Are Your Admissions Criteria Working? Or Just Familiar?

Nursing programs are facing unprecedented pressure: to admit diverse cohorts, reduce attrition, support students, and graduate safe, competent nurses. But here’s the uncomfortable truth:

The admissions process hasn’t kept pace with the challenge.

Many programs still rely heavily on traditional metrics like GPA, standardized test scores, and course prerequisites. These tools may feel familiar – but are they effective? Are they predictive of who will actually succeed in your program?

Most programs make thoughtful, well-intentioned admissions decisions. But even thoughtful decisions are limited by the data used to make them. That data is often narrow, dated, or incomplete.

You can’t improve what you don’t measure.

That’s why Level Assessments was built: to give pre-licensure nursing programs a clearer picture of each applicant’s potential from the start. Our research-backed assessments provides insights into the cognitive and beyond-cognitive traits most predictive of success in nursing school.

Programs that use Level Assessments can:

• Evaluate their existing admissions process
• Compare incoming cohorts across more than GPA
• Refine criteria with data that actually predicts retention

We don’t replace your existing process – we improve it. And we help you understand if your current criteria are working as intended.

You’re already working hard to build strong cohorts. Let’s make sure you’re using the best tools to do it.