UCLA or Mt. St. Mary's?

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Hi, everyone! I am new to this forum and hope to get answers!

Background story: I went into college just KNOWING I wanted to do nursing, and right from the bat, I knew it was the career for me. A few months into college, I switched my major to pre-pharmacy, but then ended up switching right back to registered nursing because I really could not handle all the chemistry and math.

Present day situation: I am almost done with all of my prerequisite classes, and I have two top choices: Mount Saint Mary's College, or UCLA. For UCLA, I would need to take 3 additional chemistry and math classes, resulting in me delaying applications to next fall. If I decide on MSMC, then I would just start my applications right away.

I am a 3.8 honors student at my community college. My optimal goal is to either become a nurse anesthetist, or get my MSN. Regardless, after graduation and licensure of my BSN, I would be looking into applying to hospitals around the Glendale, Hollywood, Burbank (California) areas.

In my case, since I really do not do well in chemistry and math, Mt. St. Mary's would be a wonderful school to transfer to. Is it looked at as a good school? Do employers hire people who graduate from there?

A degree from UCLA would be so bittersweet to me, but I cannot imagine all of those higher division courses. If I rule out Mt. St. Mary's (based on your replies), then I will take UCLA as my first choice.

I would appreciate everyone's help and opinions. Thank you so, so much!

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Keep in mind that UCLA typically only accepts 10 or 11 transfer students into their nursing program each semester (or year, I'm not sure which). So you'd be spending another year at CC for the opportunity to be one of 10 accepted students out of about 150.

Source: https://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/adm_tr/Tr_Prof14.htm

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Apply to both and more. Decent chance you won't get to either right away.

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