<p>hello everyone,
im currently a sophomore in hs and looking forward to become a nurse (RN).</p>
<p>i started college researching a few months ago and im very serious about it..</p>
<p>however i looked at most of threads in this forums about nursing, and realized most of good nursing schools look pretty tough to get in - it almost feels like there are no colleges open for average B to A- students to go.</p>
<p>is there any college that offers great- but not the greatest- nursing program,
not too much or even no party going on at all(i dont like to drink),
and not too urban?
....</p>
<p>or am i asking too much?</p>
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<p>my stats:</p>
<p>freshman gpa: 3.0 weighted </p>
<p>sopho. gpa: 3.75 ~ 4.0 so far.. but i didnt take the final exam yet </p>
<p>the first PSAT i took : 137
but i think i definitely can pull it up to 1800 in my real SAT :)</p>
<p>You sound quite similar to me. I had a 2.97uw GPA and a 23 composite on the ACT.</p>
<p>I applied to:</p>
<p>Drexel University
Le Moyne College
Temple University
D’Youville College
SUNY Buffalo
SUNY Brockport
SUNY Binghamton (as a reach)
Also some others, but the nursing programs at those schools aren’t nearly as strong.</p>
<p>I was accepted to most of these schools; the only ones that I wasn’t were Binghamton (straight up rejected) and Buffalo (wait listed).</p>
<p>Drexel, Le Moyne and D’Youville definitely have the best nursing programs. They’re all direct entry meaning once you’re admitted into the school, you are admitted into the nursing program, although you do have to complete the prereqs to move into the curriculum, all have great clinical opportunities starting in the 2nd year, and all have high (85% or above). NCLEX-RN pass rates.</p>
<p>Out of the three I just listed above, you would probably like Le Moyne the best. It’s in a suburb of Syracuse, doesn’t have much partying on campus (but there is off campus, especially at SU), and is just a really nice environment. That’s where I’m headed come August :)</p>
<p>One question though:</p>
<p>How does your school do GPA? Is it unweighted, weighted, year by year, cumulative…That makes a big difference.</p>
<p>UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH! I’m a B student, I got into the school for engineering, a tough major to get into at all schools and Pitt has a top 10 nursing program</p>
<p>:DDD
thank you SingDanceRunLife and pierre0913!!
your information is verryyyy helpful :D</p>
<p>i looked up some of colleges you guys told me,
and all of them look fantastic. im definitely interested in Drexel University, Le Moyne College,
D’Youville College and U of pittsburgh.</p>
<p>however they are bit expensive tho …</p>
<p>how much financial aid they give to students generally?
I live only with my mom, and she doesnt earn that much.</p>
<p>i hope the colleges are all generous of giving out some $$s :p</p>
<p>oh and singdancerunlife, our highschool’s grading system is a bit weird, but mostly it’s weighted. we count all the +s and -s.</p>
<p>I can’t speak to Pittsburgh (I looked at it a little, but didn’t apply as it’s fairly far away and I already had schools on my list that I preferred)…But Drexel is insanely expensive. I got in, but I didn’t get any money from them, so I don’t know how hard it is to get scholarships or anything, and I didn’t do the FAFSA.</p>
<p>Le Moyne is (without money) probably around $36,000/year…BUT, they are very generous with merit aid. I got $10,000/year…And it sounds like you have better grades and scores than me, so you would probably get more, I’m guessing like $15,000 or so.</p>
<p>D’Youville has a total that’s around $30,000 without money…But they have “instant scholarships” which means that if you get accepted and meet the criteria, then you get the scholarships. I got 25% off room and board and 50% off tuition for all 4 years, and to reiterate, my GPA was a 2.97 and my ACT was a 23…So you could easily get that if not a higher scholarship (50% off both room and board).</p>
<p>As to need-based FA, I have no idea, but I’m sure that the cost won’t be nearly as much as the sticker price.</p>
<p>In PA, in addition to Scranton, you could check out Wilkes, Misericordia, and Marywood. Those four schools are all within 1/2 hour of each other. Misericordia is a small school that caters to a lot of the health professions (OT, PT, Medical Imaging, Nursing). It is not urban - it is a lovely campus in a residential area with a small town just down the road. They offer several different scholarships for nursing majors. Not sure how they do on need based money, but you could always inquire. Right now, your stats seem low for much merit money at Scranton. If your gpa rises and your SATs improve over your PSATs, you will have more of a shot.</p>
<p>Add York College of PA to your list. (It’s my alma mater.) Nursing is a very popular major there, and there is a state-of-the-art hospital across the street from the main campus.</p>
<p>wow!
thank you for all those great informations - i didnt expect that much from this post, but the info i got from here are really helpful.</p>
<p>hmmm… yes, i DO need to improve my grades and of course, SAT too.
I tried to take ACT by going over one of the ACT guides they sell in bookstores,
but it was insane. i thought ACT was harder than SAT… the time limits make me go crazy!</p>
<p>but, anyway, i will add all the colleges you guys told me- and look them up.</p>
<p>im very excited to read the posts on here.
please feel free to suggest more colleges for meee :)</p>
<p>nursing school, number of nursing bachelors degrees last year, SAT 25th percentile, SAT 75th percentile</p>
<p>SATs are overall, not just nursing</p>
<p>top 100</p>
<p>Duke University 52 1340 1540
Columbia University in the City of New York 178 1330 1540
University of Pennsylvania 142 1330 1520
Emory University 102 1300 1470
Johns Hopkins University 286 1290 1510
Georgetown University 83 1250 1460
New York University 256 1250 1440
Boston College 97 1250 1430
University of Rochester 134 1230 1410
University of Virginia-Main Campus 107 1220 1440
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 188 1220 1430
Case Western Reserve University 80 1210 1410
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 220 1210 1400
Villanova University 164 1210 1400
University of Miami 164 1190 1380
Northeastern University 148 1190 1350
St. Olaf College 20 1180 1410
SUNY at Binghamton 212 1180 1350
University of California-Los Angeles 20 1160 1410
Gustavus Adolphus College 23 1160 1380
University of Florida 190 1160 1380
University of Wisconsin-Madison 156 1160 1380
The College of New Jersey 70 1150 1350
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus 204 1150 1340
Illinois Wesleyan University 33 1140 1400
Ohio State University-Main Campus 194 1130 1330
Clemson University 132 1130 1320
Ohio Northern University 20 1130 1270
Brigham Young University 122 1120 1340
Truman State University 36 1110 1390
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities 121 1110 1380
Milwaukee School of Engineering 49 1110 1315
Drexel University 361 1110 1290
Florida State University 186 1110 1290
University of Connecticut 142 1110 1290
University of North Florida 187 1110 1270
Webster University 53 1105 1250
The University of Texas at Austin 153 1100 1350
Baylor University 112 1100 1310
Whitworth University 16 1100 1310
University of Delaware 171 1100 1290
University of Tulsa 24 1090 1390
Coe College 25 1090 1360
Saint Louis University-Main Campus 162 1090 1310
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus 272 1090 1300
University of Vermont 91 1090 1290
Stony Brook University 164 1090 1270
University of Missouri-Columbia 187 1080 1310
University of Portland 152 1080 1310
Loyola University New Orleans 45 1080 1290
Mercer University 111 1080 1290
Miami University-Oxford 45 1080 1280
University of South Carolina-Columbia 167 1080 1280
University of Central Florida 371 1080 1270
Calvin College 59 1075 1325
University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez 36 1073 1324
University of Iowa 270 1070 1340
Nebraska Wesleyan University 37 1070 1330
University of Washington-Seattle Campus 90 1070 1320
Cedarville University 73 1070 1290
Gonzaga University 58 1070 1290
Loyola University Chicago 277 1070 1288
Auburn University Main Campus 80 1070 1270
Belmont University 94 1070 1260
University of North Carolina-Wilmington 97 1070 1240
Hope College 34 1060 1310
Concordia College at Moorhead 24 1060 1300
Wagner College 37 1060 1290
Marquette University 127 1060 1280
Texas Christian University 124 1060 1270
Franciscan University of Steubenville 42 1060 1250
Fairfield University 84 1060 1240
University of Missouri-Kansas City 80 1050 1330
Creighton University 182 1050 1290
The University of Tennessee 100 1050 1270
University of Massachusetts Amherst 186 1050 1260
James Madison University 64 1050 1230
Russell Sage College 50 1050 1180
Bethel University 121 1040 1290
William Jewell College 62 1040 1280
Seattle Pacific University 64 1040 1260
University at Buffalo 144 1040 1260
University of Alabama at Birmingham 193 1040 1260
Seattle University 133 1040 1250
University of San Francisco 134 1040 1250
Saint Mary’s College 32 1040 1240
University of South Florida 260 1040 1240
Quinnipiac University 105 1040 1210
Salisbury University 76 1040 1210
Messiah College 32 1030 1270
Purdue University-Main Campus 163 1030 1270
University of New Hampshire-Main Campus 78 1030 1230
Duquesne University 112 1030 1210
University of Scranton 63 1030 1210
SUNY College at New Paltz 35 1030 1200
Florida International University 205 1030 1190
Georgia Southern University 106 1030 1180
College of Saint Benedict 41 1023 1325
Union University 101 1020 1290
Bradley University 64 1020 1280
Michigan State University 204 1020 1280
University of Arkansas Main Campus 95 1020 1270</p>
<p>I just checked Columbia’s website. Pretty sure their program is for graduate degrees only, not undergrad.</p>
<p>They do have a combined BS/MS program: “The Combined BS/MS (ETP) program is an accelerated combined-degree (BS/MS) program for non-nursing college graduates.”</p>
<p>I don’t think that’s what the OP is looking for.</p>
<p>US News Nursing Graduate School Rankings 2007
(*I only included the schools that have undergraduate nursing programs)
1 University of Washington
3 University of Pennsylvania
4 Johns Hopkins University
5 University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
5 University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill
7 University of Illinois–Chicago
7 University of Maryland–Baltimore
7 University of Pittsburgh–Main Campus
7 Yale University
12 University of California–Los Angeles
12 University of Iowa
12 University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill (School of Public Health)
15 Case Western Reserve University
15 Duke University
15 Indiana University-Purdue University–Indianapolis
19 Columbia University
19 Rush University
19 University of Texas Health Science Center–Houston
19 University of Texas–Austin
19 University of Virginia
19 University of Wisconsin–Madison
19 Vanderbilt University
26 Boston College
26 Emory University
26 New York University
26 University of Alabama–Birmingham
26 University of Arizona
26 University of Kentucky
32 Arizona State University
32 Georgetown University
32 Ohio State University
32 University of Florida
32 University of Minnesota–Twin Cities
32 University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
40 Catholic University of America
40 Loyola University Chicago
40 University of Kansas
40 University of Rochester
40 Wayne State University
47 Michigan State University
47 University of Missouri–Columbia
47 University of San Diego
47 University of Utah
47 Villanova University
47 Virginia Commonwealth University
54 Marquette University
54 Pennsylvania State University–University Park
54 St. Louis University
54 University of Louisville
54 University of Massachusetts–Amherst
54 University of San Francisco
63 George Mason University
63 George Washington University
63 Northeastern University
63 Pace University
63 University of Connecticut
63 University of South Carolina–Columbia
63 Washington State University
72 Baylor University
72 Brigham Young University
72 CUNY–Hunter College
72 California State University–Los Angeles
72 Creighton University
72 Duquesne University
72 Georgia State University
72 Indiana State University
72 Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey–Newark
72 San Diego State University
72 University at Buffalo–SUNY
72 University of Cincinnati
72 University of Colorado–Colorado Springs
72 University of Delaware
72 University of Massachusetts–Boston
72 University of North Carolina–Charlotte
72 University of North Carolina–Greensboro
72 University of Portland
72 University of South Florida
72 University of Tennessee–Knoxville
72 University of Texas–Arlington
72 West Virginia University
95 Clemson University
95 Georgia College and State University
95 Georgia Southern University
95 Loma Linda University
95 Loyola University New Orleans
95 Montana State University–Bozeman
95 SUNY–Stony Brook
95 Seton Hall University
95 South Dakota State University
95 Southern Illinois University–Edwardsville
95 Texas Christian University
95 Thomas Jefferson University
95 University of Alabama
95 University of Miami
95 University of Michigan–Flint
95 University of Missouri–Kansas City
95 University of New Mexico
95 University of Southern Maine</p>
<p>What I wrote about Duke and Columbia still stands. The OP does not have a college degree, and is not looking for a combined BS/MS program.</p>
<p>This may apply to other schools on pierre’s list; the OP should check the school websites to see if they offer a BSN to students who don’t already have a BS in another subject.</p>
<p>ETA: Yale would be included with Duke and Columbia. There are probably others.</p>
