<p>Ok i am going to be a high school senior and i have been researching colleges A LOT over the summer and I can't seem to find one that i really like that has the right programs for me. </p>
<p>Here are some stats:
SAT : 660 Math 590 Critical Reading 650 Writing (1240)
Around 4.15 GPA weighted
My schedule has gotten harder throughout the years
Junior Year: AP American History, Honors Acc Physics, Honors Acc Chem, Honors Trig, Honors English, Regular Spanish
Senior Year I'm taking: AP Chem, AP Bio, AP Calc, Honors English, Honors Spanish, Honors Econ/American Government
Some things I am involved in: NHS, Marching Band (Bethettes), Yearbook Financial Staff, Ways and Means, Nurse Shadowing, Occupational Therapy Shadowing</p>
<p>Some schools I have been thinking about are Pitt (i live in pittsburgh), Northeastern, Boston U, and Ithaca. I wanted to go to medical school but I am rethinking that now because of the time and money going into it. It's still a possibilty though but I've been looking at Physician Assistant programs which seem like a better alternative. The only thing with that is there aren't very many of them. Some schools offer a 5 year b.s/m.s which i would like but they are at smaller schools that have high ratios of girls haha not that i wouldn't go to a school just for that but i would also like a more traditional larger university with like a lot of diversity. I am pretty sure drexel has a program like that but I heard it wasn't the best school to go to. There are physician assistant programs you can apply to after you get a bachelor's but they would be harder to get into cause a lot of them require lots of health care service hours that I most likely wouldn't have right out of college. (not all require it but they say its a good idea basically). Also I have been thinking about nursing and I can always become a nurse practitioner which is almost just like aphysician assistant. But i dont know! I am confused! Pitt has a good nursing program and I have been looking at other colleges for majors like neurscience, pshycobiology, etc. Sociology and philosophy interest me too but there's not much I would want to do with that. I would like college to just be about learning but I find that hard to do because I dont want to be that much in debt!</p>
<p>I just need help! I can find a lot of safety schools that (I think) would be fairly easy to get into and harder schools that would be a stretch b/c of my sats and not that many ecs</p>
<p>Thank you if you read all that and can I please have some suggestions or comments?</p>
<p>PA is actually a really good field to look into. In the next decade or so, it's going to be one of the highest demand jobs out there. Much higher than the demand for actual MDs. Nursing is a good one too - insane demand right now, and the salary is going up (especially if you go into the higher levels of nursing). </p>
<p>Try these bachelor programs for PA: Quinnipiac, GWU, Butler, St. John's (NY), USC, Washington.
And these for nursing: James Madison, FSU, Purdue, Rochester, Ohio U, Villanova, Delaware, McGill, Washington...there are tons of RN programs out there, actually. </p>
<p>And some of these could actually be safeties for you, so there could be potential merit aid on top of it all. Good luck!</p>
<p>Unless I'm mistaken, I believe that Rochester's nursing program is for people already holding a bachelor's degree. Please correct me if I am wrong.</p>
<p>My advice to you: if you choose nursing, the following schools are tops: Duke, UNC(chapel hill), USanFran, Pitt. Of course, UPenn is ivy so that is a good choice, too. In Boston you have Boston College, Northeastern, & Simmons as the major nursing choices. I know alot about each of those, so if you have ?s please ask me. UMASS has a decent program, as well. UConn & Quinnipiac are the CT schools offering nursing. Q- is a very small school and the hospitals are very far from Q - you will need a car and time for your commute-but the nursing school has a decent rep. they will award you money for your high academic standing. PA programs are hot and tough to enter. GW's program is very highly rated. Since you are a PA resident you should strongly consider Pitt. It has everything and the nursing school is highly rated as are the other med professional programs. Plus, you are instate- you can't go wrong!!</p>
<p>lauralice and world changer,
Some university nursing programs have started second degree programs. These are for people who have a Bachelor's degree in something else. There are basic prerequisites which much be completed before enrollment. Those credits are added to some elective credits from the first degree and the credits from the 12-18 month nursing program to qualify for a second Bachelor's degree in nursing. Other schools only grant Bachelor's degrees in nursing to people who already have an RN license (from a CC or Hospital based school of nursing).</p>
<p>The OP should be careful to find first degree nursing programs.</p>
<p>To earn as a Bachelor's in Nursing you must attend a 4 year program at a university offering a BS in Nursing. You must fulfill all nursing requirements and requirements of the university to earn the BS degree. Most universities offer a program for Rns(registered nurses) to earn a BS degree. These candidates are generally not your typical college-aged students. But, since you are a hs senior that program doesn't apply to you. There are many universities with nursing programs. You really need to check out the hospital affiliations, clinical sites and when you begin clinicals. Check out the curriculums at various schools. You will be surprised. Some nursing programs offer nursing classes freshman year, while others wait until junior year. Some offer clinicals soph year others not until jr or sr year. Also, check out the pass rates on the national exam and check out instructors' credentials at the schools you are considering. Do you want a large university or a small university, city or suburb, coed, close to home, school with a hospital affiliation, coop school,??? Good Luck!!-hope this info helps a bit</p>
<p>Hi, I'm hoping to get some help here which may help out a1y33a as well. My d (going to be a HS senior) is interested in doing the physician's assistant program (not nursing since many of the above replies relate to nursing) and we are trying to find combined Bachelor/Masters programs in that field where she could get admission as an undergrad & not have to reapply. She would prefer schools in the Northeast close to home (Ma), but is open to other areas if the program is good. Her combined SAT score is 2000 (710-Math). She has lots of EC's, volunteers at Samaritans, plays varsity field hockey & has a part-time jobs. Her GPA is not great but OK, about 3.0. She has been trying to find a job-shadowing opportunity but privacy laws make that difficult.
Most of the programs we have found are 2 years Masters programs after a related Bachelors degree. I would really appreciate it if anyone could tell us about any combined programs they have found. Thanks.</p>