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How to Apply

  1. Complete the application and essay and return to the address below. Your application will remain on file for one year. Application deadline is March 1st!
  2. Admissions/Promotions Committee
    Mountainside Hospital School of Nursing
    1 Bay Avenue
    Montclair, NJ 07042
  3. Processing Fee - $50.00 money order only. In order to process your record, a money order made payable to Mountainside Hospital School of Nursing must be sent with your application. If you are not accepted or do not enter the school for any reason, this fee will not be refunded. Applications received with checks instead of money orders will be returned unprocessed.
  4. Official High School and GED Records
    • Contact your high school to send an official high school transcript (including class rank and all SAT and standardized test results) to the School of Nursing. Seniors please ask that your current classes be listed with any available grades. (An official, final transcript, following graduation must be sent to us to complete your file)
    • Official GED with scores must be sent directly from the State Department of Education.
  5. Official Transcripts from all colleges and post-secondary institutions attended must be submitted regardless of length of attendance. Foreign transcripts must be evaluated by an approved (NACES) credentialing service at applicant’s expense.
  6. Two references are required. Use forms to request references from your school, employer(s), clergy, or health/legal professionals who have known you for at least 2 years. References from family members and/or friends will not be accepted.
  7. After your application, processing fee (money order) and essay have been received, you will be scheduled to take the NET (Nurse Entrance Test) at the School of Nursing.
  8. A personal interview will be scheduled for those applicants who have received NET scores which meet School requirements and who have submitted all transcripts (high school or GED, and college), two references and TOEFL test scores (if applicable).
  9. Please bring proof of citizenship or residency status to the interview. This must be an official birth certificate (if born in the United States) or official verification of immigration status (if born outside of the United States).
  10. The Admissions/Promotions Committee will review all completed records and will notify applicants  of the committee’s decision in writing.