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Hi! I've been on here before but I was just asking for some help. I'm a senior in high school about to graduate, and right now I'm having to choose my undergraduate university. I want to be a neonatal nurse practitioner, and so I'm looking into BSN programs. I've been accepted into UPenn (and Azusa Pacific, but the campus was too small for me) and I believe that I likely be accepted into University of Washington general but would still have to apply for nursing my junior year, and I am not sure about UCI or UCLA but in the case that I got into all Penn, UW, and UCI, do you have any input on what to choose? Penn is very expensive and far away from home in California but it seems amazing and it's hard to turn the Ivy League down. UW is awesome but it seems stressful to have to apply for nursing my junior year and have the potential to not get in. UCI seems wonderful but I don't know a ton about the nursin program and I've heard it is a commuter campus? any advice is greatly appreciated!!

Hi all! Thanks for taking the time to read. I'm a CA resident in my senior year of high school. I've wanted to be a neonatal NP for years and have shadowed in the nice and done a bunch of research, talked to nurses, etc, so I'm very set on nursing. Because of this, I've applied to a lot of colleges for nursing undergrad, and I need advice on what do do. I applied to: UC Berkeley (no nursing, just cuz), UC San Diego (no nursing, just cuz), UC Irvine, UCLA, University of Washington, University of Pennsylvania, and Azusa Pacific University. i was accepted to APU very early - at the beginning of October, I think. It is definitely my safety school, but I'm in the running for a full-ride merit scholarship, and if I get that, I would have a hard time saying no. I like Irvine better as a school than UCLA, but it seems like LA has a better program? But then, looking at NCLEX pass rates from the last few years, neither were superb?? I love UW but I would have to pay out of state tuition, and I'm a little worried about the weather, haha. But I think I would definitely go there. What makes me nervous is that instead of direct-entry, they have you apply and get in your junior year, so what if I went and didn't get in my junior year? Not the end of the world, but pretty lame. UPenn is my super reach. Based on my stats, I should be competitive, but so is everyone else applying to Ivies. I don't know if I would like PA, and it sounds like a very stressful environment with bad mental health, but I haven't visited, and I won't unless I get in. Also, it is mad expensive!!! Anyway, basically I just posted this here to see if anyone has input on a particular program, or what they would choose. Of course this is obviously all theoretical - it's possible I will get in nowhere. I am happy to post my stats or recommendations, classes, extra curriculars, etc, if that helps. Thank you so much! God bless!

Yeah, I have spent a lot of time at APU, and I think the community is great, and as long as the program is considered competitive I would be fine with it - is it known for turning out successful students? Thank you SO much for the information

Hi all! So I am going into my senior year of high school and am very interested in pursuing a BSN. Ultimately I am very interested in becoming a neonatal nurse practictioner, and I can't wait to get started, though I know it will be a lot of work. I am currently looking at schools with BSN programs, and the four I was looking most at were Seattle Pacific University, Azusa Pacific University, UCLA, and UPenn. I don't know what my chances are, but these are some statistics: Freshman year GPA: 4.0 Sophomore year GPA: 4.0 Junior year GPA: 4.6 SAT: 2210 ACT: 34 I took a few Subject tests (Spanish and US History) and the AP US History AP test, and I took English Honors and Spanish Honors as well as AP Biology and AP US History. During my senior year, I will be taking AP Statistics, AP Composition and Literature, AP Human Geography and International Relations, AP Goverment and Economics, and Physiology and Anatomy, and I intend to work hard despite the well known senioritis In terms of extra-curriculars, I am varsity speech and debate captain and I run cross country and also did track and field and was a coxswain on the rowing team. I tutor other kids on the ACT and SAT, babysit, take care of an elderly woman with poor health, tutor junior high kids in math, and am going to be volunteering at a clinic that primarily serves low-income TB patients. I got my Gold Award in Girl Scouts when I did a project with low-income students at a local preschool and taught them about nutrition and made a multi-cultural cookbook and published it with all their family recipes. I know that some of the schools require supplemental applications and essays about why you want to be a nurse. I didn't know exactly what to write, but I was planning on focusing on how when I was 13 I had brain surgery for a pituitary cyst and how the nurses I had (both horrible and wonderful) made me realize the difference that a good nurse can make in someone's life, and how that inspired me to want to make that positive difference for someone else. Anyway, I was wondering if anyone had advice between those four schools or any insight on the application process. I have looked at some other threads as well, and information seems to be very helpful. Again, the ones I am looking at are UPenn, UCLA, APU, and SPU, but I am totally open to other options! How are the schools? Are they competitive? Enjoyable? The weather? Known for a great nursing program? Any information helps! Thank you so much!!