Which college would be best for nursing?

[dorachan]

Hi everyone,

I'm a high school senior from Hawaii and I'm planning to major in nursing in college. I've applied to six schools and was fortunately accepted by all of them. I have been thinking about my choices for a while and was finally able to narrow them down to three.

Here are the three:

Loyola University Chicago-School of Nursing

Seattle University-School of Nursing

University of Washington-Liberal Arts

I'm having trouble deciding where to go because all of the schools have great Nursing Programs. I'm leaning more towards Loyola or Seattle because I'm not guaranteed admission into UW's nursing school.

I was also accepted by University of Portland and University of Iowa's nursing program. I was offered a scholarship and admission to the Honors program at Iowa but I thought Iowa might be too rural for me.

Please tell me which school will be the best to go for nursing!

[dorachan]

How is it possible that you are already admitted to Nursing School when you have not even attended any college?

Yes, like what Ms. Vanessa and Gompers said, the colleges offer students who qualify guaranteed admission into their nursing program. Here's a link to the University of Iowa's page that'll give you an idea of such program: http://www.nursing.uiowa.edu/academprog/bsn/earlyadmit.htm

[S.N. Visit, BSN, RN]

Iowa City ROCKS too!! I had a roommate from there and the music scene and singles life is way hip and better than here in the East!! Same with styles and nitelife!! The cost of living may be much cheaper there than the other options and it is an awesome city from what I have been told.

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Iowa City is definately a party town. ( Crazy Hawkeye tail-gaiters!!!) It's really is a great city. One of a kind.

Since, I'm too old for the party scene, I'm hoping to get into the U of I RN-BSN on-line program .

[gahnosah]

hi i live in seattle. if u can stand the rain, and u like starbucks coffee, u'll be fine. UW nursing is supposed to be ranked # 1 or 2 in the state, big advantage to be graduated from such a high ranking school, but def, i think umade a great decision. su is beautiful and smack in the middle of seattle. good luck!

[Purdue725]

If you have been accepted to a nursing school after you have graduated from HS does not guarantee a spot in the clinicals side. As it is, nursing school is very tough to get into. Those freshman in college, can follow the path of pre-nursing and then apply to nursing school itself to get into the program. No school will just take anyone now cause there are lots of qualified people out there who are doing a lot better than the freshman in college. So I think there is a misconception. I would talk to these schools first and find out if they are going to guarantee you a spot in clinicals and that you wouldnt have to apply again to get into the program. Do thorough research! Good luck!

[Gompers, BSN, RN]

If you have been accepted to a nursing school after you have graduated from HS does not guarantee a spot in the clinicals side. As it is, nursing school is very tough to get into. Those freshman in college, can follow the path of pre-nursing and then apply to nursing school itself to get into the program. No school will just take anyone now cause there are lots of qualified people out there who are doing a lot better than the freshman in college. So I think there is a misconception. I would talk to these schools first and find out if they are going to guarantee you a spot in clinicals and that you wouldnt have to apply again to get into the program. Do thorough research! Good luck!

Not always - some schools guarantee you a spot in the actual nursing program from day one. There is no applying later on - if you are excepted into a college's school of nursing, you are a nursing student from the first day of freshman year. Maybe some schools are changing this - but the school I went to (Loyola, a large private university) did this when I was a student and I believe still does it to this day.

[Purdue725]

Gompers, when did you attend Loyola? I was actually looking at their program as well. Most the universities and community colleges, at least the ones that I have applied to for the fall or that I am looking into expect the individual to get into the school first and take pre-nursing courses and then they have to apply again into the nursing program to get into the nursing clinical side of it. I know when I did my undergrad at Purdue, they were taking anyone in nursing school but the rules have changed. All this has happened in the last few years. I am pretty sure and positive that you have to get into the school first and then you have to apply to the nursing school in the school, they evaluate you, rank you and depending on that, you are in the nursing program. Its like going into med school, dental school or pharmacy school.