Without considering aid/scholarships, Iowa would be my clear favorite out of those schools. (Were you at their admitted nursing students day yesterday?)
Being in-state, Illinois State would have to be considered if the costs for Iowa were too great (and ISU is building a new nursing sim lab building that should be ready by your child’s sophomore year).
My child (Chicago burbs) is also deciding between a bunch of direct admit nursing programs and Iowa, Case, and Minn were towards the top, but just got accepted to U Michigan so that seems to be her front runner as of now.
Dd got accepted into Umich-ann arbor, Case, Upitt, Northeastern for direct nursing program… we have not visited any except NEU. Would really appreciate your experiences with these schools wrt clinicals, coops etc…
We have been to all 4:Among Mich, Pitt and Case there is not a bad choice. Case starts clinicals 3rd week of freshman year and is by the highest total of all schools I am aware of at 1300, with 3 great hospitals nearby (Cleveland Clinic, University hospital system and the VA).
Mich starts clinicals sophomore year and has 1000 hours. Not as sure of details of Pitt clinicals but Pitt hospitals are amazinf and plentiful nearby and within verybshort distances.
One question between those three excellent programs is the college setting: Pitt is urban (in a midsize city), Case is in a very nice are of Cleveland (University Circle I think it is called, with lots of museums and cultural institutions right next door). Mich is in a beautiful sizable college town.
All three are amazing nursing programs. All three direct admit.
Thank you so much for your detailed response… really appreciate. We have not received any scholarship from pitt or umich. Case upfront has given ~15kper year.
NUin is fine but costly. Usually full pay and you might need a summer course or 2 to be on track to graduate in 4 years. I personally thing co-ops are not so important for nursing students. I understand people would have different views on that. If money is not an issue NUin can be really fun and NEU has great placements in Boston hospitals. All your other options are great. It mostly boils down to location. (I have friends that done NUin if you have questions you can PM me).
Thank you so much… NUIn didnt offer a single dime. Plus study abroad is not going to benefit Nursing major is how as parents we are looking at it. Plus without any schol, per year expense is ~82k… is it really worth the cost after graduation
Also one aspect dd thinks is if she goes to high ranking school will help her with her physicians assistant masters. Any input or experience that any parent can share.
If her goal is to be a physician assistant, she shouldn’t pursue a BSN. The course requirements for the two are different. Has she considered getting her BSN, working as a nurse for a few years, then getting a CRNP degree?
100% agree. Do not do a BSN if the goal is to be a PA (or MD for that matter). They are not compatible. But, if she is interested in something similar to being a PA, being a nurse practitioner or other APN (advanced practice nurse, such as a nurse midwife or nurse anesthetist) is a great route that many consider. Those are available after becoming a RN and then typically after a couple of years of working.
We heard from Pitt Nursing very early on (like in August) and have heard nothing on scholarships since, which has been fairly disappointing (especially since they are relatively expensive OOS). We were very pleasantly surprised by the substantial amount Case offered, which exceeded our expectations. Given that we just heard from Michigan, not a surprise that we haven’t gotten any scholarship from them, but frankly given the university’s overall reputation/competitiveness, I’d be surprised if we got anything at all scholarship-wise.
Pitt is very difficult to get merit from. It happens but not often. When tests were required you needed a 33 or to be a URM for the Cathedral of Learning.
My daughter was accepted into Pitt, cwru and Michigan as well. We are considering all of them as well as Villanova. My daughter wants to become a nurse practitioner or maybe get a masters in public health. We visited them all and I think they are all great schools. Right now my daughter is leaning towards wanting a smaller environment. We are also considering cost. She got a scholarship from Pitt and cwru. We were told Michigan rarely gives any merit to out of state students. Villanova only gives out a handful of scholarships (I think about 15-20 total that are not based on diversity or need). I have her signed up for admitted students days and am guessing she will decide after she visits.
Thanks… DD got deferred from Villanova…they asked to submit first semester grades and will let her know by april 1st. Based on the awesome inputs i got so far from this forum we are going for CWRU and UMich visits in feb mid and UPitt in march. Hopefully visits will help her narrow fien further.
Clemson nursing feedback needed: How do students feel about the split cohorts starting junior year? My student has been admitted and likes the school but is hesitant because of the likelihood of having to go to Greenville for the last two years.
My student has direct admit acceptances to some great choices, and now we are down to the fine details. The programs we are comparing include Pitt, Clemson, U Delaware, U Tennessee, Duquesne, Florida Southern and Shenandoah. In comparing different programs, we have been looking at the 4 year curriculum for each school and have noticed something. University of Tennessee is the only one that requires 2 semesters of chemistry (all other programs require 1), two semesters of english (all other programs require 1) and a semester of calculus in addition to the semester of statistics required at most nursing programs. Also, UTK requires a 3.2 GPA to progress to the upper level nursing courses. (most others require anything ranging from a 2.0 to 3.0) This all seems like a pretty hardcore weed out! My student loved UTK and it was a top choice, but this is all making us reconsider. What are your thoughts?