Chance me nursing

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Demographics: Texas public high school, black female

Intended Major(s): Nursing

ACT/SAT/SAT II: 33- 33 science, 35 reading, 35 English, 28 math

UW/W GPA and Rank: 3.97UW/4.43W Rank: 32/825

Coursework: AP’s: World History, Lang, US History, Lit, Chemistry, Gov and economics. Also on the healthcare pathway at my school.

Awards: Honor roll, lots of track and volunteering awards,

Extracurriculars: (Not in any order)

National Honor Society (11-12)

Science Honor Society (11-12)

Jack and Jill of America (since 8th grade)

Track (JV freshman year, varsity for the rest. Also do club track)

HOSA (All 4 years- secretary in 11 and 12)

I volunteer at a hospital weekly

2 healthcare related summer programs

Essays/LORs/Other: I am a very good writer so I expect my essays to be good.

Schools: (In order of preference)

UT Austin

Umiami

UGA

TCU

UCLA

Baylor

Arizona State

Cost: can’t be too expensive unless its a really good University

Additional info: I skipped a grade early on so Im like a year younger than most of my peers if that makes a difference lol

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Are you auto admit at Austin? In your major.

I’d assume you’ll get into all except maybe UCLA.

I would add Pitt because it’s a wonderful health school and they have they have wonderful diversity scholarships. It’s also colder than any school on your list, however.

You might take the ACT once more to improve the math score - focus in that area.

But you’ll be fine.

Congrats and good luck.

PS - don’t feature the Honor Societies as ECs - most assume they are fluff. But you have some good ones down there.

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What is too expensive? UCLA will be about $65K/ year with little to no financial aid as an OOS applicant. They are also test blind and do not consider Race/ethnicity in their admission decisions. GPA and HS course rigor will be very important and their Nursing acceptance rate was 1% last year.
UCLA is a definite Reach school for Nursing.

Freshman profile for 2020: https://admission.ucla.edu/apply/freshman/freshman-profile

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Yes!! Just not for my major though.

Yeah, its a huge reach for me

I’ll look into it, but yeah as you can tell I don’t really like the cold :sweat_smile:

Okay, I’ll see if I can

Thank you!!!

Gotcha!!

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Yes, its a huge reach for me, and I realize that it will be expensive although I really like California and the school. Do you think its worth it to apply there?

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If it is not affordable, then no I would not waste $70 to apply. UCLA is a great school and Nursing is highly employable but if you and your family have to take loans/debt to afford $260K for the 4 years at UCLA then it really does not make financial sense. Once you have your Nursing degree, you can come to California for work. California Hospitals are always looking for nurses.

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TCU would probably be a good option. I know a 2020 TCU nursing grad who had a good experience there, and has been working as a nurse since her graduation.

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I don’t think that one can apply to UCLA’s School of Nursing as a high school graduate.
" … Applicants to the School of Nursing must fill out the UC Application and a supplemental application. Applicants must have 90 to 105 quarter units (60 to 70 semester units) of transferable coursework, a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5 in all transferable courses and have fulfilled the University’s American History and Institutions requirement…"

See https://admission.ucla.edu/apply/transfer/deciding-on-major/major-preparation-nursing

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@tgl2023 @hssenior22:

UCLA accepts Freshman applicants into the Nursing program as a direct admit only and Freshman cannot change majors if accepted into another major. This is one of the reasons on why the acceptance rate is low.

Instructions for Freshman applicants: UCLA School of Nursing

They also accept transfers into their Nursing program as you noted above.

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In general, you should have a budget.

You can find out from your parents what they can afford - and honestly, reduce that by $3-5K because college costs more than they say. So if they say they’re willing to spend $40K a year, that gives you a #. And then yes, UCLA would be out in that case. You can’t say - I’m willing to pay for a good school - most/all schools are good.

Secondly, if you’re unsure, figure out if you have financial need. The quickest way would be to go to an expensive school that meets 100% of need - like a Rice or Cornell and have your folks fill out the net price calculator. If it shows, you have to pay full cost. Then you have no need. If it says, you can only afford $25K a year and you’d get the rest in a grant - then you start looking at programs that meet 100% of need - if that makes sense.

So there’s what you truly can afford (need based aid) but then there’s what your parents want to afford - what they’re willing to spend.

In my daughter’s case, we got not a cent of need based aid. She got into a school that meets 100% of need (Washington & Lee) but got no money. The cost is $81K a year.

I was only willing to spend $40K a year. So why I could afford $81K a year (according to the school), it came off the list because I set an artificial barrier of $40K.

Typically public schools do not give OOS need aid - there are a few exceptions. But some give a lot of merit aid and they publish it - Arizona, Alabama, Arkansas, South Carolina as examples. In some cases you can figure the exact amount; in other cases just estimates.

Private colleges do offer need based aid - if you qualify - but the amount they award depends on the school. Some award both merit and need aid - but typically they are not stackable - so you get whichever is biggest.

Bottom line - before you apply to any school - even the dream school - you need to set financial parameters because as @Gumbymom says, why spend money or time applying somewhere you’re not going to go to.

It’s why my daughter didn’t apply to Georgetown or Cornell - no merit aid - so I told her up front, she’d be wasting time applying.

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ASU nursing looks like you should be able to get into, based on https://webapp4.asu.edu/programs/t5/majorinfo/ASU00/NUNURDBSN/undergrad/false .

However, ASU nursing weeds out aggressively, with a 3.50 minimum GPA each of the first four semesters of college to stay in the major, according to https://webapp4.asu.edu/programs/t5/roadmaps/ASU00/NUNURDBSN/NURTPBSN/ALL/2021 .

Also, ASU nursing is at the downtown and other campuses, not the main Tempe campus.

ASU has a scholarship estimator at https://scholarships.asu.edu/estimator . Compare the net price to what your budget is after asking your parents.

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Consider Creighton.

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Yes, tcu is on my list!

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Ok, ill look into it!

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Yes, asu is on my list, and I will take what you said into consideration!

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its direct entry

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Thank you for your advice!

If I did get into UCLA, I would probably go there or consider it heavily. But it is really expensive and doesn’t offer much financial aid and I would probably end up taking loans. So, ill take it off my list I think

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Yes, I realized it doesn’t make much sense financially. Thank you for your advice!

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