Junior HS, Chance me for BSN

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Demographics

  • US Citizen and permanent resident
    Live in MN
  • Public High School
  • Caucasian M.
    Nursing
    Stats
  • Unweighted HS GPA: 3.94/4.0
  • Weighted HS GPA 4.35/4.8
    My school doesn’t do class rank
  • 35 ACT (31 M, 36 R, 36 E, 35 S)

Coursework
AP Human Geography (5), AP World History (5), AP Calc AB (4), currently awaiting results for AP Physics 1, AP US History, and AP Calc BC (expecting 4s or 5s based on how they went though).
3 years of Spanish, CIS Psychology, plan on taking dual enrollment courses my senior year.
Extracurriculars
Part-time job approx 16 hours a week,
varsity football and wrestling (captains in both)
volunteer/shadowing work with H.S. athletic trainer for a trimester
volunteer with Special Olympics
Philosophy Club
weekly leadership seminars with the head football coach at my high school
Cost
Prefer to pay $20,000 per year or less before scholarship/grant aid, want to graduate with minimal student loan debt

I’ve looked at some of the schools near me, such as UMN Twin Cities and UW Madison, but I’d really like other points of view on schools I should consider that have a good balance of quality nursing programs and a higher likelihood of receiving merit scholarship/grants. Curious about what anyone has to say about my chances of getting into/receiving good scholarship money at t10 BSN schools.

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For merit Case Western, Ohio State, Ohio U…for huge merit UAH, Alabama, Arkansas, U of SC , and FSU. Good luck.

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Than you so much for the advice!

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For nursing majors, pay attention to these things:

  • Direct admit, non direct admit, or a combination?
  • For direct admit programs, be aware of the weed-out college GPA requirements.
  • For non direct admit programs, find out how competitive admission to the nursing program is after the first few semesters of college courses and grades.
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Forgot to include Arizona. Tucson is gorgeous and you’d get $30k off $37k tuition.

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T10 bsn schools mean nothing. Look at Financials.

Near you look at Winona or Viterbo. Or Marquette which gives solid merit and is direct admit for nursing.

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Tbomb03, I don’t know if it is too far away or too expensive, but Boston College has a great nursing school with an emphasis on in-hospital training (900 hours working in an affiliated hospital to graduate.) My niece went there and loved it. More importantly, they prepared her well for a career in nursing. They are ranked in the top 10 for undergrad nursing programs.

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