UVA Nursing vs College of Arts and Sciences?

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Hi,
So my dream school is UVA. I visited and absolutely adored it. However, I am an out of state student. I am interested in becoming a nurse, but otherwise if not accepted into the nursing program I would study a health science in their college of arts and sciences.
My question is:
Is it harder to get into the School of Nursing than the College of Arts and Sciences?
If my classes/extracurriculars are more focused in the area of an arts/sciences major than nursing, should I apply to the CAS?
Should I just apply to CAS if I really want to attend UVA to increase my chances?

Thank you.

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Nursing is much more difficult to get into.

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I suggest you need to spend some time talking to nurses and other health care professionals and doing some volunteer work to decide if you really want to be a nurse. A nursing career requires a great deal of commitment, and also involves long hours during college. If you really want to be a nurse, then acceptance to a nursing program should be more important than the college you pick.

I don’t know how UVa does it, but some other universities give applicants a first, second and third choice. For example, U. of Delaware and Penn State will accept a student as a bio major or another arts and sciences major if they are not accepted into their very competitive nursing programs.

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https://avillage.web.virginia.edu/iaas/instreports/studat/dd/adm_first.htm

Acceptance rate for nursing has been around 16% vs. 30% for arts and sciences. Of course, the quality of the applicants may differ from college to college.

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Thank you @Charliesch you were very helpful and I think your first comment was much more helpful in regards to what I want to do, I realize that I have to be 100% committed to nursing more than the school! Thank you

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Saj: My son and I each had great experiences while at UVa. However, my daughter went to a less selective college for nursing. It worked out well for her, because nursing is a very challenging and time-consuming major at any college. She went to a college where her non-nursing and non-science classes were not that demanding. That left her time to play a varsity sport, be involved in a sorority and have time to decompress. I’m simply making a point that if you want to study nursing and don’t get into UVa’s nursing program, and enroll in nursing at a less demanding college, that might still end up working out well for you.