit on the number of times one may apply to the ABSN program. Visit the BSN page for information about future application cycles.