Chance for UPenn/Georgetown/BC/Villanova/UCLA, etc. Will chance back!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm currently a junior and I would like some advice/chances, please!
I am planning on majoring in nursing and possibly double majoring in health care management or public health. I would like to become a nurse practitioner later on, or perhaps work with global health teams like Partners in Health. Just a little blurb about me :P </p>

<p>I'm not sure about all the schools I'd like to apply to yet, but here are some:
*UPenn (top choice, dream school) Nursing program
*Georgetown
*Northeastern
*La Salle
*Drexel
*Rutgers
*Villanova
*Ramapo
*Stockton
*TCNJ
*Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences
*UCLA
*UC Irvine
*Boston College</p>

<p>It's very varied, but it's a start. Anyways, here's a bit more about me.</p>

<p>PSATs: 2010
SATs: 2160 (760 CR, 650 M, 760 W)
This was my first time, I definitely plan on taking it again and lifting my math.
I plan on taking the SAT II's in Biology and US History.</p>

<p>GPA: about a 96. At my school, we do it on a 100 scale, not a 4.0 scale.</p>

<p>I have taken Intro to Anatomy & Physiology/Dynamics of Health Care, Anatomy & Physiology I, and Anatomy & Physiology II my freshman, sophomore, and junior years.
I attend a magnet public high school (about 280+ students) focused on medical sciences.</p>

<p>Senior Year Schedule (btw, my school does NOT have AP's, except for calculus):
English IV, Intro to Cell & Molecular Biology (lab), AP Calculus AB, Advanced Chemistry (lab), Senior Year Mentorship (shadowing in a local hospital; plan on working in the Emergency Department or Trauma Unit), Latin IV, Sign Language, EMT Certification, Nutrition, and Fitness. </p>

<p>EC's/Leadership: Assistant Instructor at Kumon Learning Center, Executive Board member of Math League at my HS, Chemistry Tutor to sophomores, co-head/initiated SAT review classes at my HS, volunteer at a nursing home/rehab center on the campus of the local hospital, volunteer at the Ambulatory Surgery Center at the local hospital, volunteer for a non-profit organization against bullying, leader/campaign coordinator of a worldwide online video campaign for said bullying organization, volunteer for a local healthcare foundation, American Cancer Society, Math League, World Language Club, Native Philippine Tinikling Dance, Yearbook Club, Odyssey of the Mind, HOSA (Health Occupation Students of America), National Honor Society, World Language Honor Society (senior year), Summer 2012 Internship at a prominent investment firm, Fortman Cline, Philippines Medical Mission Summer 2012.</p>

<p>SERVICE: <em>Started a charity project/organization in 2011 that is dedicated to collecting and donating new/gently used books and school supplies, and distributing them to impoverished village schools in the Philippines. As of April 2012, have collected 600+ books & school supplies, and planned book drives in local high schools around the county</em> Will be going to the Philippines to lead distribution this summer. </p>

<p>Awards: 2012 Caring Award (from Guidance Director association in my county), Gold Medalist: 2012 National Junior Classical League's National Classical Etymology Exam, 4th Place: 2012 Odyssey of the Mind Regional Competition, 1st Place in Creative Problem Solving: 2012 Health Occupations Students of America State Leadership Conference, National Competitor at HOSA National Leadership Conference in Orlando (June 2012), Cum Laude: 2012 National Junior Classical League's National Latin Examination</p>

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<p>Please don’t take offense but why do you want to major in nursing? Your stats show that you have the aptitude to study a hard science or whatever else you might be interested in. Nursing is a dead-end degree. You will get job training instead of a rounded education. Why not put in the work and become a doctor? </p>

<p>There is a common misconception that nursing degrees make people employable with good salaries. The truth is that you will get a decent-paying job out of college but your salary will not increase substantially as you move further into your career. Normally, nurses only get cost-of-living increases or very small pay increases throughout their careers (see link below showing the average nurse had a $15,000 salary increase over 20 years, thus, an average of $750-per-year increase.) You classmates in most other majors will quickly catch you and surpass you in salary. Meanwhile they will be working cushy 9-5 jobs while you work 12 hour overnights changing colostomy bags, giving people catheters and lifting obese patients while you are 50 years old and tired. Nurse practitioners are not really in demand either. Every other nurse seems to have that degree today. </p>

<p>In addition, where you go to nursing school may help you with your first job but it is not worth dropping a lot of money on since you will end up making about the same as the nurses from the cheap state schools. </p>

<p>I don’t mean this to insult nurses. It is a decent profession for someone with limited academic aptitude that wants to make sure they are employable upon graduation. For someone with your stats, aim higher. With some work you could be the one giving orders. </p>

<p>College should be about obtaining a broad education for its own sake. People should go to college to be educated, not for career training. Nursing is simply career training. If you get a solid science or arts degree in a traditional academic field you will have more oportunities in the future. If medicine is your interest you can study a sciense and be a doctor, a researcher or a director of a major pharmecutical company - I have peers that have done all of these with a bio degree. Nursing is a good major for becoming a nurse. There are better majors for almost any other profession. </p>

<p>Here are the best available stats for income from various majors. These are based on people who do not go for an advanced degree. Remember, people who study liberal arts are more likely to get an advanced degree, which would make the gap wider. The talk about business and nursing degrees seems to be a lot of hype. Look at the salary information for nursing majors closely and you will see they are quickly surpassed in salary by traditional majors. This is especially true with people with strong aptitude like those at your reach schools.</p>

<p>[Best</a> Undergrad College Degrees By Salary](<a href=“http://www.payscale.com/best-colleges/degrees.asp]Best”>Common Jobs for Majors - College Salary Report)</p>

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<p>Thanks for your input and opinions, but that wasn’t the major point of this thread. I am familiar with the field, and although your scope of knowledge sounds quite thorough at first glance, I disagree with a lot of what you have to say. I would also like to point out that you failed to notice my mention of going into advanced practice nursing as well as a field focused upon studying global/international and public health. I’ve been immersed with all of this in a high school focused upon the medical sciences, and even in those four years, I have to admit, I have become very much familiar with careers in the medical field. Also, no demand for nurse practitioners? I beg to differ, and even a simple Google search into the topic will tell you this is untrue. On the contrary, the demand for NPs is extremely high, and with the health care reform, that demand will continue to increase throughout the next few years. This goes along with many other high-level nursing careers, like CRNA’s (another career possibility), etc. “Every other nurse seems to have that degree today.” This is also untrue :expressionless: I would also like to point out the generalization that you make, pushing the career of nursing aside as nothing but seemingly menial labor in the medical field. This is the career I have decided to pursue, and I have my own reasons, interests, and goals. I would really appreciate it if you could respect that! Thank you so much for your input and advice, I know you truly have good intentions and I really do appreciate it. I’m glad and thankful that you have positive feedback about my stats, but these are my goals and I hope that you could do a little bit more research into the depths and my intentions behind it. If you could chance me on those schools, that would be really awesome :)</p>

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<p>Not enough info to say. What is your ethnicity? Are you an under represented minority?
First generation college? What state are you from? Your ECs seem very extensive but how deep are they?</p>

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<p>Alright, I was just trying to help you. </p>

<p>To answer the question, I think you will get into all of them.</p>

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<p>I’d say pull up your SAT score for UPenn but other than that you should get in. Also don’t list every single club or activity you’ve been in…we only need to see the important ones, where you’ve achieved something or made a contribution. The others will have a negligible affect on admission decisions.</p>

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<p>My ethnicity is Asian/Pacific Islander, and I am from New Jersey. The extracurriculars I listed are the ones I am very involved in/participate in the most :)</p>

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<p>UPenn and Georgetown are the only reaches on this. If I were you, I’d find more reaches to apply to and fewer safeties/likelies.</p>

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<p>I’d say raise your math score to 700+ for UPenn and Georgetown… Other than that, you have a great shot at those schools… (Btw, apply ED to UPenn to get an edge in admissions!)</p>

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<p>Hey your numbers are decent but I think your ECs and awards will hit the spot, make sure to talk a lot about what you do outside of school because that’s what’ll set you apart: overall-decent chance</p>

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<p>^Agreed. </p>

<p>10 char</p>

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<p>Thanks so much everyone :]</p>

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<p>Not to sound creepy, but do you go to AAHS in Scotch Plains?</p>

<p>My cousin goes there!</p>

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<p>hahaha awh it’s okay, not creepy at all. but no, i don’t, sorry! i do know people that go there though, from my SAT class :]</p>

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<p>bump bump :)</p>