<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>