Hi! I’m a junior who is interested in becoming a nurse. I’m worried that I won’t get into a nursing program I want to be a part of or any decent nursing program because I’m not very fond of my stats such as my standardized test scores, but I am currently working on improving it! Here are my stats so far:
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
State: NJ
School: Public
Languages: English and Tagalog
UWGPA: 3.6
WGPA: 4.3
SAT: 1140 (610 CRW, 530 Math, 23/24 essay)
ACT: did not take yet
Rank: 29/330 (top 10%)
EC: hospital volunteer (3 years, 150+ hours), marching band (3 years, trying for officer position next year), french club (3 years), academic decathlon (2 years, captain next year), tennis (1 year varsity, 1 year junior varsity, 1 year varsity), literary magazine (1 year, editor), BBBS (1 year), National Honor Society (1 year), National English Honor Society (2 years), Rho Kappa Social Studies Honor Society (1 year), Tri-M Music Honor Society (1 year), World Language Honor Society (3 years)
Freshman year courses: AP Physics (B), Band (A+), Modern World History Honors (A-), Chemistry Honors (B+), Gym (A), Geometry Honors (B+), French II (A), World Literature Honors (A)
Sophomore year courses: Biology Honors (B), Band (A+), American Literature I Honors (A), US History I Honors (B), French III Honors (A), Algebra II Honors (B+), Gym (A), AP Chemistry (B-)
Junior year courses (so far): AP Biology (B-), Anatomy and Physiology I Honors (A-), US History II Honors (A+), Gym (A), Band (A+), AP Language and Composition (A-), French IV Honors (A), Pre-Calculus Honors (A-)
Senior year courses (going to take): Medical Terminology, Band, AP Calculus AB, AP Computer Science Principles, Gym, AP Psychology, Health and Wellness/Dynamics of Healthcare (half-year courses), AP Literature and Composition
Awards: MVP of academic decathlon scholastic team (sophomore year)
Leadership positions: section leader/1st chair player of clarinets in band (sophomore year), co-section leader of third part clarinets in band (junior year), soon-to-be officer position in marching band (senior year), academic decathlon team captain (senior year)
I am interested in the following colleges: UPitt, Penn State, Rutgers, Quinnipiac, Towson, Seton Hall, Loyola Chicago, Purdue, Michigan State, West Virginia, and Xavier. I believe I have a good mix of reaches, targets, and safeties but at the same time, I’m not confident I’ll get accepted into most of these. Does anyone have any suggestions for colleges with direct-entry nursing programs that I have a good chance of being accepted into? Also, does anyone have information about the colleges I listed that I should know, such as the acceptance rate of the nursing program? Thanks, I appreciate it!