<p>As a rising senior, I've been considering going into nursing for a while now, and at this point it's the only field that I feel like "Yeah, I could definitely see myself doing that," as in that's the only major I know I'll apply as at these three schools:</p>
<p>UCLA, UC Irvine, and University of Portland.</p>
<p>For other schools that I'll apply to that don't have nursing programs, like Stanford or Pomona, I don't have any definite ideas for majors yet.</p>
<p>My question is this, CC: Do I have a good shot at getting into nursing programs at the three schools listed (UCLA, UCI, UP)? I have all my stats at other posts I've made...</p>
<p>...but here's a very brief rundown of academics:</p>
<p>2220 SAT, 690 USH, 790 M2
33 ACT
3.9 UW 4.5 W
3 AP's last year: Spanish (3) Lang (4) USH (4)
5 A's 1 B+ each semester Jr. Year</p>
<p>Big pros: Hispanic Male with...enough Spanish proficiency (I say enough hesitantly as I'm definitely not fluent, but I have enough to get by, and I plan on improving vastly in the near future) and I've heard that those two things are extremely desirable in the nursing field. Great EC's
Excellent Essays
Great Scores/GPA</p>
<p>Big Con(s): This is the one I'm extremely worried about--I have no hospital volunteer/paid experience and I know that's a big thing for most nursing programs.</p>
<p>So that's about it for the moment, CC--my question to you is not simply regarding acceptance to those schools tagged, per se, but for their nursing programs. I feel very confident about my other stats and...application goodies...but the fact that I haven't gotten any hospital experience frightens me. Where do I stand, and what can I do to make myself more appealing to nursing programs?</p>