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California Northstate University | CNU’s 2024-25 Essay Prompts
Nursing Short Response 1
Please describe how COVID-19 has impacted your pathway to nursing school.
Prompts that may help you get started but shouldn‘t limit your responses are below:
Academic: Were you able to interact with your professors? Did you have to leave an academic program stateside or abroad? Did your school require you to move to Pass/Fail systems? Did your standardized tests or entrance exam get cancelled, delayed? Other academic barriers?
Professional: Did you hold a job? Did have to go out and seek new job opportunities? Did you lose a job? Other financial or professional barriers that you faced?
Personal: Did you have to move out of a house or dorm? Did you have to cancel travel plans? Did you modify your planned experiences related to healthcare or volunteer opportunities? Did you seek out volunteer opportunities that arose from the crisis? Did help family members that were affected?
Nursing Short Response 2
What life experiences ignited your passion for nursing? How did it shape your understanding of the profession and the impact nurses can have?
Nursing Short Response 3
What personal qualities do you possess that resonate with the core values of nursing? How do you envision these qualities translating into your approach to patient care?
Nursing Short Response 4
Reflect on a significant challenge or obstacle you‘ve faced in life. How did you navigate it, and what lessons did you learn from the experience that contribute to your desire to become a nurse? (limit: 2000 characters)
Nursing Short Response 5
Is there anything else you would like to share with us about your application that might not otherwise be readily apparent? (limit: 2000 characters)
Select-A-Prompt Essay
Our Admissions team is excited to learn about you! The personal essay is your opportunity to tell us about you apart from your grades and academics achievements. We highly recommend that you take the time to carefully craft your personal essay and seek guidance from others prior to submitting. Please choose one of the personal essay prompts below, and please limit your response to 500-750 words.
Option 1
Have you had to overcome any obstacles, challenges, hardships or setbacks (for example, economic, family-related, or physical/health-related) in your life? How were/are you affected? What have you learned/are learning from that experience?
Option 2
What detail of your life (accomplishment, realization, or awareness) has shaped the person you are today or has influenced your goals? How does that detail continue to shape who you are and who you aspire to become?
Option 3
What personal characteristic (talent, ability, interest, personal history) do you possess that you are most excited to share with our students and campus community? Why do you feel this trait is important and how may it make a positive impact to your fellow peers and new campus community?
Option 4
When did you become interested in the healthcare field? What have you learned about it (and about yourself) that has further stimulated your interest and reinforced your conviction that you are well suited to this field? What insights have you gained?
