Nursing Schools

College Majors Nursing Major
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I about to apply to a bunch of nursing schools. Can someone tell me if I have a good chance of getting into UPitt, Northeastern, Boston College, Emory, UD, and Cornell Nursing programs Also, does anyone know of any easier nursing schools to get into (for more safeties)? In addition, would it be better to apply Early Action (EA) or Regular Decision (RD) for these schools? I would prefer not to do Early DecisioN (ED) for any school.

ACT score: 34
SAT score: 1490 (780 math, 710 reading) and I’m taking it again in October
GPA: 4.18
AP classes taken: AP US History (4), AP Psychology (5), AP Calculus AB (2), AP Chemistry (4), and I am going to take AP Biology, AP Calculus BC, and AP Environmental Science this year.

I have taken 4 honors English courses, 3 years of French (one year of honors), two honors social studies, two honors maths, 4 religion courses (one year of honors), a web page design class, an online journalism class, and four honors science class (biology, chemistry, organic chem, & physics)

I have done an average amount of volunteer work (about 120 hours) and I will be the head of one of the biggest service clubs at my high school (we raise about $10,000 for the Ronald McDonald House each year).

I also play varsity volleyball, as well as club volleyball year round. My high school was named one of the top 50 Catholic high schools in America so I hope that helps when colleges look at my application (will it? I don’t really know).

Also, subquestion: My grandmother is from China so technically I am 25% asian, but she married an irish man and my mom (their daughter) married a very irish man too so I am pretty pale and don’t look of-asian descent. Should I select “Asian” under the ethnicities tabs or will it not make a difference?

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Your credentials and ECs and course selection / rigor look pretty good so far. What about GPA? That’s a key criteria for most any program. I would swap out AP Calc BC for AP Stats if you can. Usually Stats is a required nursing course and Calculus isn’t. You can probably find online the 4-year plans for your top schools to see what they require. You can probably also find a link to the mappings of AP/DE courses to that 4 year plan to see what qualifies for what. It’s recommended to file EA as many schools require applying early to be eligible for maximum merit scholarship consideration.

Feel free to browse through the many good threads in this forum to learn all you can about applying to nursing programs. This one in particular you may find useful http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/nursing-major/2039571-class-of-2022-nursing-admissions.html#latest

3

It appears that Cornell stopped offering nursing in 1979. Add some safeties.

4

Emory is not a direct admit program. You have the statistics to concentrate on direct admit programs. Apply EA to all direct nursing programs if possible. The following is a list of direct admit programs that I copied from a previous CC post:
Adelphi NY
Augustana College SD
Alvernia University PA
Arizona State University AZ
Avila University MO
Belmont University TN
Bloomsburg University PA
Boston College MA
Bradley University IL
California State University Fullerton CA
Capital University OH
Carlow University PA
Carroll University WI - Ck min requirements
Case Western Reserve University OH
Clarion University PA
Clemson University SC
Creighton University NE
Curry College MA
Davenport University MI
D’Youville College NY
DeSales University PA
Drexel University PA
Dusquesne University PA
East Stroudsburg University PA
Edinboro University PA
Elmira College NY
Endicott College MA
Fairfield University CT
Florida Southern College FL
Gannon University PA
Georgetown University DC
Grand Valley State University (Limitied Admission - 4 freshmen) MI
Hartwick College NY
Holy Family University PA
Hood College MD
Husson University ME
Illinois State University IL
Illinois Wesleyan University IL
Indiana University of PA PA
Jacksonville University FL
LaSalle University PA
Le Moyne College NY
Longwood University VA
Loyola University Chicago IL
Luther IA
Marquette University WI
Marshall University WV
Marymount University VA
Maryville University St. Louis MO
MCPHS - Massachusetts School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences MA
Millikin University IL
Milwaukee School of Engineering WI
Misericordia University, PA
Molloy College NY
Monmouth University, NJ
Moravian College PA
Mount Mercy College IA
Neumann University PA
Niagra University NY
New York University NY
Northeastern University MA
Norwich University VT
Oakland University MI
Ohio Northern University OH
Ohio State University (if honors student) OH
Old Dominion University (VA) - Guaranteed Admission, ck min requirements
Otterbein University OH
Pace University NY ( Westchester Campus only)
Pacific Lutheran University WA
Penn State University PA
Pennsylvania College of Technology PA
Purdue University IN
Queens University of Charlotte (NC)
Quinnipiac University CT
Regis College MA
Robert Morris University (Moon Township) PA
Rockhurst University, Kansas City, MO
Rockford University, IL
Rutgers University (only 40/130 direct) NJ
Sacred Heart University CT
Salve Regina University RI
Samford University AL
San Diego State University CA
Seattle University WA
Seton Hall University NJ
Shenandoah University (VA)
Simmons College MA
St. Anselm College NH
St. Francis University PA
St. Louis University MO
Stevenson University MD
SUNY Binghamton NY
SUNY Plattsburgh NY
Temple University PA
Texas Christian University TX
The College of New Jersey NJ
Truman State University MO
University of Alabama at Birmingham AL
University of California-Irvine CA
University of California-Los Angeles CA
University of Cincinnati (OH) - ck min requirements
University of Connecticut CT
University of Delaware DE
University of Detroit Mercy MI
University of Evansville IN
University of the Incarnate Word TX - ck min requirements
University of Iowa IA
University of Maine ME
University of Massachusetts – Amherst MA
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth MA
University of Massachusetts - Lowell
University of Miami FL
University of Michigan – Ann Arbor MI
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities MN
University of Mississippi (Limited Freshman Early Entry Otherwise 2+2) MS
University of New Hampshire NH
University of Pennsylvania PA
University of Pittsburgh PA
University of Portland OR
University of Rhode Island RI
University of San Francisco CA
University of Scranton PA
University of Texas - Austin TX
University of Tennessee Knoxville TN
University of Vermont VT
University of Virginia VA
Valparaiso University IN
Villanova University PA
Virginia Commonwealth University VA - (if apply to their Guaranteed Admission by Nov, otherwise it is Pre-Nursing)
Waynesburg University PA
West Chester University, PA
Westfield State University MA
West Virginia University WV
Wheeling Jesuit University WV
Widener University PA
Wilkes University PA
Worcester State University MA
Xavier University OH
York College PA
Youngstown State Univers

5

Is there a way we can change Ohio State? It was confirmed this admission season that it is no longer direct admit for anyone.

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Not sure how to edit to REMOVE OSU. Thank you for clarifying @bearcatfan. I will repost this without OSU:
Adelphi NY
Augustana College SD
Alvernia University PA
Arizona State University AZ
Avila University MO
Belmont University TN
Bloomsburg University PA
Boston College MA
Bradley University IL
California State University Fullerton CA
Capital University OH
Carlow University PA
Carroll University WI - Ck min requirements
Case Western Reserve University OH
Clarion University PA
Clemson University SC
Creighton University NE
Curry College MA
Davenport University MI
D’Youville College NY
DeSales University PA
Drexel University PA
Dusquesne University PA
East Stroudsburg University PA
Edinboro University PA
Elmira College NY
Endicott College MA
Fairfield University CT
Florida Southern College FL
Gannon University PA
Georgetown University DC
Grand Valley State University (Limitied Admission - 4 freshmen) MI
Hartwick College NY
Holy Family University PA
Hood College MD
Husson University ME
Illinois State University IL
Illinois Wesleyan University IL
Indiana University of PA PA
Jacksonville University FL
LaSalle University PA
Le Moyne College NY
Longwood University VA
Loyola University Chicago IL
Luther IA
Marquette University WI
Marshall University WV
Marymount University VA
Maryville University St. Louis MO
MCPHS - Massachusetts School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences MA
Millikin University IL
Milwaukee School of Engineering WI
Misericordia University, PA
Molloy College NY
Monmouth University, NJ
Moravian College PA
Mount Mercy College IA
Neumann University PA
Niagra University NY
New York University NY
Northeastern University MA
Norwich University VT
Oakland University MI
Ohio Northern University OH
Old Dominion University (VA) - Guaranteed Admission, ck min requirements
Otterbein University OH
Pace University NY ( Westchester Campus only)
Pacific Lutheran University WA
Penn State University PA
Pennsylvania College of Technology PA
Purdue University IN
Queens University of Charlotte (NC)
Quinnipiac University CT
Regis College MA
Robert Morris University (Moon Township) PA
Rockhurst University, Kansas City, MO
Rockford University, IL
Rutgers University (only 40/130 direct) NJ
Sacred Heart University CT
Salve Regina University RI
Samford University AL
San Diego State University CA
Seattle University WA
Seton Hall University NJ
Shenandoah University (VA)
Simmons College MA
St. Anselm College NH
St. Francis University PA
St. Louis University MO
Stevenson University MD
SUNY Binghamton NY
SUNY Plattsburgh NY
Temple University PA
Texas Christian University TX
The College of New Jersey NJ
Truman State University MO
University of Alabama at Birmingham AL
University of California-Irvine CA
University of California-Los Angeles CA
University of Cincinnati (OH) - ck min requirements
University of Connecticut CT
University of Delaware DE
University of Detroit Mercy MI
University of Evansville IN
University of the Incarnate Word TX - ck min requirements
University of Iowa IA
University of Maine ME
University of Massachusetts – Amherst MA
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth MA
University of Massachusetts - Lowell
University of Miami FL
University of Michigan – Ann Arbor MI
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities MN
University of Mississippi (Limited Freshman Early Entry Otherwise 2+2) MS
University of New Hampshire NH
University of Pennsylvania PA
University of Pittsburgh PA
University of Portland OR
University of Rhode Island RI
University of San Francisco CA
University of Scranton PA
University of Texas - Austin TX
University of Tennessee Knoxville TN
University of Vermont VT
University of Virginia VA
Valparaiso University IN
Villanova University PA
Virginia Commonwealth University VA - (if apply to their Guaranteed Admission by Nov, otherwise it is Pre-Nursing)
Waynesburg University PA
West Chester University, PA
Westfield State University MA
West Virginia University WV
Wheeling Jesuit University WV
Widener University PA
Wilkes University PA
Worcester State University MA
Xavier University OH
York College PA
Youngstown State Univers

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In answer to an original question. checking off Asian will not help you because it is not an under-represented minority. For highly selective universities, some Asian applicants do not check off any background because they are fearful of reverse discrimination. That is not a factor at most colleges.

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Another good direct admit nursing school is Case Western Reserve University. Looking at you stats and the schools you listed I would say you will get into the majority of the schools you apply to. Good luck! Another more safety/target school would be Ohio State university. They have a great nursing program.

Good luck this fall applying!

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I would consider UPenn. It is the most competitive program in nation. I would also consider going Early Decision. It does make a difference.

10

I will disagree a bit with @Charliesch and say it might be useful to say you are Asian if you consider yourself such. I’m not going to judge percentages or anything, that’s up to you. My daughters are both 100 percent Asian.

Many nursing programs are looking for diversity, including males, and may do admissions differently than the university as a whole. I am of the opinion that you are who you are, no sense in hiding it. My daughter can’t hide it, obviously, so she went with it. It could have been a factor in her admissions, since most of the places she considered had tiny Asian populations to begin with. She was also tapped for several diversity opportunities. Again, percentages might matter but who knows.

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Bearcat: yes, I’m used to colleges on the East Coast that have large numbers of students with an Asian background. It may be different in the heartland.

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Check and see if nursing is a 4 year program or a 5 year program at the schools that you are applying to. I know that Illinois Wesleyan is a 5 year program since I know someone who went though it. Five year will cost you more. Also when does the school start practical experience? Millikin starts freshman year. By placing students in their field (nursing, classroom etc) you get a better idea if this is what you really want to do and if not, you have time to change majors.