Open Admission 2024-2025

Selection Process

There are many components that go into our admission criteria that help us see who you are. GPA and the HESI exam give us a glimpse of how you perform academically. The Casper assessment and the Standardized Recommendation Surveys tell of your ability to work with others, communication, flexibility, problem-solving skills, and other professional attributes you possess. The different admission criteria come together to create your “admission score”:

• Admission GPA - 50%

  Admission GPA will be calculated using the most recent 45 credit hours of coursework and GPA from all completed nursing prerequisite courses.

• HESI assessment - 20%

  The HESI score is generated by averaging the scores from the 4 test categories (required subcategories):

  • Reading Comprehension
  • Vocabulary and General Knowledge
  • Basic Math Skills
  • Anatomy and Physiology

  There is no total or subcategory minimum score.

  You may only submit one HESI score/transcript each calendar year.  You may submit HESI scores that are more than a year old.

  You may only take the exam once within the window of December 1st, 2024 and January 17th, 2025 by 5pm (MT).

• CASPER assessment - 10%

  Casper is a soft-skill assessment. Casper measures 10 competencies: collaboration, communication, empathy, equity, ethics, self-awareness, resilience, professionalism, problem solving and motivation.

  Casper uses a unique, open, video and text response format, leading to more authentic, in-the-moment responses. You can justify your reasoning, express your values, and share your individual perspectives and experiences.

  Each test is rated by multiple independent raters, with a different rater for each scenario. The final score is an average of all raters’ unique impressions, reflecting diverse perspectives on the applicant’s performance. This reduces bias.

  CASPER test dates:

  November 2024	November 14, 2024	6pm MST
  December 2024	December 5, 2024	6pm MST
  January 2025	January 14, 2025	6pm MST

• Standardized Recommendation Surveys - 10%

  The Standardized Recommendation Surveys will be in the form of a survey that will be sent to your references, one from an academic reference and one from a supervisory reference, requesting information about your ability to work with others, communication, flexibility, and other professional attributes you possess on a 1-5 point scale.

  To obtain the recommendations, you will need to input the contact information (name and email address) of the two people you have asked to complete the recommendation in NursingCAS.

• Earned credits at UNC - 10%

  The number of credits completed at UNC are assigned points and used in the overall admission score as outlined below.

  • 0-2 earned credits at UNC = 0 points
  • 3-5 earned credits at UNC = 1 point
  • 6-8 earned credits at UNC = 2 points
  • 9-11 earned credits at UNC = 3 points
  • 12-14 earned credits at UNC = 4 points
  • 15-17 earned credits at UNC = 5 points
  • 18-20 earned credits at UNC = 6 points
  • 21-23 earned credits at UNC = 7 points
  • 24-26 earned credits at UNC = 8 points
  • 27-29 earned credits at UNC = 9 points
  • 30 or more earned credits at UNC = 10 points