Overview
Career outlook
Employers hire BSN-prepared registered nurses for direct patient care as well as roles requiring expanded leadership, research, and community-health competencies across nearly every healthcare setting.
Getting in
What Elmhurst University asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Personal statement
- Transcripts
- Prerequisite courses
- Immunizations
- Health insurance
Application to the upper-division prelicensure nursing major is due January 25 for the following fall entry. Starting fall 2026: HESI A2 minimum 75% on Math, Reading and A&P (transfers may substitute TEAS 75% on all four sections), minimum cumulative and science GPA 3.0 for Elmhurst students (transfers 3.0 science / 3.2 cumulative), monitored writing sample, two professor recommendations (no more than one from science), 250-word personal statement, prerequisites CHM 101/103, BIO 107/108/221, ENG 105/106, PSY 210/315/327, MTH 345 with C or better. Must maintain 3.0 cumulative GPA in junior and senior years.
Checked Oct 2026 on the school's site. Requirements change each cycle, so confirm before you apply.
Prerequisites
The prerequisites you'll need to meet to apply to this program at Elmhurst University. Open a category to see each one.
College courses
12
- BIO 107C or better
- BIO 108C or better
- BIO 221C or better
- CHM 101C or better
- CHM 103C or better
- ENG 105C or better
- ENG 106C or better
- One additional university level mathematics courseC or better
- PSY 210C or better
- PSY 315C or better
- PSY 327C or better
- Statistics: MTH 345 or PSY 355C or better · one of: stats
Entrance exams
2
- ATI TEAS (transfer applicants, alternative to HESI A2)Score 75 TEAS % on all four sections · one of: exam
- HESI Admission Assessment (A2): Math, Reading, Anatomy & PhysiologyScore 75 HESI A2 % on each of Math, Reading, A&P · one of: exam
Health and background checks
1
- Verification of health requirements
Application basics
3
- Personal statement, 250 words or less (transfer applicants)
- Science GPA 3.0 (prerequisite sciences)
- Two letters of recommendation from recent professors (transfer applicants)
Paths
Routes into BSN. The first step is where you enroll today.
Pre-Nursing to RN
University BSN pathway
Pre-Nursing BSN
Ready to become a nurse? Start with Pre-Nursing, find university BSN programs that fit your goals, and get help planning your prerequisites and applications.
- Prereqs
- 10
- Timeline
- 4 years
Pre-Nursing to RN
HBCU BSN pathway
Pre-Nursing BSN
Ready to become a nurse? Start with Pre-Nursing, find BSN programs at historically Black colleges and universities, and get help planning your prerequisites and applications.
- Prereqs
- 10
- Timeline
- 4 years
CNA Exam Prep to RN
University BSN pathway
CNA Prep BSN
Ready to become a nurse? Start by preparing for your CNA exam, gain patient care experience, and get help planning your path into a university BSN program.
- Prereqs
- 10
- Timeline
- 4 years
Georgia CNA to RN
University BSN pathway
CNA BSNReady to become a nurse in Georgia? Start with your CNA, gain patient care experience, and get help planning your path into a BSN program at a Georgia university.
- Prereqs
- 10
- Timeline
- 4 years