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Is this a good camera @ a good price:
• https://www.bestbuy.com/site/nikon-...0mm-g-ed-lenses-black/5580131.p?skuId=5580131
I need one for Friday.
• https://www.amazon.com/Nikon-18-55mm-3-5-5-6G-70-300mm-4-5-6-3G/dp/B01KITZRBE
Depends on what you want to do with it. Tell us what uses are important enough to you to warrant buying a DSLR.
Any modern DSLR or mirrorless camera with lenses like the ones in the kit you want can take good pictures of things in daylight which are not too close (wildflowers and insects) , not too far away (birds and other wildlife) and not moving too fast. Differences between those cameras (and lenses) matter for pictures in low light, for photos with lots of dynamic range and for photos of things moving fast (sports and auto racing.)
Nikon has been putting out new models of the D3x00 and D5x00 cameras with no real improvements for several iterations. The models with a 24 Mpixel sensor perform about the same with respect to dynamic range, low light performance and noise level. The older models are often available (new) at much lower prices than the latest models. As a company, Nikon is facing a diminishing future. It is preserving profitability at the expense of significant loss of market share. The camera market as a whole grew in 2017 while Nikon's sales shrank. Nikon won't disappear next year but they haven't been doing much to address their long term problem.
I'd check for an equivalent camera body + 2 kit lenses package from Canon if you want a DSLR.
You aren't giving yourself much time to learn to use your camera by Friday.