Can I apply to Nursing and LSA at the same time?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Michigan
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<p>I want to go to LSA at the University of Michigan but I heard it's easier to get into their Nursing school.</p>

<p>Is it possible to apply to both schools at once?</p>

<p>So I might get into LSA but not nursing...or the other way around.</p>

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<p>As far as I know, you cannot apply to both, and transferring from Nursing to LSA is very difficult. Transferring from LSA to Nursing is easy though. As such, if your only interest is LSA and you are thinking of applying to Nursing, as a backdoor to LSA, be sure to read the fine print.</p>

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<p>No 10 char</p>

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<p>Alexandre,
“transferring from Nursing to LSA is very difficult. Transferring from LSA to Nursing is easy though.”
Can you provide some more info? We just attended admitted students day and didn’t hear anything like this. Also, according to the nursing profile the attending freshman class had stats similar to LSA, so I am curious as to the “easier” comment.</p>

<p>“2012” entering nursing class had a 27.8% acceptance rate</p>

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<p>Short Answer “NO”</p>

<p>I called school of nursing a year ago asking the same question, I got the answer “NO”. If you are not accepted by nursing, you are out of luck for UM. They only accept over 100 kids with about 80 actually attend.</p>

<p>School of Nursing is earsier is also a myth. As I talked to many people, I got some answers from people working in the nursing school and medical school. According to them, nursing is harder to get in than LSA. One professor told me my daughter should be commended because she got into school of nuring, not just UM.</p>

<p>Since my D’s statistic is pretty solid, so she applied to nursing, otherwise I would tell her to apply to LSA. She ended up got in with their highest merit scholarship.</p>

<p>As for transfering, you can read their website. I think there is an example of a male student sucessfully transferred from LSA to nursing. I personally think it’s hard. Because UM nursing is a 4 year straight program. Actually the second best 4 year straight nursing program only behind U of Penn. Almost all their classes are fixed. Some classes you only see on a junor student schedule in other schools. Students start clinical rotation in the second semester. How are you going to make up the clinical rotation hours if you tranfer in. I believe you might need an extra year to graduate.</p>

<p>This past weekend my D and I met an engineering student who told us her first year roomate was a nursing school student. She said all she saw her roomate did was study study study. Looked tougher than engineering. I guess at least first year.</p>

<p>I heard the graduates get $70k, and students directly go to UM graduate school after BS start at $100k after they graduate. Well worth it.</p>

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You’ve got to be kidding me. Sounds like someone is getting carried away.</p>

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<p>All my roommate did this past academic year is study study study and he’s majoring in gender studies. So, that doesn’t necessarily mean anything.</p>

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<p>If the Nursing grads are making $70K a year they are not working as Nurses. Even in NYC where the salaries are higher for cost-of-living reasons the starting salaries for RNs are nowhere near $70,000. And the salary is the same regardless of what school you went to - it’s an hourly wage job…
Also there is some debate as to how hire-able NPs are if they have never worked - the recommended path is to work 1-2 years before grad school. Some programs like Nurse Anesthesia require work experience on specific units (emergency, critical care) before applying.</p>

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<p>Close family member, well-known east coast nursing school grad (RN) 2010, now making $90,000+ night shift at one of the best hospitals in NYC. her starting salary was well over $75,000. It took her 5 months to find a job. Just saying…</p>

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<p>Michigan’s school of nursing does not release professional placement stats, but UPenn’s does, and I assume they have similar figures. For Penn’s Nursing class of 2012, the starting salary range was $40,000-$90,000 and the mean was $56,000. That’s pretty impressive when one considers that those figures are higher than several top 20 BBA programs and not far from Michigan’s Ross or CoE figures (average salaries from those programs are in the $65,000 range). Nurses who specialize in a Nursing graduate program easily hit the 6 figure pay. Nurses definitely do very well, and deservingly so. Looking after the sick is a noble and difficult job, but ultimately very rewarding. But one cannot enter such a field just for the money. It is a lifestyle and one must be well suited for it. Not everybody is a healer.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/undergrad/reports/SON_2012cp.pdf[/url]”>http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/undergrad/reports/SON_2012cp.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/nursing/careerplans/msnsurvey2012.pdf[/url]”>http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/nursing/careerplans/msnsurvey2012.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;