MYOS1634, unless you know something I don’t, Villanova Nursing is direct admit. This is what it says on their College of Nursing website: “You apply directly to the college.”
With regard to Penn State Nursing, which of the 6 direct admit campuses are we talking about? That’s important because application is made separately to each campus. Some have clinical placements as much as 50 miles away, so a prospective student needs to know the logistics and quality of clinical sat each campus. Nursing students on the main campus spend a year away from campus in Hershey. I’m sure that this is a great experience because this is where the Medical School is with its research hospital, but is that what a student wants to buy into when going to college? She needs to know that choosing Penn State at State College means choosing a year away with the accompanying disruptions to college life. I just thought that some explanation needs to accompany this recommendation.