Yes, there are lots of nursing schools in Mass. Some are 2 year programs. However, if your D’s game plan is to work a few years and then go back and get another degree that pathway might make sense.
Anyway, here’s a link to the list:
http://www.free-4u.com/nursing/Massachusetts-Nursing-Schools.cfm
You can easily search for nursing programs in Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Hampshire, which may well be within 2 hours depending upon where in Mass. you live.
Does Emmanuel have a straight BSN program? When we looked into it-she was interested-they said that they only provided the RN-to-BSN track
better place to be IN THE COUNTRY than Boston Children’s.
What if she doesn’t want to live in Boston?
It’s sounds like you’ve got her life mapped out.
BtW, Seattle weather is sunny & in the low '50’s.
She’s really hoping for Northeastern University, and is doing everything she can to make that happen!
EK…I think the point is…this student DOES want to live in Boston if she stays in MA. She wants to be in a major metro area.
Simmons, BC, BU, Northeastern, UMass Boston are all good nursing schools. State colleges have programs for BSN and community colleges have RN which can then transition to RN to BSN. Mass General has a great school for nursing, PT etc. Endicott in Beverly has a BSN program too. About 40 minutes from Boston on the train. They have North Shore Children’s in Salem for practica.
But it sounds like the transfer applications are already in.
If she doesn’t get in, she can always take classes at UMass or Metropolitan College (BU) and try again.
I hope this isn’t based on “the grass is always greener” mentality, or so to speak. I say this because I went to a very solid private Uni for freshman year but decided to transfer to UMass Amherst because it’s instate and very cost effective. Umass has a mixed rep in MA because we have so many great private colleges and kids always like to brag that they got into BC or Tufts. I guess UMass gets thrown under the bus to justify going to one of the other schools and spending all that $$$. UMass seriously has gotten much better in recent years and in my honest opinion it is very competitive with school like WPI and BU but at a much lower price. (Perhaps going to Tufts and above is justified) Lastly, it is obviously it is very possible that it may be a great decision to leave UMass. This being said, I also know that some kids want to transfer without fully exploring and visiting the college that they want to transfer too. (Hopefully this is not the case)
PS- NEU does have great co-op so again all I’m trying to say is wait, think, and visit. Lastly, a good thing to think about would be what she’s loosing by leaving UMass, financially or otherwise, and ultimately is the transfer justified?
She has toured Northeastern (three times-she’s a little obsessed) and she loves it there. She talks about it non-stop and how much she would love to do her co-ops at Children’s Hospital and Brigham and Women’s. The last time she got in, it worked out to roughly $30 K a year-my husband and I are willing to pay half of that, if we can, but she will half to find a way to pay the rest.
@emeraldkity4 No one is mapping out her life. She does want to live in Boston for the time being if Northeastern is her first choice and her other high interest schools are also in Boston (Simmons and BC?). Boston Children’s is simply the number one children’s hospital in the country and it would be a great place to do her nursing practicums or whatever they are called. From there she can pretty much go anywhere she wants. There’s also the Tufts floating hospital for children, and many, many other opportunities.
@Ellen94 Good luck to her! I hope Northeastern makes room for her. I imagine there is some poor nursing student there wanting to transfer out for whatever odd reason, and then that spot is Ellen Junior’s. ;p I’m sure there is another person out there hoping and praying for a spot in the UMass Amherst program to open up, too. 
As someone who gets tunnel vision myself once in a while saying that she’s “a little obsessed” gives me some doubt that she is seeing all the advantages of instate tuition. I could be wrong though, but I am just a little scared that 120K goes to a program that will get her into a very similar job in the end. IMO - As long as you are a driven student at college you should do fine wherever you are, this being especially true at one of the top 100 schools in the US. (Both UMass and NEU meet this standard)
Also Umass is 30+ spaces higher in Nursing than NEU according to USN. I know that rankings don’t mean too much but I would be concerned that the program that you are spending six digits on is lower ranked… (NEU is obviously in general somewhat higher ranked but all schools have some comparatively weak programs)
USN: UMass- (http://■■■■■■■.com/pbhgrk2) NEU- (http://■■■■■■■.com/pk8oucv)
Also: (http://www.collegeatlas.org/top-nursing-schools-2014.html) NEU doesn’t make the top 100 while UMass does…
Okay,but you need to go back and read the OP’s other threads on this before saying her kid should stay at UMass.
The kid doesn’t want to stay at UMass. The kid didn’t want to go to UMASS to begin with. But she tried to make lemonade out of lemons…did academically very well. She wants to be in a larger city than Amherst. She wanted to be at NEU this year…and got accepted there.
I hope this all works out. The kid gave UMass it’s best shot. She doesn’t like it.
@intparent - O, I was unaware. Still hope that all the decisions that she’s making are the correct ones. Though I must agree that she should be able to make her own decisions I am also wondering if she hates the school because of what it’s like or because she was forced to go… I am truly hoping it’s not the second. (Non totally her fault though in that case but still…120K is 120K… and college is short)
She’s really not big on the location and where the clinicals are done (Baystate Medical Center, Cooley Dickinson hospital)-if she can do her co-ops at Children’s, she’ll have an easier time getting a job at Children’s after college
“roughly $30 K a year-my husband and I are willing to pay half of that, if we can, but she will half to find a way to pay the rest” – I assume you will co-sign the loans she will need?
@Ellen94, if the money piece at Northeastern or one of her other transfer options doesn’t work out, will she stay at UMass? She is clearly smart, hardworking and dedicated. I hope she is able to to continue her studies and expect the nursing profession will be lucky to have her.
If Northeastern doesn’t work out (God forbid) she’s going to come home for the year, go to CC, and then apply again next year, in addition to several other urban schools
@emeraldkity4 I think you have NPs (Nurse Practitioners, 7 years of post graduate, license to diagnose, treat, and prescribe), and PA’s (4-6 years of school, more independent practice, can diagnose and treat in most states) with LPNs (Licensed Practical Nurse, 1 year of college)
Has she looked at a place like Georgetown? Friend’s daughter is in the nursing program there and loves it. If you’re in MA–it’s an easy flight to the DC area (JetBlue and Southwest).
So the student herself needs to come up with three years x 15k a year, probably more as nursing classes and clinicals often have high fees. It is unlikely the d is going to be able to attend NEU as without a cosigner, she can’t borrow this much. I am completely supportive of this kind of a strategy. Give your student a budget and let her make the decisions that fit within it. I am just hopeful that she has a plan B and a even a plan C that include other transfer options or sucking it up to finish at UMASS.
And I did read the other threads. I’m not so certain that this student is all that set on nursing or doesn’t have issues that might make her better suited for other fields. One, she is willing to consider other majors; additionally, the “Amherst is too small” is fairly new. Originally, the problem was the d was “soooo crowded in the classes she couldn’t concentrate” … because nurses never, EVER have to work in close quarters.