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Doctor
of Nursing Practice Program (DrNP): Admission Requirements
Summary
of DrNP Admission Requirements
- Complete
the Drexel online application
- Copies
of any nursing license(s)
- Official
copies of transcripts from all institutions attended and degrees
awarded
- GRE
scores (although there are no minimal scores required with the
exception of a minimum GRE-AW 4.0 score)²
- A
writing sample
- A
current curriculum vitae
- Two
recommendations
- A
two-three page written statement on why you want to pursue the
Drexel Doctor of Nursing Practice Program and what clinical
nursing phenomena you are most interested in.³
- A
master's or graduate course in statistics (or if accepted can take the stat course during DrNP matriculation in the Fall or Winter quarter of the first year)
Detailed
DrNP Admission Requirements
- Current
United States licensure as a Registered Nurse
- Copies
of any additional current advanced practice nursing licensure
and certification documents
- Official
sealed copy of all undergraduate education transcripts
- Official
sealed copy of all graduate education transcripts
- Submit
Graduate Record Examination (GRE) Test Scores (Verbal & Quantitative).
If you took the GRE prior to October 1, 2002 GRE Analytical Scores
are also required. If you took the GRE after October 1, 2002,
then a GRE-Analytical Writing score (GRE-AW) of 4.0 or greater
is required. The MAT is not accepted. The Drexel code to
have your GRE Test Scores sent to us is: 2194
TO
REGISTER FOR THE GRE CLICK HERE
TO EXPLORE GRE PREP PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE
YOUR SCORE, PLEASE REFERENCE THE LINKS BELOW:
POWERSCORE
TESTMASTERS
PETERSONS
TEST-EASE
KAPLAN
- Graded
graduate writing sample or preferably a publication with applicant
as author or co-author
- Current
curriculum vitae
- Two
sealed and signed letters of recommendation (one clinical and
one academic)
- Signed
Commitment to a Cohort DrNP Program Form
- DrNP
Program Written Statement:
- Why
do you want to pursue the Drexel Doctor of Nursing Practice
Program?
- As
a clinical nursing scholar, specifically, what clinical nursing
phenomena are you most interested in and do you perhaps have
a primary clinical research question in mind?
- Answer
the above two questions in 2-3 total pages double-spaced.
- You
DO NOT have to answer the essay
on the online application.
- Signed
Graduate Statistics Inquiry Form
- Signed
Track Selection Form
- Signed
Teaching Assistant Form
- Criminal
History/Background Check Clearances: A criminal background and
child-abuse back ground check are required. In addition, if you
have resided outside of Pennsylvania over the past three years,
you are asked to submit an official criminal history background
check from EACH STATE in which you resided. The DrNP Program will
obtain this information if you are admitted.
- International
Applicants (as well as Immigrants to the U.S. and U.S. Permanent
Residents whose native language is not English, and who have not
received a Bachelor's degree or higher in the U.S., Australia,
Canada, Ireland, New Zealand or the United Kingdom):
- Submit:
Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). A minimum score
of 550 is required for the paper test and 213 for the Computer
Based Test
- Submit:
Test of Spoken English (TSE). A minimum score of 55 is required
for the TSE.
- International
Applicants, as well as Immigrants to the U.S. and U.S. Permanent
Residents must also submit evidence of licensure as a Registered
Nurse in the United States.
BEFORE
MATRICULATION
¹ The
DrNP Program will accept GRE scores as long as they are official,
from any year. Please note that official scores, up to 5 years old
are accessible from the Educational Testing Services (ETS). The
DrNP Admissions Committee will accept any of the following: a) Official
scores from ETS; b) A memo, secured by the applicant, presented
on another school's University/College letterhead that states that
GRE scores were officially submitted to that college/university
on such and such a date and that the scores were XXX-XXX-XXX, and
that the scores were sent officially to that school directly from
ETS. Typically when a student takes the GRE, s/he requests that
scores are sent to a school/program; c) The prospective student
submits official transcripts that list GRE scores. Some universities
list submitted GRE scores on transcripts whether the student received
a degree from the school or not; d) If s/he cannot get scores via
options a, b, or c, the applicant must take the GRE again in order
to secure official scores. If you can not produce GRE scores taken
prior to October 1, 2002, you must also submit GRE Analytical Writing
scores.
² Each
admitted student must possess and articulate a focal area of clinical
nursing practice or research interest that can be supported by Drexel
College of Nursing & Health Professions Core & Teaching
DrNP nursing faculty or nursing faculty with a Graduate Research
Faculty Appointment. Please consult the CNHP Website for this information.
Otherwise qualified students may be denied admission if there is
no appropriate faculty match for the student's desired clinical
research area.
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