Hello-
Our son would like to get his BSN and potentially go on to medical school. He has applied to many colleges in the northeast. Below are the schools he’s been accepted in and those he is still waiting to hear from. Any recommendations on which he should pick?
Currently his top choices among the schools he was accepted in is Pace, Colby-Sawyer (CS) and University of New England (UNE).
*Pace is the right size and he likes it is close to NYC, but is more expensive than CS and not close to winter activities. *Colby-Sawyer he thinks might be too small, but has an excellent NCLEX pass rate, good reputation and is close to skiing. CS is also the cheapest of the three, after grants/scholarships.
*University of New England is a nice size and he has friends that are freshman there, he likes the ocean front location. It is the most expensive of his top three, has a good reputation, is close to skiing. He would spend his last two years at the Portland, ME campus - so he isn’t sure about that.
Accepted (sorted by net cost after grants/scholarships):
Rhode Island College (not direct admit - so this is a gamble)
University of Maine
Colby-Sawyer College
Pace University
University of New England
Regis College
Applied - awaiting decision (sorted alphabetically):
Becker College
Fairfield University
Sacred Heart University
St. Joseph’s College of Maine
University of Rhode Island
University of Southern Maine
Utica College
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Our son would like to get his BSN and potentially go on to medical school.
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Why?
Anyway…if that’s his plan, he needs to make sure he takes the CORRECT bio, Chem, physics courses that med schools accept. Those are the harder versions. Nursing programs require a softer version of those courses, but usually will accept the harder versions that med schools demand.
So, he’d need to check to make sure all req’ts are covered.
Also if there is a ‘guarantee’ of sorts for completing junior and senior clinical courses. Some programs admit too many students and they don’t have enough clinical spots. Most schools do work very hard at having students be able to pass NCLEX exam.
Lean to staying in-state and where there is an opportunity to potentially have medical school. In-state costs for public med school is helpful to keep debt down.
Once taking the more difficult chem/biol etc for pre-med requirements, strong grades will be an indication of potential to continue on for med school.
If completing nursing, many options for nurse practitioner training, possibly PA.
Thank you - all of the nursing programs he is looking into are direct admit with a guaranteed spot. Right now his biggest concern is which school would be the best fit for him.
He is a life guard and wants to do nursing for sure. He thinks about medical school but isn’t definite about it enough as a 17 year old, so wants to do nursing to ensure he has a career if he decides against medical school. He also likes the nurse practitioner route more than the PA route. He plans to work with the colleges to get any additional courses needed for medical school as part a minor or second major.