What If Your Best Applicant Doesn’t Look Like It on Paper?
Nursing programs have long relied on GPA, standardized test scores, and prerequisite grades to evaluate applicant readiness. These tools are easy to compare. They’re familiar. And they’ve been used for decades.
But here’s the hard truth:
They were never designed to predict who will actually thrive in nursing school.
Because being “book smart” isn’t the same as being nursing school- or nursing-ready.
Why High Scores Don’t Always Mean High Success
Let’s be honest.
Nursing school isn’t just about mastering content – it’s about navigating stress, managing complexity, and staying resilient when things get hard. The best students and nurses are often not the ones with the perfect transcript. They’re the ones who can handle the pressure, think critically, and connect with patients on a human level.
Those qualities don’t show up in a GPA.
In fact, some of your most promising applicants might be hiding in the middle of the pack – or even below it.
Level Assessments: Rethinking What Readiness Looks Like
At Level Assessments, we’ve built a different kind of admissions assessment.
One that goes beyond academic metrics to measure the attributes that actually predict success in nursing school:
- Cognitive agility
- Grit and motivation
- Emotional regulation
- Critical thinking under pressure
Our assessments give nursing programs the ability to see potential where it’s been overlooked – and make admissions decisions rooted in both equity and evidence.
This Isn’t About Lowering the Bar – It’s About Changing It Altogether
We’re not asking you to admit unqualified applicants. We’re giving you a better lens to find the ones who will stick, succeed, and strengthen your nursing program and the profession from day one.
Let’s stop confusing “prepared” with “qualified.”
Let’s redefine readiness.
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