<p>first of all…how good is the program?
secondly, i have a 2000 cumulative…im not being humble, i admit its not good
rank: somewhere in the top 10/116
courseload: 3 APs junior year, 5 senior year
5 SAT2s, not too amazing…
ec: science research/intel, secretary spanish honor society, amc10 winner, george washington university engineering medal, long island youth orchestra, vp of sparc/interact community service club, key club, lots of community service…esp with soup kitchens and hospitals, work experience, the list goes on…</p>
<p>also i’m not sure if i want to be a nurse or a doctor, so would it be wise to apply to CAS instead of nursing and then decide after i get accepted, if i do…
and if i apply it would be RD. thanks!</p>
<p>aside from being in the top 3 (if not number 1) in graduate programs in just about every nursing specialty, penn nursing's undergraduate program is number 1 in the country.</p>
<p>it's difficult to transfer into nursing from another undergraduate school simply because of the specialized nursing courses that students take (such as organic chemistry first semester, microbiology second semester, etc.), but it is common for a portion of incoming nursing students to transfer to the college because of the workload.</p>
<p>I do know this. Don't tell the nursing school you might want to be a doctor. I was thinking about this route and actually got to speak with the dean of the Nursing school. She shot down the idea immediately! I personally thought it was very closed minded and myopic of her to say this (especially coming from a Dean, let alone a Dean from Penn!). But I'll leave that for another discussion. Basically, she said the Nursing school is for nurses. Period.</p>
<p>Most pre-med types discourage nursing if you want to be a Dr., and vice versa. I'd just do some information gathering with various people you know in the program.</p>