College!

The assignment this week was to complete a survey on collegeboard.com to find the perfect schools for us. Of course, I already know what schools I want to go to and have already applied, but it's still a good idea to look at these kinds of things. In the survey they asked what size school, if you want sororities or fraternities, what majors, what kind of scholarships, etc. In my results, I received many schools I had heard of such as Alabama and Tennessee, but also schools I had never heard of such as Winston-Salem University and Alcorn State University.

 

 

1. List 3 colleges you would apply for with the degree program you will need to enter the field you are studying in HMP.

-University of South Carolina

-Western Carolina University

-North Georgia College and State University

 

2. What will be your criteria for a quality program of study?

-The Graduation rates from the nursing program and scores on the final exams are very important to me because they show if a program is successful or not. Also, a hospital nearby with an intern program through the school is very important to me.

3. Which universities would have the criteria you came up with?

-University of South Carolina and Western Carolina both have very high scores on the final exam and both have wonderful intern programs.

4. Is there additional entrance requirements for your field of study?

-At Western Carolina, it is necessary to have at least a 500 on the writing portion of the SAT, and usually extra curriculars and a high GPA are important to be considered for any nursing program.

5. What is your criteria for a "quality" ranking and educational program (size, location, diversity, funding)? 

-I would say that at least 30 people accepted each year would be ideal in a smaller school and near a hospital is very important! Also, scholarships for the program may be necessary for when I go back to school to specialize further.

6. What is the ranking for this program nation wide and what criteria is used to determine that ranking?

-Nursing programs nation wide are very popular. The University of South Carolina has a nursing program that is ranked 79th in the nation, and Western Carolina University has a program with a ranking of 295, but they have a very good program.