<p>Hi all,
First post here!
I'm completing my sophomore year in HS (so I still have a while in the admissions process!) and I've begun looking around at schools.
I had a few questions about UPenn:
1. Nursing School - Approximate ED Acceptance Rate?
2. Do you have to do a bachelor's degree for the nursing school, or can it be for first time degree recipients (i think most nursing schools have to have a prior bachelors degree, but penn didnt sound like that)
3. Can I do Premed at the nursing school? I think I can because it said you could take classes from other schools and that having been said the nursing school still makes you take Bio 101, chem 101 which are in the premed quota of classes. </p>
<p>Also, before you all say anything about this, I'm NOT taking this as the back route to get into Penn. First of all, I think nursing is something I'd be interested in if for some reason I change my mind as to going to medical school. Second of all, I realize how important nurses are to doctors, and I think that a BSN degree would help me see medicine in a different perspective. </p>
<p>I'd appreciate any and all feedback!</p>
<p>Hey. I’m a nursing student at a Penn.
I’m not really sure about the acceptance rate at Penn ED, so I can’t help you there.</p>
<p>When you apply to the nursing school you do not have to fulfill any pre-nursing requirements. You are automatically placed on the traditional 4 year BSN track.</p>
<p>I know a few students who are doing the premed track along with the nursing curriculum. However, courses like Bio 101 is different from the bio taught within the nursing school. And if you are planning to fulfill premed requirements, you would have to take courses on top of the nursing curriculum because courses taken within the nursing curriculum do not count towards premed requirements. So if you do plan on becoming a physician, I suggest you apply to the College instead of nursing. You would be saving yourself a lot of work, especially when clinical starts and may conflict with your other science classes.</p>
<p>There was a thread on this several years ago. I’m sure @mcat2 will be able to help you. This is definitely a complicated way of going to school. </p>
<p>What do you want to be? An RN or a doctor? They are completely different professions. One diagnoses and treats(doctors) and RNs give care that is prescribed by the doctor. </p>
<p>Hi All,
Thanks for the replies.
So questions again:
- Why does the Bio and Chem in the nursing college not count for premed credit… I know that nursing students dont have to take 2 semesters of organic chem but doesnt it clearly state on the website that its easy to take classes at one of the other 3 undergrad schools?
- When does clinical start?
- How are the premed students in the nursing program doing it? </p>
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<li><p>Bio and Chem taught in the nursing school choose subjects that are specifically geared towards nurses whereas Bio and Chem taught in the College go more in depth and cover more topics. Yes, you read right that it is easy to take classes at the other 3 undergrad schools, but that does NOT mean that those exact classes substitute requirements from another school. Hence, a lot of pre-med “nursing students” end up taking more science classes that are required to fulfill sectors. </p></li>
<li><p>Clinical starts spring semester of sophomore year. They usually are on Tuesdays and Thursdays (sometimes weekends) and go for about 6 hours a shift to 12 hour shifts when you become a senior. That’s why most people who enter the school as nursing/premed students end up transferring to the college if they want to be a pre-med student. Clinical can take a lot of time. However, it is possible to do both but very difficult. </p></li>
<li><p>I just finished freshman year in the nursing school and some of my class mates are doing fine. On the flip side, I also know some sophomores who are transferring to the College for premed. I do not know of any upperclassmen who are doing premed as a nursing student. </p></li>
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