Anyone in CUNY Hunter College school of nursing?

AccelCNL, MSN, RN · Aug 6, 2009

Hi! Im thinking of transferring to Hunter College's nursing program but I've heard that its really difficult to get into. Is anyone actually in hunter's school of nursing and if so, would you mind telling me your gpa and score on the pre -rn entrance exam? I dont know if i can get in and just want to compare my grades to those of the people who are currently in it. Also, does anyone know how many people will be accepted for next year? I've heard its like 100 but i'm not sure. Thanks so much.

Well I am not in the program but I will tell you the reason why it is so difficult to get into the Hunter program.

1) The Hunter BSN program is less competitive than the Lehman program because of one reason. Hunter has a requirement that you have to be a matriculated student who has been at the school for at least one semester before you can apply for entrance. Lehman accepts apps from within its school and from the outside w/o any other requirements beside the prereqs.

2) There are only 2 CUNY school that offer the 4yr generic BSN (Lehman and Hunter). Plus they are so cheap that everyone competes to get into their programs. Plus both of the programs only have about 30-60 seats....real competitive.

3) Personally if you are serious about applying to Hunter ...apply there first and gain entrance.

4) If you have a science GPA of less than a 3.5 I would seriously consider having a backup plan. It is just that competitive at the CUNY level. I am not saying that you cannot get in....still apply...but just have a backup plan.

I am a prenuring student who transferred to Lehman in order to complete my last prereqs. Once I get back Fall 2009 grades I plan on applying to a private U in order to complete my BSN( where I should receive admission as long as I do well in ChemII according to the Nursing dept). I wouldn't mind going to Hunter or Lehman however the thing is that there are other schools that have more room and I am more likely to gain admission and I am willing to spend the extra money.

The first thing you need to do is gain admission to Hunter first.

annag425 · Feb 4, 2010

did you end up applying for hunter?

tomall · Jan 11, 2011

hunter also has some REALLY wacky requirements for the accelerated program - like no other. chem plus organic chem - plus a smattering of credits from specific areas of study not usually associated with nursing programs (like history, visual arts, non-european studies, womans studies, humanities, etc) . Usually a bachelors is a bachelors, but hunter wants to look inside your bachelors and be sure the above is satisfied. also they require an intensive writing class that if I'm not mistaken can only be taken at Hunter -- Thats BEFORE you csn apply. can you say "profit-center"? I guess they want well rounded (in quotes) applicants. :)

goofina · Jan 14, 2011

hunter also has some REALLY wacky requirements for the accelerated program - like no other. chem plus organic chem - plus a smattering of credits from specific areas of study not usually associated with nursing programs (like history, visual arts, non-european studies, womans studies, humanities, etc) . Usually a bachelors is a bachelors, but hunter wants to look inside your bachelors and be sure the above is satisfied. also they require an intensive writing class that if I'm not mistaken can only be taken at Hunter -- Thats BEFORE you csn apply. can you say "profit-center"? I guess they want well rounded (in quotes) applicants. :)

HAHA! I love this post because I completely agree with you on the absurdity of Hunter's gen ed requirements. I have a bachelor's degree in Dietetics, am applying to the accelerated program this year. I am going to stick through the mess of ridiculous classes-- feminism class.. european studies class... etc that I will need in order to go into the nursing program because I really want to go to Hunter. I think its a way of filtering out people and like you said-- a money maker for the school. Oh well, it is what it is. Can't fight it! :smackingf

Anderson11 · Apr 27, 2011

Help can someone explain the stages of applying to Hunter, I have a BA in music but no science pre reqs at all, am I right in thinking that I should apply to hunter to do all pre reqs then apply to accelerated program during study for prereqs...how exactly did you go about enrolling to study pre reqs at Hunter those of you that did. Can you just sign up for classes or do you have to apply on the regular 4 years BSN? Totally clueless...also how much is tuition? I was all set to go to NYU/Columbia but having to cancel as fees are just going to get me in serious debt and I'm a mother

kiatu10 · Jun 11, 2012

Getting into the program is very competetive. They take 100 in generic program and maybe another 40 in accelerated and RN pathway. Join the hunter college at least for a semester, do your nln, make sure you have all your prerequisite then apply to the nursing program. Try to maintain a GPA above 3.6. The theory part of the education is really nice, and that will help you with nclex a lot. I would however find externships, or some kind of nursing skills from a nursing home or some kind of hospital coz the school isn't that great in clinical preparation. You have them in these big hospitals for their clinical rotations but they dont let you do much. They take care of at most 2 patients and very few clinical instructors are serious in maiking sure the students actually get the experience they need. I know of many hunter students who have been let go by the hospitals after orientation, because they could not handle the work. For some students however, they are lucky to get externships from those major hospitals who train them well and keep them to work for them after passing nclex but most of these students have atleast a 3.5 gpa. So by all means join hunter coz its great, but find your own experience somewhere. They dont give you enough practical experience.

DoGoodThenGo · Jun 13, 2012

HAHA! I love this post because I completely agree with you on the absurdity of Hunter's gen ed requirements. I have a bachelor's degree in Dietetics, am applying to the accelerated program this year. I am going to stick through the mess of ridiculous classes-- feminism class.. european studies class... etc that I will need in order to go into the nursing program because I really want to go to Hunter. I think its a way of filtering out people and like you said-- a money maker for the school. Oh well, it is what it is. Can't fight it! :smackingf

Know this is an old post but just wanted to make something clear.

New York State requires *all* candidates for a BofS degree to have completed a certain number of college level chemistry credits, and organic is one of them. Same rules also mandate statistics and (IIRC) a college level math class usually finite or similar. Remember one attends a four year college to obtain a rounded education, not just study or concentrate on one particular major to the near exclusion of everything else. One can attend a diploma, trainin, or AAS program for that.

As for the various unrelated gen ed requirements, you will find many four year colleges/universities have a "diversity core" or some such that all students regardless of majors must complete. Again keeping with the tradition of a university education the idea is to produce a more well rounded person by exposing them to various subject matter they might not be familiar with.