Where can I get in ADN with dorms?

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Looking for my daughter. She will live anywhere but would like a college experience with sports and living on campus. 3.8 GPA hasn't taken ACT but I would guess 24-26 range.

Thinking she gets ASN or ADN- RN anywhere then transfers to a decent school for BSN.

And does each program have different pre-reqs?

Thoughts? Advice?

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Is she a senior? Her GPA is pretty good. 26 ACT wouldn't be bad. Does she have volunteer experience? I wouldn't underestimate what she can get into and I wouldn't encourage her to settle for less...

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Ok any suggestions where she could get in? I talk to schools in New Mexico Kentucky Texas utah and Florida and they are all looking for higher test scores.

She's pretty well-rounded. Speaks Spanish host exchange students is a big sister and works at a kids club. From the stats I've seen I don't know where she can get in.

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I've looked into the direct entry programs and we will apply to those as well, but it seems the acceptance rates are around 25%. Where can be 50 to 75% for the ASN programs. Most direct entry programs are looking for ACT scores 28 to 31.

Your estimate of what her ACT score *might be* is puzzling, especially since you are actually allowing this estimate to actually limit your daughter's school choices.

First, why associate's only? Is that because you think her imagined ACT score is too low?

Second, even if you found an associate's with dorms, the people occupying those dorms aren't necessarily going to be young, 18-22 year old college students with a huge, enriching "college life" experience like 4-year universities have.

Third, I'm still hooked on this. Why do you think she won't get higher than a 28? I took the ACT as a 28-year old with kids, with no college courses taken yet, and no actual time to "study". My total score was actually a 29. My gen eds were 3.89 when I finished them.

You're talking about a young lady who sounds very intelligent and with intrinsic motivation. Why do you think she wouldn't score higher?

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Ok any suggestions where she could get in? I talk to schools in New Mexico Kentucky Texas utah and Florida and they are all looking for higher test scores.

She's pretty well-rounded. Speaks Spanish host exchange students is a big sister and works at a kids club. From the stats I've seen I don't know where she can get in.

Look up "merit based direct entry BSN" on Google. I can't remember if Ohio State has a direct entry option but they are top rated and merit based. Not sure about other schools because I've only researched Ohio.

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Is she a senior? Her GPA is pretty good. 26 ACT wouldn't be bad. Does she have volunteer experience? I wouldn't underestimate what she can get into and I wouldn't encourage her to settle for less...

This, a million times over. You are her mom, and you should be boosting her up with a GPA like that. This glass is most definitely half FULL.

I also agree with other posters who recommend universities. She's young and will want as much space for growth as possible. An ADN/ASN will make her have to go back to school, possibly while working full time. Read the posts that describe that mess. You'll also be adding at least a year to the total amount of time she will have to do to get her BSN. Why not just do it now?

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Honestly, she sounds like me when I was in high school. You seem like my mom. You just need to be more supportive. My mom would've never wanted my to "settle" for a community center college with my grades. I only had a 25 on the ACT and I still got accepted to Ohio State's Fisher College of Business, direct entry. I went astray and the reason why I'm at a community college now is because when I moved away from my mom I lost my whole support system. My grades were terrible my first year. Idk where I'm going with this but hopefully you take something from it

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I wish I knew then what I know now! Also, my mom never went to college so I had to figure everything out myself.

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It's based on her psat and we she has taken the act test at home. We have the act official study guide and she has taken to a CT test and a home and studied. We've studied the wrong answers and retaken it but she is still in the mid range. 24-26.

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Please don't limit her like this. It is hurtful. These are practice tests. Even if that does wind up being her score, these schools are telling you overall, not specifically including your kid's academic, extracurricular activities, and volunteer work. The ACT is one single test. A GPA shows YEARS of her achievement ability. Apply everywhere as though she has a 33.

To do otherwise would do her a major disservice. What will happen when she goes to college? "Who cares about grades? My life is determined by standardized testing." Not only will that not be true, but you're pushing an idea in her head that all this hard work she did was pointless, when it is not.

Tell HER to look at schools, ask HER where she wants to apply, and then support it.

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She has no preference just not in state, Maine. Most of the guaranteed admission programs want a 28. I don't think she will get that but she will try. I want her to apply to schools that are realistic for her and to not fell badly if she gets a 25. I just went through this with my son based on his GPA and test scores and we found a good mix of options and choices. Unfortunately, although it is nice to shoot for the stars most colleges have a minimum standard for scores and use that for admission because it translates to success of the pass rate % on the NCLEX which gets them a higher rating in US News and world report. For nursing programs they just list minimum requirements on the website although the admitted students have much higher stats. This is what I've learned from the nursing admissions I've talked to. If there are any suggestions for BSN direct admit schools that admit students with similar scores I would love to know what they are.

Here are some stats: http://www.nln.org/docs/default-source/newsroom/nursing-education-statistics/percentage-of-programs-that-turned-away-qualified-applicants-by-program-type-2012-and-2014-(pdf).pdf?sfvrsn=0

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What does your daughter want in regards to a degree? Is she the one pushing for an ADN or are you? As a person who is soon going to be entering into the world as an adult, this should be her choice to make. She should be researching the job market to see who is hiring ADNs and who is requiring BSNs, she should be looking into schools that are accredited, she should be looking into schools' first time NCLEX pass rates. A 3.8 GPA is pretty competitive. What else is she doing to boost her applications?

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[TD]Iowa:Highly qualified first-year students may be admitted as nursing majors through the College of Nursing's BSN-Early Decision Program. The deadline to apply for consideration for the Early Decision Program for Fall admission is January 1. To be eligible to apply for the Early Decision Program, you must meet three of these four criteria:

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