3.75 W GPA
3.75 UW GPA
School does not provide rank
1340 SAT
1 AP
7 Honors
2 Dual Enrollment Classes- Bio and Nutrition
Highest level math: Trig and Pre Calc
3 years Spanish
President of fundraising club, Peer counselor leadership board, Student council, School council, Varsity field hockey, NHS, 80 hrs volunteer (50 in a hospital), after school program once a week, published history essay
Budget: trying to stay under $50,000, will take out loans for right school
I think you will struggle with budget, Clemson is out, Pitt is out, UDel a maybe but not likely budget, UCONN probably not with budget, Elon is over budget.
Avoid loans. Clinical experience and passing boards is all you need. The pay scale is the same whether you attend a top nursing school or a lower ranked school.
I see volunteering at hospital. Have you done any shadowing?
I don’t understand why your weighted and unweighted GPA’s are identical, when you took 10 weighted classes.
How sure are you about nursing? There are some strong direct-entry nursing programs at some otherwise-less-competitive schools, such as Colby-Sawyer (see this info re: their partnership with Dartmouth Health), and Misericordia (which has some other excellent health-related programs as well, such as Medical Imaging).
Since you like co-op model schools (Drexel) and are willing to go as far as Tennessee, you might consider U of Cincinnati (approximately halfway between Pittsburgh and Nashville), which is the original co-op school and has an excellent nursing program which would be in budget (and, like other OH publics, has a fixed tuition guarantee for the duration of undergrad). You would qualify for their National Outreach Award - this has been $6K/year in the past, I believe, although the page isn’t giving an amount at the moment.
I agree that U of Maine w/ their Flagship Match rate could be a great option also.
Chancing for direct-entry nursing is a whole knowledge-base unto itself, as competitiveness can differ so significantly from the school in general. I don’t feel qualified to “chance” you for admissions, but I agree with others that even if admitted, many of these will exceed your budget.
I would be inclined to put in applications to both U.Mass Amherst and U.Mass Lowell. Either would provide a very good education while keeping the cost well under $50k / year.
Years ago I happened to have a medical emergency close enough to Lowell that the people who helped me included a number of nurses from U.Mass Lowell. They were very good.
I also agree that U.Maine is worth applying to.
Spanish is by the way a useful skill for someone who is going into nursing.
I agree that nursing is its own specialty and I’d strongly advise posting in the nursing forum as the people there will likely be much more knowledgeable:
I’m curious, how were these schools selected? My guess is that your D prefers medium to large schools, with a preference for a warmer climate than Massachusetts.
Like the others, I’m not very optimistic about many of these schools coming within budget. Has your family run the Net Price Calculator (NPC) for the privates?
I am unsure which of these schools have direct-entry to nursing and/or have very rigorous secondary admission requirements to proceed in the major. But, these are some schools that your family may want to consider. North Carolina publics tend to be very affordable, and many of the other schools here will have merit charts on their website, and/or give significant merit aid.
Appalachian State (NC): About 19k undergrads with a sticker price of about $37k
Bowling Green State (OH): About 14k undergrads with a sticker price of about $34k
East Carolina (NC): About 22k undergrads with a sticker of about $35k
Marshall (WV): About 8k undergrads with a sticker of about $34k
North Carolina A&T: An HBCU with about 12k undergrads with a sticker of about $30k
Ohio U.: About 18k undergrads with a sticker of about $38k
Salisbury (MD): About 6400 undergrads with a sticker of about $35k
U. of Cincinnati (OH): About 30k undergrads with a sticker of about $43k
U. of Dayton (OH): About 8400 undergrads
U. of Louisville (KY): About 16k undergrads with a sticker of about $41k
U. of North Carolina - Charlotte: About 23k undergrads with a sticker of about $36k
UNC - Greensboro: About 14k undergrads with a sticker of about $34k
UNC - Wilmington: About 14k undergrads with a sticker of about $36k
West Chester (PA ): About 14k undergrads with a sticker of about $35k
West Virginia: About 19k undergrads with a sticker of about $41k
Best of luck! Nursing admit is particularly tough…as I’m sure you know… even at schools that are otherwise within your stats.
The private schools such as Sacred Heart and QU are more safe bet than anything on your list with your stats… but unlikely to come in under budget. It is highly unlikely you will be admitted directly to nursing at most of the larger universities and state flagships you are considering. UMaine is indeed more of a likely, and should be considered if you are serious about getting a BSN.