Nursing Class of 2027 (Direct Admit BSN)

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Sorry I can’t reply to your question Anj_rn But there is a wealth of knowledge in this community. I’m sure others will have good input.

D applied to NYU, Villanova, Fairfield, Hunter and Stony Brook, Molloy and Scranton.

Her average is 96/97 and she did not submit test scores. Lots of honors and dual enrollment classes but HS does not offer a lot of APs anymore. Cheer, track, CNA training at local community college, volunteer work with kids.

Geography is a big thing for us. For her because she wants to be close to NYC and for us parents (we have 5 kids to keep up with and not much income to spare for travel).

So far she has gotten a rejection from NYU and a deferral from Fairfield. Since we visited twice and she interviewed there – and is a double legacy – we were surprised. The admissions rep said it is a competitive year and to show mid-year report and more demonstrated interest. Would be the most expensive if she gets in.

Still waiting on Villanova. Would be the least expensive if she gets in bc of generous need-based aid and the federal nursing student loan.

Scranton gave her a good merit award. Molloy also gave her a good merit award. Both have excellent nursing programs. Scranton’s NCLEX pass rate is I think a 98 or so. Molloy has maybe a 90% or 92% and exceptional facilities. Definitely well run and well supported.

Scranton is not very accessible from NYC by public transportation (sigh) but it’s a perfect size, has a great campus and noticeable school spirit. Molloy is small – it has thousands of students but they are mostly commuters and the residential community is about 350 students. However, it is not as far to NYC.

She applied to Hunter and Stony Brook and now has to apply to their honors programs since neither is direct admit (only for honors students).

We may end up applying to a couple more schools. However many are unaffordable for us according to net price calcs.

Schools we visited but that she did not apply to (for various reasons) Binghamton, BC, Hofstra, Monmouth.

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We have benefited a lot from the forum – ty all!
Daughter is trying to decide on nursing school – several options in consideration…please review and comment if you have any experience or input that can be helpful So appreciated! Few details for context: from Long Island, NY, $ matters but we would make any work, older sister Soph at UGA)

Admitted to all below…
University of Pittsburgh
Purdue
UTK – Tennessee
Elon
Belmont
Miami of Ohio
Florida Atlantic
TCU
University of Cincinnati

Non Direct (so pretty much would have to really feel 100%%% and $ work out)
Ohio University
Ohio State

waiting on Penn State and Clemson

TY for any feedback!

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Have you looked at clinical locations, pass rates.

Obviously a Miami of Ohio and Elon - as two examples are I’d say rural…others disagree…but forgetting that - they require transportation to get to a nearby town whereas a Pitt, Belmont, UTK, etc. that are in the city.

Belmont has a religion component.

Where are the clinicals for each located and how does the student get there?

These are the types of things you should investigate because you list wonderful, but different colleges.

So you might be able to eliminate some by - for example, if they’re wanting a city, you can knock at Miami, Elon, Ohio U, etc. If they want nothing to do with a city, then you can knock out others.

If $$ matter - that’s an easy thing for you to line up. I don’t know the offers (or stats) but I’m guessing Miami will come in cheaper than Elon, for example. If it’s significant enough, that’s another way to slice and dice. Line em up by $$ - and what’s your pain threshold. Anything above - gone.

If $ matter, i’d say PSU and Clemson are not going to work relative to others on the list - unless $$ matters means over $50K is ok, etc.

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great feedback - ty

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Would TCNJ be an option? Easy transportation to NY via train.

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Thanks for the suggestion!! Will look into TCNJ. I appreciate it, Vertigo75.

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Unfortunately, TCNJ is unaffordable since we are out of state.

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Flixbus has multiple routes per day between Scranton and NYC. Trip length is 2 hours, 20 minutes. To me, this seems pretty convenient and not too expensive (~$37 one way). You might want to look into this, since Scranton appears to be a good option.

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We have not visited the school but have been told by others in the nursing field that the Miami program is relatively new with limited clinical opportunities due to location and newness. Elon was a beautiful campus but also a new program I believe. We have heard good things about Cincinnati but my child eliminated bc she did not like the neighborhood it was in and the fact that they are having so many housing issues, with many freshman not even getting on campus housing. We have been very impressed by Pitt but it is not a cheap choice. We are big Ohio state fans but will not consider a non-direct admit program. The first year at Ohio state you do not take any nursing classes and do not get to meet any other students in the program since the cohort has not been formed yet.

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Check what the weed-out requirements for the direct admit nursing programs are. They may be hidden in the academic progression requirements in the nursing program handbook.

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great info – agree with all…
in terms of reputation and regard, I think the best of the list as options for her include:

University of Pittsburgh
Purdue
UTK – Tennessee

*Have visited Pitt and UTK but not Purdue

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If money works out I would pick Pitt because of location combined with reputation.

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Purdue is awesome and W Lafayette is a sizable enough town - but it’s not Pitt or UTK in the big city, etc. That might be a main difference. It’s an hour or so from Indy and a couple from Chicago.

it’s also larger student population wise although I don’t know how that feels in a specific school. The campus is, in my opinion, very nice.

All three are extremely solid.

I’d assume UTK (assuming merit) will be cheapest followed by Purdue (harder to get merit) and Pitt - but your situation may be different. All three seem to get a lot of love on this website.

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My son is deciding between Elon and UTK. He loves he can still do study abroad at Elon (in fact they said at least 2) which is important to him. Not all schools have a study abroad for nursing majors. He visits UTK in a few weeks so we will know more. Good luck to your daughter on deciding !

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Congrats on the Clemson acceptance. That’s where my daughter is - a freshman doing nursing. She’s been totally happy with her choice. She’s also in the Honors College. Did your daughter apply to the honors college? My daughter really enjoys the early registration for courses that being part of the Honors College permits.

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Oh I had no idea – thank you! That may make a big difference to her.

I appreciate the information.

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Good morning,

It was a very easy choice for her honestly. Ranking, proximity to clinicals, req’d minimum grade of C for Nursing classes, acceptance to the GAP program, and she likes the somewhat urban campus with lots of green spaces and diversity in students.
She was accepted to Udel, Scranton, Temple, JMU, UofSC, Duquesne, Clemson(health sciences) and rejected from Villanova and Penn State but honestly she knew right away.

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I can only speak to the University of Cincinnati, where my daughter was class of 22. Like any school, there are issues (someone mentioned housing, and that was a tough one this year that hopefully they will rectify for next year).

Anyway, as far as the nursing program … My daughter had some tremendous opportunities there, despite finishing her second semester sophomore year at home due to Covid (somehow that nursing faculty figured out online clinicals lol). She had a paid co-op, which helped her decide on her chosen specialty. Clinicals are 10-20 minutes away, city driving. Not everyone can or wants to do clinicals at UCMC, the closest one but the oldest facility.

Mine never considered non-direct admit programs.

Nursing is tough no matter where you go, even if it’s direct admit (which UC is). She should go where she is comfortable, and feels she can get the most support both socially and academically.

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Elon seems like it would be a gamble as it is a brand new program - no info on what their NCLEX pass rate will be, clinicals where and what kind of relationships do they have with local nursing homes, hospitals, schools etc to have those clinicals happen? I am not sure I would want my child to be in the first round ? Does someone else know anything about the program?

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these threads make me really think abt how much thought i did not put into applying. i applied to 6 schools for nursing and listed pennstate and baylor as my safetys and nobody told me that was dumb until after i got into both. my stats werent even that good i had a 3.5 gpa no extracurriculars and a 32 act.

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