Could I be admitted if I’m a Certified nursing assistant with a 30 act (retaking) and 3.88uw GPA for EA?
Difficult to judge without more background, but your scores and GPA are low, so you’d need exceptional ECs and letters if you want to even be competitive, especially for EA since it’s much more selective.
@masquerade98 I’m in top 10 % of my class and my GPA is good. good essay/letter. Okay ECs. Would you recommend applying rd? And how hard is it to get into the nursing school compared to their other schools? Is it much harder or easier
Again, we can’t make a reasonable prediction unless you give specifics. “Good” and “okay” means nothing unless there’s a benchmark to compare it to. Unless we know what your stats are, it’s very difficult to tell whether or not EA or RD is better, although I will say that since it is non-binding, you don’t lose anything by applying EA, since if you don’t get in you are automatically moved to RD.
Statistically, NHS is one of the harder schools to get into, since they have a much smaller class size.
From personal experience I can say that Georgetown Nursing is very tough to get into without pretty high scores, GPA and leadership. As a current student in the NHS, I applied with a 4.0 UW GPA, 2050 SAT, 8 AP Classes, Class Ranking of 1/470, Captain of varsity sports team, Class President, YL Club President, and lots of volunteer summer activities. I was waitlisted, then extended waitlisted, and finally accepted. Overall, I think the acceptance rate is around 15% to the NHS.
@Northstarfx Could you share a bit your experience about Georgetown nursing program? I heard the Human Biolog I&II (taught by Dr. Angerio) are very difficult. How do you like the program?
@SpiderXY Human Biology @ Georgetown is tough, but doable if you put in the hours. For NHS Human Bio 1, the course is now taught by Theodore “Ted” Nelson. He is a very good prof (rated 4.4/5 on Rate My Professor), but there is ZERO curve and the subject material comes very fast. Every year I think 20% or so of students don’t earn the minimum grade of 73% to advance and have to retake it. Georgetown has a “one strike” policy – if you “fail” one class (less than 73%) it is your only warning. The second time it happens, you are forced to leave NHS and this happens to a few students every year.
Georgetown gives you everything you need to succeed, but NHS in particular is not for the faint of heart. You have to work hard but it does get easier once you are used to it. It is a great school with caring and thoughtful professors/advisors who really want you to succeed.
@northstarfx Thank you the very thoughtful sharings. My D is now torn between Georgetown NHS and UVA nursing school., but I really hope she will decided to go Georgetown.
Did you go to study abroad? If you study abroad for a semester, could you still be able to graduate in 4-years?
@SpiderXY Did your daughter get accepted to Georgetown already? If so, congrats! It is possible to study abroad as a nursing major as there are a few classes offered in Spain and South America that can cover some nursing credits. It could still be possible to graduate in 4 years, but what makes it difficult is the clinical hours which start 2nd semester of freshman year and increase each subsequent semester. In total, Nursing majors will have 880 clinical hours before graduation. Most Nursing majors who choose to go abroad will do it sophomore year or during the summer, but it is a small percentage. I will not be studying abroad.
Oh, one more thing, Georgetown will let you take 2-3 electives over the summer at a local community college or university in the event you fall behind a class or two due to the study abroad – but 100% of Nursing and Science courses must be taken at Georgetown, no exceptions.
@northstarfx Thanks for your very helpful information. Yes, my D got accepted to Georgetown under Early Action. She is interested in studying abroad for s semester if possible.
I checked the NHS website (I copied and paste below). It seems you could get the clinical hours if going to Ireland, but I am not sure if going to Australia for a semester.
Also given the course and clinical workload, is one still able to do work study like a couple of hours a day? My D was offered $3000 Federal work study aid, but not sure if she will be able to do it.
"University College Dublin (UCD), located in Dublin, Ireland offers clinical placements and required nursing courses for students interested in studying abroad.
The Australian Catholic University (ACU), North Sydney campus, is located just across the Harbour Bridge from the city center. This ACU campus, one of five campuses in Australia, is a vibrant and supportive environment with friendly staff and students, award winning facilities, and active student associations."
@SpiderXY Not in the NHS but do have friends there. Regarding study abroads, I think a lot of people take advantage of summer programs if they can’t do a full semester abroad. There are a lot of options available over the summer and you’re almost always guaranteed a spot unless its a business program, since those are generally more competitive.
@masquerade98 Thanks for the helpful information about summer programs. It sounds a good option.
@SpiderXY I forgot about Australia & Ireland! I do think it is possible for your daughter to do work study a couple of hours a day, but she may have to sacrifice other EC’s. One thing about Georgetown students is that the vast majority of them are involved in lots of EC’s and maintain extremely busy schedules – it’s just the culture here.
@northstarfx Thanks for all the information. Very helpful!
@northstarfx Can you share some of your experiences of making friends at Georgetown nursing program/NHS? How easy for a quiet person to make some friends in the program? And how diverse of the nursing students there?
@SpiderXY It is not hard to make friends in the NHS regardless if you are introverted or extraverted. I would say that while the majority of students tend to be more extroverted, there are a number of quiet students as well and they fit in to the group dynamic well. The only time there would be a challenge is if a student is quiet or awkward around patients when clinicals start.
NHS Nursing is about the same diversity as Georgetown in general, except for the female/male ratio, of course. We have students of all color and backgrounds and a fair number of international students as well.
@northstarfx That is very good to know you have a diverse group as well in NHS. Just curios: are you currently a undergraduate or graduate student?
Undergrad – sophomore year =D>
I am a bit confused 
. Another post from ‘northstarfx’ saying ‘my daughter is in her second year in NHS’ under a different discussion chain (see below). I assume these are two different 'northstarfx’s. :).
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01-16-2018 at 11:06 pm
My daughter is in her second year in NHS. She originally applied Human Science, but switched to Nursing (going the Nurse Practitioner route). Of course there are pre-med majors in both NHS and the College, but we have not heard any complaints at all from those in NHS, but just the opposite: some in the College wished they were in NHS. As @masquerade98 stated, the classes are small and the community is tight-knit.
In regard to G-Town students, I would say that you will definitely find a friend group. For the most part, students are friendly, accepting and high-achieving. Yes, there are some that appear entitled and snobby, but it’s definitely not the majority. Our daughter struggled a bit her freshman year as we are from the west coast (laid back & casual) and G-town students tend to run a pretty rapid pace. She is also from a conservative Christian family and I would say that the clear majority of students are liberal with a broad background of different religions (or no faith at all). That said, our daughter is part of a solid Bible study group and involved in a Christian campus ministry, while at the same time her two BEST friends on campus are, 1) a Muslim dorm mate, and 2) a Gay musician. True story.
In the final analysis, G-Town is a GREAT school and we could not imagine our daughter being anywhere else.
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