RN to BS

Eligible applicants are RNs who hold an associate’s degree in nursing. Applicants may apply to the BS program as transfer students for admission in the fall or spring. Applicants must submit official credentials and transcripts from all institutions attended, including secondary school (high school) transcript. Please refer to the NYU site for complete requirements. 

Required Testing

Transfer applicants who took the SAT or ACT while in high school should submit their test results as part of their application. If you did not take these exams while in high school and have been in college for less than one year, you must take one of these tests and submit the results. The NYU Office of Undergraduate Admissions may require additional testing for transfer students or for those with interrupted education.

Technical Standards Requirements

Applicants must meet the Technical Standards for Core Professional Nursing Competency Performance in order to be eligible for admission to, progress in, and graduate from the nursing program.

Criminal Background Check Policy

All nursing students will be required to complete a series of clinical learning experiences in order to successfully meet the learning outcomes for a given program of study. Prior to participating in clinical learning experiences at any off campus healthcare facility, students are required to complete a criminal background check and a drug test. Each clinical facility has policies regarding possible convictions and potential drug use that may bar students from being accepted at the facility for clinical placement. If a student is not accepted to an assigned placement because of the findings of a background check or drug screen, NYU Meyers does not guarantee an alternate clinical placement. College policy dictates that students who are unable to complete clinical requirements for any reason will be subject to dismissal from the program.

The process of obtaining a nursing license in New York and many other states, may involve consideration of an applicant’s criminal history or other conduct (please review the NYS license application). Criminal convictions and/or a record of certain other conduct may prevent a nursing student/graduate from being licensed and may preclude the nursing graduate from obtaining gainful employment as a nurse. Applicants to NYU Meyers are encouraged to determine, prior to matriculation, the licensure requirements in the state(s) in which they intend to practice.

Equal Opportunity Statement

NYU Meyers does not discriminate due to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender and/or gender identity or expression, marital or parental status, national origin, ethnicity, citizenship status, veteran or military status, age, disability, or any other legally protected basis. Prospective students of diverse ethnic and racial backgrounds are encouraged to apply for all of our programs.

Application Deadlines

Fall: March 1 (priority) | April 1 (final) | June 15 (decision notification before)

Spring: October 1 (priority) | November 1 (final) | January 1 (decision notification before)

Applications will not be considered for admission until all required documents (including letters of recommendation and official college transcripts) are submitted to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions, 383 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10003.

Application Requirements

All RN to BS applicants must submit the Common Application and the NYU Supplement to the Common Application. All Registered Nurses should apply with transfer as their classification. Applicants must send supplemental application materials (letters of recommendation and official college transcripts) to New York University's Office of Undergraduate Admissions.

1. Common Application for Admission to Undergraduate Study: All applicants must complete The Common Application AND The NYU Supplement to The Common Application. Applicants who submit only The Common Application without the NYU Supplement or the NYU Supplement without The Common Application will not be considered for admission. 
2. Non-returnable application fee of $80.00. 
3. An essay answering, "Why NYU?" (to be submitted via the Common Application).
4. Personal statement that addresses what a student wants to achieve (also submitted via the Common Application).
5. One to two professional or academic letters of recommendation (special recommendation cover forms are NOT required for transfer applicants) 
6. Official high school AND college transcript(s) in a sealed envelope from each college or university attended. 
7. In the 'Academic' section on The Common Application, please complete (to the best of your ability) the following sections: Secondary School Grades, ACT Tests, and SAT Reasoning Tests. If you do not remember your scores, please enter N/A or something else so that the system will let you move onto the next part of the application. 
8. If English is not your first language, please enter your TOEFL scores; otherwise leave this section blank. 
9. If you took AP Exams in high school and earned a score of 4 or 5 on the AP Exam, please enter these scores in the AP/IB/SAT Subject Test area; otherwise leave blank. 
10. Should you have any academic distinctions or honors from college or even more recently, please include them in the 'Honors' section. 
11. If you will have college course work in progress at the time that you submit your application for admission, please note these courses in the 'Current Year Courses' section on The Common Application.