<p>Im a current junior in high school and I am really thinking about college and colleges that I want to tour and possibly go to as a freshman. Also, I want to major in Nursing which means I have to apply to the colleges school of nursing in my junior year. I currently live in Georgia where the HOPE scholarship is awarded for high academic achievement. Would it be a smart idea to stay here my first two years of college to get my prerequisites out of the way through the HOPE scholarship, then apply to the actual college of my choice as a transfer student into their nursing program my junior year? it is definitely cheaper to stay here my first two years but I am wondering would this make any sense? Also, has anyone done this before? I am looking at colleges such as UNC, NYU, Florida state, Georgetown, and UCLA for all their great nursing schools and programs. Does it make more sense to just apply straight into one of these colleges nursing programs in my junior year at possibly Georgia State? PLEASE I NEED YOUR HELP! </p>
<p>The answer to this depends on your family financial situation. I am not familiar with the HOPE scholarship and don’t know how much money it will save you.</p>
<p>My advice is to apply to about 10 schools including the school where you would use the scholarship. See where you are accepted and how much financial aid you are offered. Calculate how much your family will have to pay at each school after financial aid. Then weigh all the factors and make your decision… Apply to your 10 favorite schools and then make your final decision in April.</p>
<p>Isn’t nursing one of those fields where it doesn’t matter where you went to school?</p>
<p>@Carotid Nursing can be kind of parochial. In some towns like Boston, they seem to prefer to hire staff from Boston or Mass schools. There’s some of this everywhere because of another factor: nurses don’t stay in one hospital very long or in floor nursing for very long (in part because they are surprised by the intensity of the work, grueling shift work, and the surprisingly little time they get to spend with what are these days very sick patients), so HR is always hiring kids straight out of college and that’s easier to do with local kids. So a high school senior might decide where she wants to live and go to school in that town. Or not. </p>
<p>In addition, whenever a nurse moves OOS, she or he has to be re-licensed in that state, and that usually takes some time. The nurse has to present evidence that a national board exam has been passed.</p>