RIT doesn’t meet need but is interested in having more girls apply so, depending on course rigor and raising that act, it’s a great idea.
@twocollegekids: yes Johnstown only.
http://www.upb.pitt.edu/tuition/
http://www.upb.pitt.edu/scholarships/
It is more difficult to get merit at Pitt main campus. Last year merit scholarship consideration started there at 33 ACT composite and A average and top 5% class rank.
The regional campuses offer some merit for certain majors, and Pitt Bradford I think has a scholarship for on campus living.
Tuition and fees run around $13,500 plus room and board is probably another $9,000 or so a year.
But compared to main campus it can be more affordable, especially with the extra scholarship.
^nursing tuition is $4,000 more a year
Your daughter sounds pretty motivated to me. I wouldn’t discourage her. I just went through this with my son --who just graduated h.s. and also wanted P.A. He had a 3.5 unweighted GPA .He had a 25 ACT, enrolled in an SAT prep class and took SAT twice (more to his liking) topping out at 1330. He came from a specialized health care academy technical hs and like your daughter had health-related ec’s. Anyway he got in every direct admit PA program he applied to except for one and most offered around $18-&20,000 in merit! I think the key is for your daughter to pull up her standardized test score and to apply to these schools early for the best shot at acceptance and merit.
Seton Hill website says deadline for EA application is September 15, application is free.
Also Misericordia used to have good merit. Check their net price calculator.
The schools that offered the best deal were Stockton, Marywood, Kings and DeSales. He liked DeSales (near Allentown, PA) best. Maybe take her to visit? --can add motivation and sometimes also make clear what she really wants.
I’m pretty sure OP is from NJ, not PA
Stockton is a state school of NJ that offers a 5 year program in conjunction with Philadelphia U so one pays in-state tuition (first 3 years). The other schools are Pennsylvania schools but are within a 2 to 2 and a half hour drive of Northern NJ.
“Just FYI, some kids have much better grades in college than high school.”
I have seen some kids do about the same in college, some do a bit better, some do a lot better, and at least one do really dramatically better.
For those who did better in college, the two main factors seemed to be better motivation, and the ability to take more and harder classes in the subjects where the student is strong (like in the student’s major), versus easier or no classes in the subjects where the student is weaker. In several of these cases the universities where the students were doing well were very difficult schools, so it wasn’t “class difficulty” that made the difference.
Seton Hill, Gannon, Chatham, Misericordia and St Francis U are all private schools in PA that offer merit and need based aid.
Whether they are more affordable than NJ schools is something the OP will have to look into by checking net price calculators.
@yikesyikesyikes It isn’t shabby - but it is below the requirement for admission to a direct entry PA program or a scholarship enough to make it affordable for us.
@mommdc She is taking an ACT prep- I am going to see how seriously she takes it as part of my decision point on what is next for her – she runs on the EMS in town, so she does get her patient hours.
Thanks all – we discussed and she has landed on going to Rutgers Camden for nursing and then she can apply to PA later depending on what she thinks, how she does etc. It is apparently common to get a different medical or science related major BS first and then go onto PA.
We could probably do around $15k a year!
Or she could go for nurse practioner.
@mommdc she could, and she also has talked about nurse anesthetist – all good reasons to get the BSN and then go from there.
Ok so you’re instate for NJ? (Camden nursing)
@MYOS1634 Yes and we live close enough for her to commute as well.
Perfect. I thought you lived in PA which is why I suggested Pitt Johnstown, but Camden is exactly the equivalent for NJ.
Now she needs to prep for that ACT and bring her score up.
Beside Camden’s nursing, she can then explore other possibilities (Gannon, Chatham, et al.)
She is working it!