"A nursing degree from an Ivy is a waste"

[ucbalumnus]

@mathmom

To even answer this question, I’d need to know more about how Penn’s nursing program works. (Since apparently it’s the only Ivy with an undergrad program.) How much time do you have for courses outside nursing? Can you take the full range of freshman seminars or whatever other goodies are offered?

http://www.nursing.upenn.edu/students/resources/HandbooksFormsPolicies/BSN%20Handbook%201%207%202016.pdf page 20 lists the requirements for the Penn nursing major. Out of a total of 40.5 credits, 29.5 are in the nursing major, 10 are in general education requirements, and 1 is a free elective. A sample four year schedule is listed on page 25.

Note that 40.5 credits is higher than the 32 to 36 credits needed to graduate in a major in Penn Arts and Sciences. Some of the Penn Engineering majors require 40 to 41 credits.