Looking for an affordable school in a large city?

College Search & Selection
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<p>I'm looking for suggestions on schools to check out. Here are my criteria:</p>

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<li>Large to gigantic city</li>
<li>Reputable (would like to attend a very good grad school afterwards)</li>
<li>Has an bachelors level nursing program</li>
<li>Relatively affordable (No more than $25,000 tuition, however if there's a more expensive school that typically gives merit aid to stats like mine I'd be interested in that too.)</li>
<li>Not a huge fan of the Midwest but I'd definitely be willing to look into schools there (prefer East or West coast)</li>
</ul>

<p>My qualifications:</p>

<p>1830 SAT
3.7 GPA
2 AP classes
2 honors classes
National Honor Society
Girl Scout for 12 years (various service projects; silver & bronze awards earned)
Athlete: National champ; 2 national records; jr. world team; competed abroad at world champs 2x (ps it's not a collegiate sport so I can't be recruited)
I write a strong essay.</p>

<p>So what are some schools that are probably within my qualifications to get into (reach & match), and generally fit my criteria?</p>

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<p>If you are open to less prestigious schools, you could get a nice scholarship (at least full tuition) and a good education at Howard University in Washington DC.</p>

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<p>What about Temple? It’s relatively affordable, because it’s a public university (obviously it’s more expensive if you’re not a PA resident).</p>

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<p>When you say $25k in tuition, is that including room, board, fees, books, etc? if not, then does that mean you can spend about $40k per year ($25k for tuition and $15k for the rest)??</p>

<p>What is your M+CR score?</p>

<p>Look at UA-B…excellent nursing, big city, hospitals, med school, etc</p>

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<p>Didn’t you just post this same question a day or two ago? It is better to bump your old post instead of making a new one so people can view the answers you already received.</p>

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<p>happy1 , yeah sorry I’m new on this website so I didn’t get the whole bump thing. Got it now though. :)</p>

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<p>Perhaps University of Minnesota. It has reasonable out of state tuition.</p>

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<p>University at Buffalo
Kettering University- Flint
University of Colorado- Denver
Cleveland State University
University Cincinnati
University of Missouri- St. Louis</p>

<p>Some of the low tuition universities in the worst cities of US.</p>

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<p>^ The worst cities in the US? Really? By what criteria?</p>

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<p>Consider Pitt.</p>

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<p>When you say $25k in tuition, is that including room, board, fees, books, etc? if not, then does that mean you can spend about $40k per year ($25k for tuition and $15k for the rest)??</p>

<p>Can you answer the above question???</p>

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<p>I mean I can pay about $25,000 plus 15k for the rest.</p>

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<p>Oh good…with a budget of $40k for college, you’ll have a number of choices. </p>

<p>Be aware that at many/most schools, you’re “pre-nursing” for 2 years, then you get accepted to nursing for the last two years.</p>

<p>The west coast (Calif in particular) is super impacted for nursing. I doubt that would work out for you.</p>

<p>Alabama would accept you. It has a beautiful new College of Nursing bldg…very state of the art with robotic “patients” and a medical center across the street.</p>

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