<p>yea but they dont say anything about nursing students</p>
<p>Is money a concern for you at all? UVa OOS is likely to cost a boatload more than what you would pay instate at SUNY. There is little, if any, career advantage inherent in where you receive your nursing education. Though you wouldn't receive the typical residential college experience, the most bang for your buck is at your local community college. You could be out and enjoying a nice income in two years, while your employer pays for your BSN and MSN. If money is not a concern, than feel free to disregard my advice.</p>
<p>yea ive considered that, but ive also considered becoming a doctor, so if i choose to do that UVA is def a good place to do that</p>
<p>Be very careful with course selection. I don't know how UVa's nursing program does things, but I know some schools have their nursing majors take science and math courses designed for the nursing major. Medical schools may look down on that. From what I understand, it's very hard to go directly from a BSN program to medical school. Nursing is viewed as a vocational major. Many, many class hours are spent on nursing theory which has little to do with medicine. If you want to keep your options open and have financial flexibility, go for a science major that would cover the prerequisites of both nursing and medicine. If you decide you want to be a nurse, there are many "bridge" programs which take BA/BS grads directly into MSN programs.</p>
<p>well if i get in ill worry about if i can do that...lol big IF</p>
<p>I'm a senior, and I got accepted in to UVA nursing school ED, and I know for a fact that you can't go to nursing school, and then apply to med school. I got a letter from UVA telling me that once I got accepted. You do have an excellent chance, because there are hardly any male applicants applying to nursing school. BUT, a word of caution. If you want to become a physician, apply to the College of Arts and Sciences. Nursing majors, and Pre-med majors, have COMPLETELY different pre-requisites. Nurses, don't have to take any math classes if they don't want to! But the UVA pre-med course load is rigorous and difficult. Also, your GPA is high for in-state standards, but for out-of-staters, it's a little low. Your SAT is also a little low. But you have excellent ECs! That will definitely give you an edge. Have you completed any internships? I think my internships really helped me to gain admission.</p>
<p>well in the essay asking why i wanted to be a nurse i wrote about my experience shadowing an ER nurse, so that was sumwhat of an internship.</p>
<p>Now is it possible for me, if i do decide to be a doctor, to switch out of the nursing school, i jsut wanna know if i can still keep my options open?</p>
<p>The problem is that you would have a lot of prereq's to catch up on. I'm surprised UVa nurses don't have to take any math classes, that's unfortunate. Nursing is really tough, the money is good, but I've known more than a few nurses who would have transferred into something else but felt trapped in the major, unless they wanted to take six years to finish undergrad.</p>
<p>that doesnt bother me, if i had to take summer courses id go in for em</p>
<p>You can easily switch out of nursing school, and in the College of Arts and Sciences , because the College of Arts and Sciences is HUGE. But the nursing school is very smalll. So, if you leave the nursing school, make sure that is what you want to do.</p>
<p>true true, but do u think ill get into nursing?</p>