<p>I was the valedictorian of a pretty small high school (about 200 students) and currently have a 3.9 GPA at Dalton State (just my starter school), but am still pretty lazy, so I'm looking for a school that's kinda-sorta rigorous, but not as bad as UGA (which doesn't have nursing anyway.) I want to go on to get my MA as a CRNA, so I'll need somewhere that would be respected. Would a regular track at GSU be good enough, or would I need to do honors? (And if so, can someone tell me more about the honors program there?) Or would another school be better?
(I was also thinking about Kennesaw or the Medical College of Georgia.)</p>
<p>And what are some of the pros and cons of GSU? I don't think how urban it is would bother me, since I'd likely be commuting anyway, and I'd rather like a laid-back school. Safety also isn't that big of a factor to me.</p>
<p>UGA is considered very rigorous (or even rigorous, I’d say that it is perhaps moderately so)? I disagree. You’d do just fine there. Also, to say GSU’s nursing program being smaller is a problem is misguided I think. What about ours which gets tons of resources poured into it and has high quality teaching, and is probably smaller than all 3 mentioned. As for GSU I’ve heard the nursing program at GSU is actually excellent as I have a friend in it right now.</p>
<p>Yeah bernie is right the nursing program is great. The school is laid back and I think it is really safe as long as you are smart. Knowing things like not walking alone at night will keep you safe and knowing where to not be a night are important.</p>
<p>Difficulty depends on your major and the individual student. By on large, Georgia State is not as competitive as Emory or UGA. The courses are not as difficult. As far as science courses go UGA, Emory and Georgia Tech are often-times unreasonably difficult. Especially the lecture hall courses that pre-health students take.</p>
<p>I don’t know what they’re thinking when they beef up these weed out classes. The bell-curve should be a C, not a D. </p>
<p>At Georgia State, the class sizes are smaller even on the undergraduate level. The school is very laid back as the previous poster noted. While GSU’s nursing program isn’t very large or prestigious, there is still a quality education to be had there. </p>
<p>Nursing education is mostly standardized. I’ve seen great nurses from GSU, KSU, GCSU as I have MCG. I’ve also seen God awful nurses from all four.</p>
<p>Unless you’re giving regards to rankings, it all comes down to personal preference for nursing students.</p>
<p>By the way, you become ‘certified’ to become a CRNA, you don’t earn a Masters in CRNA. You earn a Masters degree in nursing. Understand that becoming a CRNA is competitive. Don’t think that just because you’ll be a nurse that things will be easier for you as opposed to MD education. </p>
<p>Georgia state isn’t a hard school lol it’s an easy school smh</p>
<p>But I have to say that GSU’s nursing program is higher ranked thank KSU and GCSU. GA State is tied with Georgia Southern at 79th best nursing program. My sister is at GCSU’s nursing school and from what I hear it’s pretty nice…</p>
<p>…but GHSU takes the cake. They’re ranked 44th and 66th for nurse anesthesia too. I think that’s not fair though. GHSU is on a medical school campus. Obviously their program is going to be better lol</p>
<p>They’re all good schools though. As long as they hold some sort of ranking I don’t think it really matters which program you go to. Go to the cheapest one</p>
<p>Edit: smh just realized this is a post from 2010 marcyousri’s post counts as a new thread lol</p>