Please help me choose nursing programs to apply to: 3.2uw gpa, 2020 sat, east coast

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hi everyone! I'm currently stressing over college admissions because nursing programs are extremely competitive and I'm afraid my GPA is going to be a problem. I've taken only honors/AP courses and pushed myself a little too hard in high school, resulting in a low gpa. I am a PA resident but I'm more than open to college that are out of state.</p>

<p>My stats:
3.2uw GPA (only ap/honors courses)
2020 sat, not superscored
29 act
Extra curriculars:
I've play in five orchestras, four of which require auditions, for all of high school
District orchestra 1 years
Violin lessons 4+ years
Played with the professional Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic, twice
Model Congress 4 years, attended rutgers and harvard conference
Secretary of model congress 1 year
President of builders club 1 year
Class secretary 1 year
Student government
FBLA 3 years, attended state leadership conference and 3 regional conference
Hospital volunteer
Volunteer at yearly local asthma camp
Habitat for humanity volunteer
Science olympiad 1 year, 3rd place at mvc's
TSA 1 year, two top tens at regional conference, attended state conference
Student ambassador 1 year
Volunteered at presidential campaign center sophomore year
Key club 3 years
Best buddies (school program that pairs abled students with disabled)
Have held a job 2 years through highschool
Scholastic scrimmage 1 year
Writing club Treasurer
Medical Explorers (group at local hospital that meets monthly to meet with doctors and nurses)
Amnesty International, 1 year</p>

<p>Reccomendation Letters:
One from a doctor at the hospital I volunteer at
One from my school districts School Board President
One from a teacher at school
One from violin instructor</p>

<p>(Is four enough, should I gather more? Is it better to have recommendations from teachers?)</p>

<p>Nursing programs I plan on applying to:
Drexel
Temple
U Mass
Pittsburgh
Pennstate
Bloomsburg
U of Indiana
Rutgers
U of Ohio
Rutgers
U of CT
IUP
U of Delaware
Boston University</p>

<p>In no way is that last a group of schools that I think are matches- I have tried to include match, reach, and safety schools. Please, if you have any suggestions on additional nursing programs I should apply to, do let me know. Feel free to leave comments or suggestions on anything regarding anything above. Thanks!</p>

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<p>And I apologize for any grammatical errors, I typed this out in a rush!</p>

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<p>Before we deal with your GPA, have you run the net price calculators at these schools? many schools charge more for nursing than other disciplines, so be aware of that.</p>

<p>There’s no point knowing where you might get in if you cannot afford to go to school there. If you haven’t done so already, it’s time to have The Talk with your parents and get from them the data to fill out the npcs. </p>

<p>Have you also looked at scholarships just for nursing? The state of residency sometimes will have these. In MD, residents would petition their state legislator and state dept of education. I don’t know about PA. </p>

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<p>Boston University doesn’t have a nursing program, you might be thinking of Boston College.</p>

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<p>IUP and some of the other PA state universities (PASSHE) with nursing programs should be safeties for admission (not necessarily financial safeties). West Chester and Bloomsburg Universities’ nursing programs are more competitive but may be matches. Your SAT scores are better than average but your GPA may be lower than average for the nursing programs at those two schools. The branch campuses of Penn State and Pitt that offer nursing would also be academic safeties. </p>

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<p>I would suggest posting in the Nursing Major forum.</p>