Nursing School

Doogie311 · 02-23-2006, 12:33 PM

Yaaa so i prob wont get into UVA but in any case, i applied to the nursing school. I was just curious as to whether any1 knew if the nursing classes such as bio, chem, etc would fullfill the pre-meds?

cavalier302 · 02-23-2006, 12:54 PM

...why did you apply to the nursing school if you want to be a doctor?

Doogie311 · 02-23-2006, 12:55 PM

cause i dont wanna major in a science

cavalier302 · 02-23-2006, 01:10 PM

1) You don't have to major in a science field to go to medical school.

2) Nursing is as rigorous as many sciences.

HTH.

Doogie311 · 02-23-2006, 01:26 PM

i realize i dont have to major in science...thats why i chose nursing. I also chose nursing cause i was genuinely interested in pursuing it. But i want to keep the option of medical school open.

I know all about what i gotta do as a premed, and I know all about the whole majoring thing. All I am asking is if it is feasible to do nursing/pre med, or if some nursing classes can carry over as pre-meds.

illnevergetin · 02-23-2006, 03:31 PM

i'm not sure why classes like bio and chem wouldn't carry over if they are the same classes. if they are extremly geared toward nursing they may not, but otherwise i don't see why they couldn't count the same. you may want to call the school or look on the website.

cavalier302 · 02-23-2006, 03:35 PM

http://www.nursing.virginia.edu/pdf/...al-BSN-pos.pdf

Looks like it would be tough to do...

The premed classes are not part of the nursing curriculum.

QNYergrl · 02-23-2006, 06:37 PM

This probably isn't going answer your question, but I'd just like to comment on nursing (my mom is one). There is such a shortage of nurses around the country that it doesn't matter too much where you got your bachelor's from. My mom turned down NYU to go to a local college for her bachelor's and she still makes the same amount of money as a co-worker who graduated from Columbia. Only recently has it become part of the job description to have a bachelor's in nursing when applying for a job; several of my mother's co-workers do not have one.

Although becoming a doctor is more acadmeically rigorous than becoming a nurse, nurses still have to have a strong background in the sciences and must work very hard in school and when they move on to the workplace. Based on cavalier's post, UVa's curiculum seems to be very specific towards nursing. If it's any help here's UVa's requirements for incoming med students...http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu...cfm#Admissions