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 Seattle University asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Transcripts
- Prerequisite courses
Direct admission to the BSN as a first-year applicant; nursing requires a 3.85-4.0 unweighted GPA, one unit each of lab chemistry and lab biology and four years of math (B or higher preferred). Nursing has a binding Early Decision deadline of November 1; Early Action is also November 1 and Regular Decision January 15. Two recommendation letters plus a counselor school report; students cannot switch into Nursing after admission to another major.
Checked Oct 2026 on the school's site. Requirements change each cycle, so confirm before you apply.
Paths
Routes into BSN. The first step is where you enroll today.
CNA to BSN
Bridge from frontline care to a four-year nursing degree, with your patient-care hours working for you.
Georgia CNA to RN Pathway
Start as a Certified Nursing Assistant in Georgia and earn your Bachelor of Science in Nursing at Georgia State. Begin patient-care work in weeks, then ladder into a four-year BSN that prepares you to sit for the NCLEX-RN.
People
Acceptees whose paths lead to this program, and how they got in.
Jasmine Ortega
Accepted BSN student at Seattle University · WA
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Rebecca
SU BSN 2027 · digital diary of nursing school
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Alexis
Seattle U BSN grad · WA nurse life
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Hana Butler
Seattle U BSN grad · sharing life after nursing school
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Getting in starts with a path. Pick one, then follow the people who already did it.