What school to go to for nursing?!?

blue652
Fri, 19 Sep 2014 23:19:16 +0000

Thank you all for your help. I truly appreciate it!

@Charliesch You make a lot of great points! I have been looking at some private universities as well as public. I know neither is really supposed to be better than the other, but do you think I should just look more at private universities then? (Getting 50-100% tuition scholarship would be really important)
I have never thought to look at universities in Canada. I’m not sure how that would work if I got a degree there then came to back to the US, but that’s not a bad idea at all though. That may be a good option and something I should look into.

@leftrightleft 2010 SAT (1390 CR+M) but I hope for it to be at least 1400+ when I retake it next month. I’m in the top 5% of my class, unweighted GPA of 3.97. I will definitely look into those that you suggested!

@FlowerMom I’m trying to find options out of state (whether it be private of public). UAA (in-state) is definitely my fall back option if nothing else works out or is just too expensive. I live nearby UAA and it would probably be my only option if I had to stay in-state since it’s the only school that offers a BSN here. Two of the main reasons I don’t want to go to UAA though is that I would really really like to leave Alaska and go elsewhere for college and the nursing program here has a two year wait list, so it would basically take 6 years before I could graduate which does not appeal to me at all.
Since I would get good scholarships to go to UAA, my parents don’t want to spend a lot for me to go out-of-state, especially since my brother, sister, and I will all be in college at the same time starting next year. So… scholarships are definitely important and any aid I could receive! Thanks again for your input!