Jimdlt19
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I have put together some "Quick Hits" for Parents and Applicants below so that you don't have to look all over the Forums.
In no particular order but tried to stay chronological.
1) Remember ALL Navy Nurse Option Colleges are "Freshman DIrect Admit" "Cohort Program" 100-200 students all together for 4 years, taking at least one Nursing Class your freshman year, so getting into an individual's school program is competitive in itself even before getting awarded the NROTC Nurse Option Scholarship. My DS had his school acceptance "In Hand" prior to putting in his NROTC package which ultimately helped in getting the Scholarship awarded. Some of the "Heavy Hitters" meaning hard to get in: 1) Uni of Penn 2) Uni of Michigan 3) Penn State 4) Boston College 5) Uni of Virginia 6) UCLA 7) Georgetown 8) Boston College
Little Easier to get in: 1) Uni Texas 2) Florida State 3) Purdue 4) Rutgers 5) Pitt 6) Catholic Uni - NOTE: Catholic University Nursing School is "Cojoined" with Georgetown this is a great setup, with all the Georgetown Nursing School benefits. Hopefully, you have already applied for Early Admission.
2) High School curriculum and overall stats: SAT 1200+ "As high As you Can Get". Not sure about the ACT, probably the same. Take College or Honors Statistics and Anatomy/Physiology if offered at your high school. You do NOT need any Calculus or Physics for a Nurse Option Scholarship nor will you take these classes in college. You will be taking Nurse required curriculum. Have the Stats Teacher or the A&P Teacher selected to give recommendations on the NROTC application. Regular activities and sports if you can, service hours are BIG for Nurse Applicants, and crush the physical fitness test and interview. There are some on this board who may have information as to which Boards will be selecting Nurse Option Scholarships. The Navy only selects about 35 Nurses each year. YES, I said about 35, not 100's or 1000's.
3) INTERVIEW WITH YOUR FIRST CHOICE SCHOOL, Not the closest. If you have to go there then get there. This is an opportunity to see the campus, and the NROTC detachment as a whole, and shows your level of commitment, and the detachment sees exactly who they are getting.
4) ROOM and BOARD, there is a separate forum for schools that pay Room and Board in addition to the NROTC Scholarship, but remember just because an individual school does not say it pays Room and Board for NROTC Scholarship recipients does not mean they can pay. A lot of schools award extra money for academic achievement outside of the NROTC Scholarship, do your research.
5) Nursing Clinical Rotations will always take precedence over detachment activities at MOST schools. If a detachment wants you to show up for a 1-2 hour PT session and make you miss your hospital rotation, then that is NOT the school for you. Select a school that is used to having Navy Nurse students and "knows the deal". If you are the only Nurse in the detachment that is not necessarily a good thing. More likely the bigger the detachment the more Nurses within it. You WILL need a car in years 3 and 4 at MOST schools. Close-knit city schools with Uni Hospitals like UPenn, Pitt, UCLA, Wash DC - Georgetown, and Catholic Uni are rare exceptions.
6) After commissioning in early May of your senior year, your appointed place of duty will be remaining at school, OFF Campus, until you pass the NCLEX. Based on the timeline you typically get 2-3 months until July 1st or so to pass. After passing, 2 weeks off give or take then reporting to the fleet, to one of 3 locations. 1) Wash DC Bethesda-Walter Reed Joint Medical Center 2) Portsmouth/Norfolk/Virginia Beach which encompasses 3 Naval Hospitals/Activities or 3) San Diego which encompasses 3 different Naval Hospitals. These are teaching hospitals for the "new nurse".
Feel to PM me with any other questions. As parents, we got a ton of help from this board and we will pay it forward.
In no particular order but tried to stay chronological.
1) Remember ALL Navy Nurse Option Colleges are "Freshman DIrect Admit" "Cohort Program" 100-200 students all together for 4 years, taking at least one Nursing Class your freshman year, so getting into an individual's school program is competitive in itself even before getting awarded the NROTC Nurse Option Scholarship. My DS had his school acceptance "In Hand" prior to putting in his NROTC package which ultimately helped in getting the Scholarship awarded. Some of the "Heavy Hitters" meaning hard to get in: 1) Uni of Penn 2) Uni of Michigan 3) Penn State 4) Boston College 5) Uni of Virginia 6) UCLA 7) Georgetown 8) Boston College
Little Easier to get in: 1) Uni Texas 2) Florida State 3) Purdue 4) Rutgers 5) Pitt 6) Catholic Uni - NOTE: Catholic University Nursing School is "Cojoined" with Georgetown this is a great setup, with all the Georgetown Nursing School benefits. Hopefully, you have already applied for Early Admission.
2) High School curriculum and overall stats: SAT 1200+ "As high As you Can Get". Not sure about the ACT, probably the same. Take College or Honors Statistics and Anatomy/Physiology if offered at your high school. You do NOT need any Calculus or Physics for a Nurse Option Scholarship nor will you take these classes in college. You will be taking Nurse required curriculum. Have the Stats Teacher or the A&P Teacher selected to give recommendations on the NROTC application. Regular activities and sports if you can, service hours are BIG for Nurse Applicants, and crush the physical fitness test and interview. There are some on this board who may have information as to which Boards will be selecting Nurse Option Scholarships. The Navy only selects about 35 Nurses each year. YES, I said about 35, not 100's or 1000's.
3) INTERVIEW WITH YOUR FIRST CHOICE SCHOOL, Not the closest. If you have to go there then get there. This is an opportunity to see the campus, and the NROTC detachment as a whole, and shows your level of commitment, and the detachment sees exactly who they are getting.
4) ROOM and BOARD, there is a separate forum for schools that pay Room and Board in addition to the NROTC Scholarship, but remember just because an individual school does not say it pays Room and Board for NROTC Scholarship recipients does not mean they can pay. A lot of schools award extra money for academic achievement outside of the NROTC Scholarship, do your research.
5) Nursing Clinical Rotations will always take precedence over detachment activities at MOST schools. If a detachment wants you to show up for a 1-2 hour PT session and make you miss your hospital rotation, then that is NOT the school for you. Select a school that is used to having Navy Nurse students and "knows the deal". If you are the only Nurse in the detachment that is not necessarily a good thing. More likely the bigger the detachment the more Nurses within it. You WILL need a car in years 3 and 4 at MOST schools. Close-knit city schools with Uni Hospitals like UPenn, Pitt, UCLA, Wash DC - Georgetown, and Catholic Uni are rare exceptions.
6) After commissioning in early May of your senior year, your appointed place of duty will be remaining at school, OFF Campus, until you pass the NCLEX. Based on the timeline you typically get 2-3 months until July 1st or so to pass. After passing, 2 weeks off give or take then reporting to the fleet, to one of 3 locations. 1) Wash DC Bethesda-Walter Reed Joint Medical Center 2) Portsmouth/Norfolk/Virginia Beach which encompasses 3 Naval Hospitals/Activities or 3) San Diego which encompasses 3 different Naval Hospitals. These are teaching hospitals for the "new nurse".
Feel to PM me with any other questions. As parents, we got a ton of help from this board and we will pay it forward.