SAT: N/A
ACT: 34
GPA: 3.8
Rank: N/A
State Residency: CT
Gender: F
APs 5
Extra Curricular: State qualified EMT
School Applied: Alabama, UVM, UMich, UMiami, Penn State, U Conn, Case Western, NorthEastern, UT Austin, Drexel, Fairfield, Clemson
Direct
Applied date: Nov 1st
Decision/College: Accepted: Alabama (president scholar) UVM (president scholar) Drexel (Founders scholar)
Anything else you want to add:
@GreenBees Kudos on your acceptances with scholar distinction at Alabama, UVM and Drexel! Good choices for you. Please keep us updated on the rest on your list. What are your favorites?
@Bonchien - Agreed. Point Loma, while beautiful and welcoming, has some negatives with nursing. The added costs, the not clear distinction of direct though for all intensive purposes it seems like it is, and the chapel mandates give some pause. The benefits in addition to the above are the location, the tight knit community, the campus and the proximity to lots of healthcare entities. Not graduating with a ton of debt in pursuing nursing is important as a lot of the jobs donāt consider the college just the degree and test passed. Good luck to your daughter and you parents as you navigate all these choices
Update:
Daughter
SAT: 1150
GPA: 3.7
Rank:25/132
State Residency: PA
Applied:
Bloomsburg Univ.
Misericordia Univ.
Kingās College (All Direct)
Accepted:
Misericordia (10/23) $16500 Merit Aid
Kingās (12/1) $18500 Merit Aid
Bloomsburg Univ. (12/14)!!! Free Tuition (Iām a staff member there)
Daughter was wait-listed at Bloom on 12/10. I contacted Admissions on 12/14 to see what the next steps would beā¦they had her application reviewed again and ended up admitting her into Nursing!!
Congrats! @djzluck on your daughterās 3/3 nursing acceptances. Bloomsburg University free tuition sounds great! Where will she choose?
@readthetealeaves Iām hoping for Bloomsburg. She knows Bloom has the best program of the threeā¦but also the most academically rigorous. She has friends heading into all three programs, liked Misericordiaās campus the best, and now weāre going to talk to the financial aid offices at all three and go from there,
@djzluck when did she apply to Misericordia? My daughter applied 10/30 and we havent heard back yet.
Daughter:
SAT: N/A
ACT: 32
GPA: 3.85
Rank: N/A
State Residency: IL
Gender: F
APs 6
Extra Curricular: varsity athlete, PT job, NHS officer, CNA, Hospital volunteer, etc.
School Applied: Alabama, UVA, UMich, Pitt, Penn State, Case Western, Clemson, Alabama, (all Direct but Bama)
Decision/College: Accepted: Alabama (presidental scholar), UMich, Pitt, Penn State
Waiting on: UVA, CWRU, Clemson
@marime32 Awesome results for your daughter! Congratulations to her. Please keep us posted on the final 3 schools she applied to and what she chooses
Heard today from Endicott ($12K) and Salve Regina ($18K + Pell Honors Program). Both for the direct-entry nursing programs.
@MAPAone Kudos on the acceptances and the merit. Lots of choices!
DDās colleges so far:
Accepted:
CWRU - Direct 4yr BSN
Drexel - Direct 5 yr BSN w/3 Co-Op Hospital residencies
Scrantom - Direct 4 yr BSN
Quinnapiac - Direct 4yr BSN with option 5th yr MSN
USC - 2 yr Pre Nursing + 2 yr Upper Nursing BSNN
Alalbama - - 2 yr Pre Nursing + 2 yr Upper Nursing BSN
Miami U (Oxford) - Direct 4yrs BSN
Waiting to hear:
UMass Amherst - Direct 4yr
JMU - 2 yr Pre Nursing + 2 yr Upper Nursing BSN
UConn - Direct 4 yr BSN
PSU (Jan 31) - Direct 4 yr UP/Hershey
Deferred to RD ( Apr. 1st)
OSU - 2 yr Pre Nursing + 2 yr Upper Nursing BSN
UDell - 4 yr direct
Lots of choices @GmanCC for your DD! Kudos to her on her acceptances so far. Could you share her stats with us so students can put it all in context?
sure, DDās stats
State Residency: NJ
ACT: High 20s
SAT: n/a
GPA: Above 3.5 (UW)
Rank: HS does not rank
Gender: Female (white)
Extras (Scjool): many APs & HRs, no SAT IIs. HS Peer Counselor, Varsity Athletics (Soccer , Track).
Extras (non Scjool): past 2 years volunteer work in Hospital ER & Orthopedics unit, and also with town EMS response group. Has a couple of certifications as well.
@GmanCC Thanks for sharing her stats!
alsoā¦ (old school , very important IMHO)
In addition, she has visited all but OSU, Drexel and Alabama.
*** Sent hand written thank you letters to each recruiter and admin person met summarizing likes / concerns, why she would be a great fir and thanking them for speaking to her.
By Feb 15th we plan to cut it down to 3 schools and withdraw from all others. Do final campus and classroom visits, tally up cost of attendance taking into account scholarships and then make a final decision by spring break.
This has been exhausting & an emotional roller-coasterā¦ whatever happened to the good old days: hey mom, dad, I applied here (single school, some paperwork) and will be attending next fall
Update. Daughter has been accepted to the below schools for nursing:
Bloomsburg
West Chester
UDel
Montclair State
SUNY Plattsburg
UMass Lowell
SAT 1210
GPA 3.8
She feels her decision will be either West Chester or UDel. Barring cost, does anyone have any strong opinions regarding either school. Her decision will be tough. She loves both schools.
Tough decisions looming.
Daughter, white, Virginia resident
Applied to only direct-admit nursing programs. (Heard too many stories about students being stressed at non-direct admit schools)
ACCEPTED:
Case Western Reserve University (direct, with scholarship)
Drexel (direct, with scholarship)
University of Tennessee (direct, no aid announcement yet)
University of Delaware (direct, with small grant)
University of Pittsburgh (denied at main campus due to their 1310 minimum SAT requirement)
BUT accepted to satellite campus
AND athletic scholarship offered to a second satellite campus
DENIED
Villanova (they told us their average SAT for their accepted nursing class was 1410 last year)
WAITING
Penn State (UP first choice, Altoona second choice, but she would say NO to Altoona)
Clemson
UVA
The main question we are pondering is:
So far, CWRU is by far the most competitive/impressive school she has gotten into. But is it worth the extra cost? Going there will likely cost us an extra $50k total for a BSN and I donāt think employers are going to offer new nurses more money just based on where they went to school.
However, she does want to go to grad school to be a LNP. Would grad schools look more fondly at CWRU over the other schools?
Right now, her top choices are CWRU and Delaware. As a non-PA resident, she isnāt interested in satellite campuses.
Has anyone heard back from Univ of New Hampshire yet?
Update - I donāt know how to edit if anyone cares to enlighten me. Should probably as my 6yo neighbor, lol
DD:
SAT: N/A
ACT: 32
GPA: 3.85
Rank: N/A
State Residency: IL
Gender: F
APs 6
Extra Curricular: varsity athlete, PT job, NHS officer, CNA, Hospital volunteer, shadowed Nurse Practitioner
School Applied: Alabama, UVA, UMich, Pitt, Penn State, Case Western, Clemson, Alabama, (all Direct but Bama)
Decision/College: Accepted: Alabama (presidental scholar), UMich, Pitt, Penn State, CWRU (scholarship)
Waiting on: UVA, Clemson