is it necessary to go to high ranking nursing schools for RN?

[adorablesh]

Hi. I am having a high school senior year.

I am going to go for RN and I am on my way to choose school.

I know it is totally simple and obvious question.

However, if you think that all whether they are going well-known schools or not

they have to take the same test and get the same license.

I know it could give you better skills but it's a lil expensive..

like UPenn or Columbia

They have real good nursing program but it's ivy league and never cheap

most of all, i'm an international student and there are so many limitations

to get scholarhsips of FA.

give me some suggestions please

Sea

[adorablesh]

Everyone on this board talks about how its better to get nursing education from community colleges because its cheaper. Just my 2 cents - my options were 2-4yr waitlist to get into 2 yr ADN program (potentially 4-6 yrs just for RN!), or 15 month super expensive private school, and then (hopefully) work immediately after. At 60-80k yr in my area, working 4-6 yrs that I would have been waiting around to finish an ADN...I am coming out WAY ahead. The loans are worth it when you can avoid putting your life on hold and start getting that precious experience, and income.

but when you especially go to college for bachelor's degree, wouldn't that be one of big consideration?

since i'm also thinkin' about getting master's degree and i'm almost goin' to school 7 years

it's great if you go to real good college and graduate becomin' RN?

however, i'm not even havin' citizenship here and i'm not legally possible to work unless i get sponsor from my hospital or watsoever. i do agree that it's better to go to prestigious school IF you can afford all that

but i don't also think it's bad idea to go to cheaper schools but havin' good education like private's have

if you don't mind, could you tell me where you go to or graduate from?

i would consider if it provides real good circumstances and also guarantee my job right after graduation!

[adorablesh]

I went to a state college for my pre-reqs(first 2 years) and then the last 2 years to a private nursing college to finish my BSN-it was tough getting in-needed a good GPA and an awesome interview. I liked the smaller classes-knew that I would sink in a huge college and it was the best choice for me.

Now 9 weeks away from finishing my MSN.

I think YOU are the only one who limits where you go to college-you either get the best or worst education depending on how much time and effort you put into it. College vary on cost, culture, and mission. See what fits for you.

otessa

thank you for your comment. i'm on my way of choose & pick. but i really have no idea where to start and how to narrow my option. i'm not gonna limit IF i feel worth it - great education and facility, and sth else

how tough was it to transfer? cuz i need to get BSN degree too. I wanna be CRNA and i heard it's pre-requisite

would you mind if you tell me where u went and how u liked it?

[adorablesh]

It is not necessary to go to an Ivy League school to get a good education in nursing. In fact, in my opinion, it's not a good idea to incur huge student loans that may take you decades to pay back for an education that you can get at a much more reasonable price. I'm not saying that private schools don't do a good job. They do. But so do other places, and they do it for a lot less money.

A good state school is usually much less expensive than a private university. Even if you have to pay non-resident tuition, you should still save a lot.

Can you tell us more about your background? Are you living here in the States now?

I wish you the best.

yeah. actually i do live in america and pennsylvania

but the state don't really matter since i'm from somewhere, anyway

i don't have certain state that i really wanna go to

i do want to go to city tho bcuz of some reasons like part-time job or transportation u know i'm not gonna have a car prob til i get a job

well i have good gpa and my sat score isn't too bad

i don't even know whether this is the way to choose nursing schools!

well wat else.. i think my parents would love me to go to state universities

if i want to go to some good state universities which provides cheaper price with good education, wat kinds of things i should have?

is it the same as other LAC programs ?

awee n i really want to be CRNA eventually

it's my hope!

Thank you so much! :) (and thank you so much to all who replied!!)

and i think i put this post in the wrong place :S

awe n one more thing (sry )

which place do you prefer to study nursing? i mean the city where you can be exposed the most. idk whether new york is the good place for nursing but well i cannot think of certain places that have many great hospitals so that you know when you go for clinical trial you can go to the place where it's busy but various to do

[jnette, ASN, EMT-I]

moved to pre-nursing student forum :)

[SingDanceRunLife]

Absolutely not.

I'm at a small LAC with an extremely strong nursing program! All major nursing classes and all clinicals are at one hospital that is a Magnet hospital (one of less than 300 in the entire country), and the hospital is about 5 minutes from campus.

You should check it out!

Le Moyne College (their Dual Degree Partnership in Nursing with St. Joseph's College of Nursing).