What GCU asks for at admission
The parts that are genuinely gates
- An unrestricted RN licence. Restricted, encumbered or lapsed licences are a problem to resolve before you apply, not during.
- Accredited prior study. Your associate degree needs to come from an institution accredited by a recognised body, or your credits have nowhere to land.
- Official transcripts from every institution you attended, not only the one that awarded your degree.
The one nurses get wrong
A single semester at a community college fifteen years ago still has to be disclosed and requested. Leaving it out delays the evaluation, and the evaluation is what sets your timeline and your bill.
What is not required
No standardised admissions test. No GRE for the master's routes. Admissions at GCU is not a selectivity contest, and it is worth being clear-eyed that this is true of most online-first universities — it is a feature of the model rather than a mark against the programme.
What happens to your credits next →
Common follow-ups
Does GCU require the GRE for nursing?
No. GCU does not require the GRE for its master's-level nursing programmes.
Do I need an unrestricted RN licence to apply to GCU?
Yes, for the RN-to-BSN and graduate nursing routes you need a current, unrestricted registered nurse licence.
Does GCU require SAT or ACT scores?
No. SAT and ACT scores are not required for admission.
Put your own situation to someone with nothing riding on it
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