Every accelerated BSN requirement, with its source.
ABSNcheck reads what nursing schools publish about their accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing (ABSN) programs, works out exactly what each one requires of incoming students, and compares those requirements against the courses you've taken or upload. Weeks of tab-hopping become a few minutes and one clear list: what's met, what's missing, and what to ask a school about.
What ABSNcheck is.
An independent directory of accelerated BSN programs in the United States, one page per campus, and a checker that checks each program's published admission requirements against the courses, grades, terms, and scores you enter. We are not affiliated with any school. No school reviews our summaries, and no school pays to be listed or to look better.
Not an admission decision
Meeting published minimums is the starting line. Schools admit far fewer people than qualify, and they weigh things no website can see.
Not a replacement for the school
The program's own admissions office is the only authoritative source. Use us to narrow the field and prepare the right questions, then confirm.
Not perfect, and honest about it
A school can change a page the day after we look, pages contradict each other, and a reading can be wrong. Every value shows its source so you can check it yourself, and every value has a report link.
The four steps.
Every line shows its work.
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Enter your courses once
Course, grade, term, and where you took it. Have your unofficial transcript open and it goes quickly; with a pass you can upload the transcript and review the rows instead.
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Pick your programs
Your first three are free and stay yours for good. A pass opens every program we track and ranks them by how close you are.
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We compare
Your courses against each program's published requirements: prerequisites, minimum grades, grade point average (GPA) floors, time limits counted from the date each school uses, attempt limits, entrance exam minimums, and deadlines, as each school writes them.
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See what to do next
Every requirement gets one of the five statuses below, with the published minimum, the date it counts from, and the source beneath it. Then one list of what to take or retake, and by when.
What a result means.
Every requirement at every program gets one of five statuses, so a long list of schools can be read at a glance. Above the lines, each program gets one overall label, from "Eligible on published minimums" to "Not eligible this cycle."
Two assumptions worth knowing. When a transcript gives a term rather than a date, we treat the term as ending in mid-May, mid-August, mid-December, or mid-March, and say so. A course that expires within 30 days of the date that matters is marked Confirm rather than Met.
Our data.
Nothing on this site comes from memory, from another directory, or from a model's guess. Every value is a sentence we found on the school's own page, and this is how it gets there.
- 01Read the school's page. Our reader visits the program's own pages, catalog entries, and handbooks, politely and on a schedule, never past a login or bot protection.
- 02Read it twice. Two independent automated readings pull out each requirement with the exact sentence it came from.
- 03Check the quote. A value is kept only if both readings agree and the sentence is found word for word on the page.
- 04Publish with its source. The value appears with the sentence, the link, and the month it was last confirmed. If any step fails, the page says "Not published. Confirm with the school."
Every live page is re-checked monthly and every change is listed, with its source, on the changes and closures page. What "not published," "last verified," and a contradiction between a school's pages mean is answered below.
Questions people ask.
What does "eligible on published minimums" actually mean?
Exactly that: the courses, grades, and scores you entered meet the minimum requirements the school has published. It is not a prediction of admission. Programs are competitive, schools weigh things we cannot see, and they can change a requirement at any time. Treat it as "nothing published rules me out," not "I am in."
Why can I only check three programs for free?
Reading and re-checking hundreds of school websites costs real money, and three programs is enough to see whether the checker is useful to you. The three you pick are yours for good; a pass unlocks every program we track.
What does a pass include, and does it renew?
A pass unlocks the check across every program we track for six or twelve months, ranks all of them as your best matches, shows one timeline of expiring courses, suggests what to take next, lets you download results, and lets you upload transcripts to fill in your courses. It is a one-time purchase and never renews by itself. Prices are on the pricing page.
How does transcript reading work?
You upload an unofficial transcript as a PDF or a photo. An AI model (Anthropic's Claude, through its API) reads the course rows, and you review every row before anything is added to your courses. We do not keep the file, and the reader is told to leave out your name, student number, and date of birth. Reading is a convenience, not a source of truth: the rows you accept are what the checker uses.
What does "Not published" mean?
We read the program's pages and the value is not there. It is not the same as "not required": when a school says outright that it needs no entrance exam, or that its sciences never expire, we show that with the quote. In the checker, anything not published gets a Confirm result, never a pass.
What if a school's own pages disagree?
They do, more often than you would expect. When the program's page disagrees with a general FAQ, catalog, or university policy page, the program's page wins: we show its value, keep the other as a note, and link both. When two pages of equal standing disagree, we show both values and mark the result Confirm.
What does "last verified" mean?
The month its quote was last found word for word on the school's page and two independent readings agreed on the value. There is no softer kind of verified: if either check fails, the value is held back until it is resolved.
How often is the data checked?
Every live source page is re-fetched early each month and every quote checked again. A page that changed sends its program back through the reading steps, and the roster is synced with the AACN directory four times a year. Routine changes publish on their own; a closure, a change in the shape of a requirement, or a new contradiction goes to a person first. Every change, including our own corrections, is listed on the changes page with its source.
Which programs are listed?
Every accelerated BSN in the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) member directory (340 in 2025), plus non-member schools we confirmed on their own sites, one page per campus because deadlines and requirements differ by campus. A program that closes or becomes a master's-entry degree stays listed with that status, so a search never sends you to a program that no longer admits.
Could a school or an advertiser change a result?
No. No school reviews our summaries, no one pays to be listed or to rank higher, and nothing on a program page comes from memory, another directory, or a model's guess. If a site blocks our reader, the program stays "Not verified" with a link to the school rather than a guess. The terms spell this out.
A school is missing, or a value is wrong. What do I do?
Use the contact page. Corrections go into our review queue, we check the school's page, and confirmed fixes are listed on the changes page, usually within 72 hours. Schools we list but could not read are marked as not verified and link to the school's own page.
Can I use this for programs that are not accelerated BSNs?
Not yet. The directory covers accelerated and second-degree BSN programs in the United States, which have their own prerequisite patterns. Master's-entry programs that replaced an ABSN are noted on the program's page but are not checked.
What happens to what I enter?
It stays in your browser until you create an account, then in your account so it follows you across devices. We do not sell it, we do not show it to schools, and you can delete everything from Settings. The privacy policy spells it out.
Something we did not answer? Ask us. The fine print lives in the terms and the privacy policy.
See where you stand.
Enter the courses you have taken once. Your first three programs are free.
Spotted something wrong? Tell us and we'll fix it, usually within 72 hours.