02-17-2015, 11:05 AM
[I]Which would you pick and why?[/I]
Many of you have been so helpful on my DD#1 quest of AA/AS completion to get accepted into a direct nursing placement into a B&M school. Thank you! Now I would like to ask the community where they would choose, given our options presented. All schools would confir a BSN.
#1 Private school where I just found out last week will not take any classes in transfer, as they consider themselves a tier 1 school, and surely DD#1 would want to make herself competitive and move with the cohort in every class together. If her plan is to be a floor nurse, I'd dismiss this immediately. If her plan is to move up to at least the masters or doctoral level, AND she could do this without acquiring more than 1 year's salary in student loan debt, this is where my money would go. The zero transfer wouldn't be a deal breaker for me because I'd choose this school for prestige, not cost/time.
#2 Private school that does all clinicals at Mayo Clinic for 1 year. Will take 4 years to graduate. Guaranteed placement in program if meets criteria. Accepts 60 and cuts to 30 students by Sophmore admittance to program. Good scholarship. OK fin. aid. Hospital doesn't have specialty. I see no draw here. 50% of those students are going to have a "failure" on their record and every future employment or academic record - forever. Those odds are crap. Mayo or not. Thumbs down.
#3 Private school, really wants DD#1, 3 years to graduate, and will do Independant Study in specialty field of choice at Hospital with Nurse and Foundation specializing in said specialty. Great scholarships and Financial aid pkg, and ends up less than State school. Sounds excellent! Get info about their NCLEX pass rates (even if your daughter goes in with her RN) and job placement into specialty. It's one thing to specialize your training, it's another to get hired into that floor. Also, do they offer the educational programs POST-BSN to come back and get those specialty certs? Could your daughter get her ANCC education with them? What about grad school? If the answer is "yes" then I'd strongly consider this school. It would meet her current and future needs.
#4 Private school, great medical clinic opportunities starting day 1, great scholarships and aid. Nursing scholarship and direct placement into nursing. Great medical missions opportunities. Ends up less than state school. 3 years to graduate. Unless she wants to spend time doing missionary work, #3 edges this out for me. Also, having student loan debt makes service to the underserved population very difficult. If that's her calling, then zero debt should trump everything else.
#5 private school. Direct entry 15 months to graduate. Accelerated program year round. Only school not yet accepted to, but they have yet to announce their class. Program starts in Jan. least expensive school, but DD is just turning 18 this spring so she has time to mature in school. I only love these kinds of programs for adults / career changes. There is something to be said for maturing and developing intuition at a healthy pace. This program wouldn't allow her to participate in volunteer work, extracurricular activities, clubs, or even work part time in a clinic. These are good for the "plan B" student.
Many of you have been so helpful on my DD#1 quest of AA/AS completion to get accepted into a direct nursing placement into a B&M school. Thank you! Now I would like to ask the community where they would choose, given our options presented. All schools would confir a BSN.
#1 Private school where I just found out last week will not take any classes in transfer, as they consider themselves a tier 1 school, and surely DD#1 would want to make herself competitive and move with the cohort in every class together. If her plan is to be a floor nurse, I'd dismiss this immediately. If her plan is to move up to at least the masters or doctoral level, AND she could do this without acquiring more than 1 year's salary in student loan debt, this is where my money would go. The zero transfer wouldn't be a deal breaker for me because I'd choose this school for prestige, not cost/time.
#2 Private school that does all clinicals at Mayo Clinic for 1 year. Will take 4 years to graduate. Guaranteed placement in program if meets criteria. Accepts 60 and cuts to 30 students by Sophmore admittance to program. Good scholarship. OK fin. aid. Hospital doesn't have specialty. I see no draw here. 50% of those students are going to have a "failure" on their record and every future employment or academic record - forever. Those odds are crap. Mayo or not. Thumbs down.
#3 Private school, really wants DD#1, 3 years to graduate, and will do Independant Study in specialty field of choice at Hospital with Nurse and Foundation specializing in said specialty. Great scholarships and Financial aid pkg, and ends up less than State school. Sounds excellent! Get info about their NCLEX pass rates (even if your daughter goes in with her RN) and job placement into specialty. It's one thing to specialize your training, it's another to get hired into that floor. Also, do they offer the educational programs POST-BSN to come back and get those specialty certs? Could your daughter get her ANCC education with them? What about grad school? If the answer is "yes" then I'd strongly consider this school. It would meet her current and future needs.
#4 Private school, great medical clinic opportunities starting day 1, great scholarships and aid. Nursing scholarship and direct placement into nursing. Great medical missions opportunities. Ends up less than state school. 3 years to graduate. Unless she wants to spend time doing missionary work, #3 edges this out for me. Also, having student loan debt makes service to the underserved population very difficult. If that's her calling, then zero debt should trump everything else.
#5 private school. Direct entry 15 months to graduate. Accelerated program year round. Only school not yet accepted to, but they have yet to announce their class. Program starts in Jan. least expensive school, but DD is just turning 18 this spring so she has time to mature in school. I only love these kinds of programs for adults / career changes. There is something to be said for maturing and developing intuition at a healthy pace. This program wouldn't allow her to participate in volunteer work, extracurricular activities, clubs, or even work part time in a clinic. These are good for the "plan B" student.
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