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Im going to be in my senior year in August and major in nursing on the pre med track to becoming a pediatrician
Im considering applying to Baylor university but i am worried i wont have any enough scholarships and financial aid. My stats are i am top 19% of my class 1300 on the new sat and lots of extra curricular activities. Plus i have four other people that are going to college at the same time as me. About how much roughly a year could they cover?

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did you put your information into Baylor’s net price calculator? Start there

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^See https://www.baylor.edu/sfs/netpricecalculator/npcalc.htm

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Becoming a nurse on the way to becoming a pediatrician (and being on a pre med track to boot) seems somewhat inefficient. Med school is expensive. Take a look at the pre-requisites to apply to med school- they don’t require being pre-med and they don’t require majoring in nursing. You want to fulfill your requirements in the most efficient (i.e. cost effective) way possible before you load up on med school loans.

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Five family members including you will all be undergraduates during your freshman year? When do your siblings graduate?

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Not a good path. The science classes aren’t the same.

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How about nurse practitioner?

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You have to get a BSN first and then go for a Masters to become a Nurse practitioner.

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Nursing courses and courses for premed can be very different. When my daughter was considering nursing, every school we toured told her not to major in nursing and expect to get into med school - and that professors (including academic advisers) would be very unhappy with any student who had that intent. She then decided to become a PA instead.

Why take a nursing route to become a doctor? Either major in something else, or plan to get your BSN, work for awhile to pay off some student debt, and then get your doctorate (Gumbymom’s a bit behind the times - doctorates are now going to be required for NP’s) - and quite possibly your employer will help pay for the degree…

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@KKmama: Sorry, yeah I am a bit behind the times. I meant a graduate degree with experience but most of the NP’s I work with have a MSN with specialization.