<p>I agree with ti388. However, bear in mind that when you are looking at select programs within a school, the SATs and admission averages may not be applicable. Many nursing programs are very competitive and have the luxury of cherry picking. Make sure you get numbers of the kids in the program you are targeting, not just overall school averages.</p>
<p>I think you have to be careful to remember that SUNYs are more competitive than they look. I don't there is any chance at all at Binghamton, and as ctpofthehouse says, nursing programs have completely different criteria. I think he should look to apply to at least four schools, apart from Binghamton.</p>
<p>Based on your stats, I think you should try for SUNY Farmingdale and SUNY Plattsburgh. In my opinion, I wouldn't spend the extra money on a private education for Nursing because when it's time to get a job, starting pay will be the same whether you went to a public or a private school.</p>
<p>SUNY Oneonta has some great allied health programs . It is a great school.</p>
<p>Someone mentioned Quinnipiac. I can tell you that their FA is not very good. This is an expensive school. Merit aid, would still not compete with instate tuition at SUNY schools and in the past they have used both gpa and standardized test scores for awarding merit aid.</p>
<p>I don't know about the smaller SUNYs but I do know that SUNY Buffalo's health/bio type majors tend to be up there in the stats rather than reflecting the midrange.</p>
<p>Niagara U in Buffalo - nice school, has a big nursing program, and I think he'd be okay to get in with those stats. They have pretty generous scholarships, too - even with the relatively low SATs.<br>
Check out their website</p>
<p>Thanks everyone for your suggestions. We wouldn't have thought of Scranton or Hartwick, but both of them look like they may be possibles if the FA is there. Plattsburgh is also looking like a safety. Of course, one never knows, he may be admitted to Bing and/or Buff, but a few more choices are nothing but good. I'll let everyone know what happens....</p>
<p>Helimomnyc, My daughter is a sophmore at Univ of Scranton and she absolutely loves it. Extremely welcoming atmosphere, clean pretty campus, fun hard working kids, lots of new building going on. Here roomate is in nursing and it is tough. Do check out the fin. aid. and scholarships. Nursing and Education departments are well regarded.</p>
<p>HeliMomNYC ~ I sent you a PM!</p>
<p>Just wanted to put in a plug for U. of Scranton. I went there (albeit a number of years ago) and it was a fabulous place to attend college. I knew a number of nursing majors and it was a tough program. Just about everyone I knew there got financial aid of some sort (except me - father refused to fill out the FAFSA so I paid full freight, but back then it was one of the least expensive private schools around). I got into a top ten law school out of Scranton, too - they have a good reputation for putting kids into good grad schools.</p>
<p>Niagara University, located in Niagara Falls, NY discontinued their nursing program several years ago, apparenly due to lack of interest. Funny thing is, there are never enough nurses in any hospital I have ever worked at! Recently, they instituted an RN completion program, aimed at RN's who have associate or diploma degrees, who wish to return to school to persue a bachelor's degree. This program would not be suitable for a student coming directly out of high school.</p>
<p>The University of New England, with campuses in Biddeford and Portland, Maine, has a nursing program and specializes in health professions. The University of Southern Maine (Portland and Gorham campuses) also has a nursing program that is certainly well-regarded regionally. Both schools offer a variety of majors if nursing turns out not to be it for him. </p>
<p>Portland is a great little city with lots to do, and quite diverse.</p>
<p>I also agree that Plattsburgh may be a good fit for a possible nursing student. Also, Syracuse U (although a pretty large school) has a very good nursing program. </p>
<p>On your list of SUNY's you did not have SUNYIT (Utica). IT does not blip on most people's radar since it only recently became a 4 year school (used to be a transfer only 2 year). Might be worth checking out. You will certainly get your share of skiing and winter weather there.<br>
Here is a link: School</a> of Nursing & Health Systems</p>
<p>Just wanted to post a quick update to this thread...</p>
<p>The young man in question (my friend's son) applied to seven schools...three SUNY (Bing, Buff, and Plattsburgh) and four small private New York colleges. So far, he's been admitted to six of the schools and waitlisted at Binghamton. All four small privates have offered at least some merit money.</p>
<p>Needless to say, these are very positive results. This student was told by his GC not to even bother applying to Buffalo and Binghamton because he would never get in. And he certainly wouldn't have....if he had listened and not applied.</p>
<p>SUNY Binghamton is harder to get into than Cornell these days - it's ranked as the best college for the money and I have to admit, it's impressive. Thanks to its proximity to NYC, over 700 corporations come there each year to interview graduating students for jobs. In today's economy, that will make it more in demand by potential students. Last year, when my S applied, only one in every ten applicants was accepted. I know kids from magent schools at the top of their classes who were rejected or wait-listed. My S was accepted to both SUNY Buffalo and Bingamton but he had 3.9 GPA, 2100 SAT's, and all 4's and 5's on his eight AP's. </p>
<p>That kid is up against stiff competition for Binghamton, Buffalo may be possible, but there are over 30 SUNY campuses and she can apply to several at once on the SUNY ap, so why limit herself? The SUNY schools are terrific value for the money and there's one out there for every major imaginable.</p>
<p>Wish her good luck!</p>
<p>Binghamton is a good school...but I don't believe it's harder to get into than Cornell - an Ivy. Cornell's acceptance rate is in the low teens to low twenties depending on the program. I read that Bing is about 38%. Impressive for a state school...but not Cornell level.</p>
<p>Tone, no one knows what is going to happen this year. IMHO, the economy is terrible and getting worse every day. My prediction, it will be heartbreaking, that many parents will have to say, yes you worked hard for 4 years, yes you were accepted into Cornell, but we can not afford it. Even schools that say that they provide full FA, and sincerely mean it, will be in a tight place and may be defining need in a way that doesnt work for parents. Many parents can no longer borrow from home equity or 401Ks and are nervous about their own retirements.</p>
<p>I would not want to be an Admissions Director this year. Yes, HYPS will be able to deal with it. My guess is everyone else will be reaching much further down on waitlists. Would love to hear from Adcms on this.</p>
<p>It's possible that Binghamton's engineering school is more selective, but I can't find its statistics separate from the University as a whole.</p>
<p>The 2007 CDS shows an acceptance rate of just under 39%, with a mid-50%tile SAT (CR & M) of 1230-1300.</p>
<p>I think Binghamton's numbers are going to look very different after this year. We toured with my daughter and their application numbers are through the roof. Based on what we were told and what I've seen in my community and read on the Binghamton forum, the Cornell comparison may not be far off after this year. Seems to have been a bloodbath for instate kids in the early round. Regular round will tell.</p>