<p>So I'm a junior in HS, Catholic school in suburban Chicago. Unfortunately, only a few of the best colleges in the country have an undergraduate nursing program. I don't think I'm quite good enough for schools like Georgetown or UPenn, but I've got somewhat of a list. (99% weighted GPA over 3 years, about a 4.2 for last semester (self-calculated), 31 ACT)</p>
<p>Boston College is my number 1 pick.
Other schools include U of Iowa, U of Wisconsin-Madison, U of Miami, Minnesota, Loyola Chicago, University of Illinois-Chicago...</p>
<p>I wish I could expand this list but so many great schools don't have nursing. (FYI I'm not interested in Michigan).</p>
<p>Basically what I want out of this post is any advice about these schools, or the nursing major at these schools, any personal experiences like college visits...even if you aren't into nursing, I still want you to post!</p>
<p>Top 15 Nursing Schools That Aren’t Hard To Get Into:</p>
<p>University Of Washington
UNC - Chapel Hill
University Of Pittsburgh
University Of Iowa
Case Western Reserve University</p>
<p>foxysoxy804, if you are completely sure about doing nursing, I would avoid looking at the prestige of the school as a whole in favor of looking at the prestige of the nursing program at the individual school. For example, in this case the University Of Illinois - Chicago may be a better choice for nursing than Yale in that field.</p>
<p>^^ out of state for UNC will be tough.</p>
<p>university, SAT 75th percentile, total bachelors graduates, number of bachelors graduates in nursing, proportion of bachelors graduates in nursing</p>
<p>JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY 1490 1288 161 0.125
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK 1560 1804 158 0.088
SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS 1320 1614 124 0.077
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER 1410 1174 84 0.072
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE 1280 3392 184 0.054
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA 1240 4015 212 0.053
MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY 1280 1549 78 0.050
SUNY AT BINGHAMTON 1340 2285 112 0.049
EMORY UNIVERSITY 1460 1480 72 0.049
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH-MAIN CAMPUS 1330 3861 170 0.044
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI 1350 2155 91 0.042
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY 1470 1670 70 0.042
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA 1510 2797 113 0.040
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY 1290 2296 85 0.037
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY 1300 3020 102 0.034
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY 1420 790 26 0.033
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA 1280 4086 134 0.033
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA-MAIN CAMPUS 1430 3207 101 0.031
THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE 1240 4035 123 0.030
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT 1270 3673 92 0.025
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS 1290 9134 219 0.024
AUBURN UNIVERSITY MAIN CAMPUS 1210 3917 92 0.023
DUKE UNIVERSITY 1530 1539 36 0.023
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY 1320 2798 58 0.021
BOSTON COLLEGE 1410 2223 46 0.021
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 1360 8574 167 0.019
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY 1410 4492 85 0.019
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON 1390 6336 115 0.018
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA-TWIN CITIES 1280 6049 108 0.018
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN-ANN ARBOR 1390 5923 93 0.016
PURDUE UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS 1260 6242 97 0.016
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY 1320 6829 92 0.013
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS 1280 8288 106 0.013
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 1440 4344 53 0.012
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY 1240 7783 94 0.012
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN 1340 8917 107 0.012
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON-SEATTLE CAMPUS 1310 7194 77 0.011
MIAMI UNIVERSITY-OXFORD 1320 3784 30 0.008
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-LOS ANGELES 1410 7026 22 0.003</p>
<p>collegehelp, your SAT and proportions of nursing (or whatever major) are not very helpful since they do not include every single school</p>
<p>and some schools may not have a lot of nursing majors because the program is “selective”</p>
<p>Wait… what makes you “not quite good enough”? Your GPA is to die for and your ACT is within range for both Georgetown and UPenn.</p>
<p>Apply to any school that you want to go to. I’ve seen people with lower stats than you get into Penn Nursing, just an fyi! The other schools on your list look pretty solid, but if you’re secretly craving Georgetown or Penn, then do yourself a favor and make sure to apply.</p>
<p>UPenn is a good nursing school but I’ve never heard of Georgetown as a top nursing school, I’d pick Washington and Pitt over Georgetown.</p>
<p>Thanks for all of them help. Sugar Magnolia, I’ve always figured that Penn and Georgetown require like…34 ACTs and 4.5 GPAs. But I’ll apply just in case :)</p>
<p>pierre0913= I totally get what you’re saying. I know that UIC has one of the best nursing programs in the entire country. But UIC is just kind of a crappy school, crappy campus and I’m really not into that.</p>
<p>yeah I totally understand, I probably wouldn’t go there either, just letting you know that UW and Pitt have good nursing programs when you might overlook those top nursing schools because of your high GPA</p>
<p>if you haven’t spent time already as a volunteer in a medical setting, I’d strongly advise you to do so your senior year in HS before you get too far down the road towards nursing. First off, you’ll get advice from those best positioned to tell you how much where you go to college matters in your nursing career – actual nurses. Second, you’ll either find out its right for you, or its not. </p>
<p>Anecdotally, my Bio teacher in HS made it all the way thru a nursing program before she found out she didn’t like being around sick people 
She got her teaching credential.</p>
<p>re: collegehelp’s list</p>
<p>Duke and Columbia offer only a combined BS/MS in Nursing to those students who already have a BS degree. Not what the OP is looking for.</p>
<p>Just curious foxysoxy804. Why not Michigan? It has a top nursing school.</p>