<p>So I am a junior in high school and I've started to look into colleges. I have taken a practice SAT at a private summer schhol with a score of 1930 (800 in math). My GPA as of last year was a 91.3. I am currently taking a double science major load with AP Environmental science and AP Biology. Along with these are AP Psychology, Honors Pre-Cal, Honors Soc and English. I have been doing well so far with most of my grade in the low 90's high 80's.
My future plan is to go into Nursing and hopefully become a Nurse Practitioner later on. To save money, since I live in NY I have my sights on Binghampton, Stonybrook and New York University. I really aspire to go to one of these schools. Am I on the right track?
I plan to take the SAT in the fall and the ACT as well in the beginning of my senior year. I am, what you might say, unmotivated at times but reassurance helps me push myself. Please help and thank you for reading!</p>
<p>Yeah, I think you’re on the right track, but get that CR score up. Entrance into nursing schools has gotten a lot tougher in the last thirty years. Try to take AP Calc your senior year to get some college credit and maybe opt out of college calc. You’re wise to want to protect your finances by looking to state schools, but if you nail the standardized test add some non-NY publics to the list like Pitt, UMinnesota, Ohio State, Indiana, Iowa, Arizona, Oregon, UMD-Baltimore, to name a few.</p>
<p>Many RN programs require a supplemental application. They are going to be particularly interested in your experience in the medical field, and in your letters of rec. I am more familiar with the California schools, so here is a link to the instructions for a sample program: <a href=“http://www.csuchico.edu/nurs/documents/Admission%20Req.%20Rev.09.16.13.pdf”>http://www.csuchico.edu/nurs/documents/Admission%20Req.%20Rev.09.16.13.pdf</a> You can look for similar documents for programs you are considering.</p>
<p>As a HS Junior many of the items on the supplemental app are bonus items that are just waiting for you to pick up. Getting experience through volunteering or part-time work in a medical setting is a good idea to make sure that nursing is right for you, and it will help your application.</p>