<p>Consider Creighton—highly rated, excellent nursing school, and if you decide to be pre-med, CU gives preference for admission to it’s own undergrads.</p>
<p>If you choose SLU, be sure and put your name in for a dorm room for sophomore year about the first day of freshman year…</p>
<p>Creighton is a very good school. Almost half the student body is in some kind of health related field. Its a much nicer campus than SLU, but again, its more of an urban campus. Its very nice, but its not big (120 acres) and it does not have acres of woods and green quads. The OP wanted a ND type of walking campus.</p>
<p>Thank you for all the replies.
Sorry, I have been gone for the weekend, but just to answer a few questions
- Tuition is not an issue when mentioning schools. Once I find the schools I’m interested in I will start considering tuition as a factor
- I really am interested in a smaller student population. It’s all I’ve known throughout my gradeschool and high school years. </p>
<p>Thanks mom2collegekids for understanding my desire to not have cars running through the campus, I feel that sometimes it’s difficult to get that point understood by others.</p>
<p>*Thanks mom2collegekids for understanding my desire to not have cars running through the campus, I feel that sometimes it’s difficult to get that point understood by others. *</p>
<p>Yes. But understand that while many schools are trying to achieve this - at least in the main area of the campus - there might still be some roads - or service roads - so that equipment/trucks can be brought to various buildings for deliveries and repairs. </p>
<p>1. Tuition is not an issue when mentioning schools. Once I find the schools I’m interested in I will start considering tuition as a factor</p>
<p>I don’t advise this. It’s best to know one’s financial situation/limitations first, so appropriate schools can be recommended. There’s no point to recommending schools only to find out that they’re unaffordable. </p>
<p>Have you asked your parents how much they will pay each year? If not, you need to do so now. </p>
<p>Once you know, we’ll be able to best help you.</p>
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You run the risk of falling in love with a school you can’t afford.</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>Exactly why compiling a list first and then looking at finances is a bad idea.</p>
<p>But at the same time, you definitely don’t want to chuck a college just because the sticker price is too high. It depends on how much your EFC is on FAFSA/PROFILE, and if your parents aren’t willing to pay that, then I agree, you should be more cautious. But there are plenty of scholarships out there (especially for nursing), so the initial price probably won’t be the real COA (unless parents have high income & you don’t get merit aid). Don’t make any solid decisions based solely on money until you talk to parents and go through the institution’s aid system and merit awards. I think, at this stage, that making a tentative list is fine as long as you don’t go crazy with researching/visiting/falling in love.</p>
<p>“2. I really am interested in a smaller student population. It’s all I’ve known throughout my gradeschool and high school years.”</p>
<p>Collie, we all went to schools that are small…relative to the size of a university. My high school had fewer than 30 seniors. Nursing programs are usually small, even at large universities, so don’t let the size of a school intimidate you. At least visit the schools before crossing them off your list. Iowa, Michigan and Wisconsin are excellent given your interests.</p>