College of Nursing Graduate Nursing Brochure

R.N. to M.S.N. Application Procedures Health Professions Division | 9 The NSU College of Nursing participates in the centralized applications service called NursingCAS. NursingCAS is used for document verification, but does not take part in student selection. The NursingCAS application may be obtained • online at nursingcas.org • by calling NursingCAS at (617) 612-2880 The deadline to complete and submit the NursingCAS and NSU applications will be August 1 for fall admission and December 1 for winter admission. The Office of Admis- sions works on a rolling basis. Applications are accepted year-round. 1. Send supporting documents to NursingCAS. NursingCAS P.O. Box 9201 Watertown, Massachusetts 02471 a. All official college transcripts from undergraduate, graduate, and professional institutions attended must be sent to NursingCAS directly from those institutions. b. Coursework taken at foreign institutions must be eval- uated for U.S. institution equivalence by an approved National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) organization, such as one of the services listed below. World Education Services, Inc. Bowling Green Station P.O. Box 5087 New York, New York 10274-5087 (212) 966-6311 • wes.org Josef Silny & Associates, Inc. 7101 SW 102nd Avenue Miami, Florida 33173 (305) 273-1616 • (305) 273-1338 fax jsilny.com Educational Credential Evaluators, Inc. P.O. Box 514070 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53203-3470 (414) 289-3400 • ece.org It is the applicant’s responsibility to have this coursework evaluated. An official course-by-course evaluation with a cumulative grade point average must be sent directly from the evaluation service. c. Students pursuing the nonclinical R.N. to M.S.N. track must provide a copy of their active, unencumbered, United States R.N. license. The license must remain current in the jurisdiction of the practicum throughout the program. For the clinical R.N. to M.S.N. applicants, the license must remain active and unencumbered in the state of Florida. 2. In addition to Nursing CAS, prospective students must submit an online NSU application at apply.nova.edu . If, at any time, an applicant wishes to withdraw the application from consideration, he or she should contact the Office of Admissions at (954) 262-8026.