NYU Fall 2014 ABSN

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Hello,

I have noticed there isn't a thread for those applying for NYU Accelerated Nursing Fall 2014. Let's share feedback, advice, stats, etc... I went to an open house today at NYU. They really do stress that since there is no interview, the personal statement is our chance to prove ourselves. They also said they get about 1,000 applicants and a Fall entrance class usually have about 150 students in it.

What part of the application process are you in?

How is the personal statement going?

How many pre-reqs do you have left?

I love it, the teachers actually care, the curriculum is set up for students to succeed. Not to mention that NYU is one of THE best schools in the country. Most students get recruited by hospitals for immediate employment.

I am so happy with my decision. The city is beautiful, everyone is happy, and the cohort really sticks together.

Yes the school is expensive, but you have to understand that having a nursing license and a degree from NYU makes you separated from other nurses.

Choose wisely. Today decides tomorrow.

Thank you! I appreciate your input. I wish I could go there. I wish you luck

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Was just accepted, but committed to Pace! Hopefully if anyone is waiting, they will get my seat

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CNM Minion- You have amazing stats. Did you receive acceptance to NYU? What can say about the program?

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Specializes in LTC.

With all due respect you are all crazy. 1000 applicants for a nursing program? They take 150. Once you graduate where will you find work? This is sheer madness. I graduated 4 years ago from a private Catholic college that is well thought of and a 3.5 grade point average. I am now doing secretarial work in a hospital I applied to twice who never answered me for nursing but immediately

hired me for secretarial as I had experience. The new grad nurse they recently hired? She is the wife of one of our doctors.I can tell you from experience that no one in the hiring world cares about your grades. Most of them want you to have nurse aide experience in their facility so they can watch how you work, do you come to work on time, how do you get along with coworkers. Students have now realized that this is the way to get their foot in the door and as a result there is now a big struggle for the few aide positions that are svailable. Some hospitals like where I work are requiring new grad to sign a contract to stay for 1-2 years and if they leave they are required to pay the hospital about $10,000 to compensate for time wasted in their training. And the hospital will sue people for this money if they break their contract. None of this is being publicized. Hospitals are not routinely hiring nurses except for certain hard to find specialties like OR, OB, Emergency and all of these require experience A rare grad may get ICU but it is not the norm.Patient care is being pushed out of the hospital

nto out patient settings as much as pissible. If a patient is admitted they will be discharged very rapidly. Many hospitals including where I work have shut down entire nursing units. They shut down one that had 30 beds So now it always looks full up there because they have less beds. Closed down units means less need for nurses. Because nurse salaries are 50% of a hospital budget administration is happy to do this. Recently they laid off our nurse educator so now there simply isn't education like there used to be.They laid off the nurse manager who ran the OR and went without for a while and now are trying to hire a non nurse for the spot as she will be cheaper. Would you care to know how many new grads they hired this year? Three out of hundreds of job applicants. This is not to mention experienced nurses who have been laid off or whose facilities have closed. They are having good an awful time trying to get work. Just think twice r before you rack up the enormous debt that it will take to graduate from NYU.

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I do agree that accruing debt for a BSN, especially from NYU which is around $70-90K, is ridiculous. I do agree with you that nursing jobs are going to limited and scarce in major cities, but you can get hired as a nurse in less popular areas.

The situation in your hospital sounds bleak, but that is ONE hospital. What city do you live in? Also, you are working a medical secretary with a nursing degree, but what kind of nursing degree do you have? How many jobs did you apply to? A BSN trained nurse or MSN or NP nurse is more hire-able than a nurse with an AA degree.

Are aware that there are new programs in some states that train new grads? In two years time, you could have relocated to a city that trains new grads, get experience, and apply to a hospital with experience in a more likable area.

You are painting a situation of one hospital, from your personal experience, when it does not seem you were to pro-active to get ahead in the nursing field.

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With all due respect to you, I will tell you as a 2012 grad of this program, you have many statements posted that are not true.

1. Once you graduate, where will you find work? I know for a fact at least half my class was employed within 2 months of graduating. Yes, many moved back home to smaller areas than NYC, but many did externships during school and were offered jobs right at graduation. I'm sure this number is higher, but I was not personally friends with my cohort of 200-300 (many more than 150.)

2. No one cares about grades? WRONG again. NYU medical center (a hospital which LOVES hiring nyu grads!) has a minimum GPA requirement of 3.6. What's going to look better on a resume? 3.8 from so-and-so community college or 3.5 from NYU?

3. Hospitals are not routinely hiring nurses. WRONG. In my area of Pennsylvania, including my hospital and several around it, there are 50+ GN/RN positions posted at all times with positions for every unit.

4. Sure, it may be rare that a grad gets an icu position, but NYU GRADS are usually the ones picked first. My first position was a surgical icu, and I can give you 6 other names from my class who immediately worked in adult icu, and 3 who first worked in picu or nicu. Again those are just of my group of friends.

5. Your opinion is to think twice before you "rack up debt going to nyu", which is fine, but my opinion was that I wanted to go to CRNA school, and my education at NYU best prepared me for that. (AND as a crna I'll be paying off that debt in a short time span :)

With all due respect you are all crazy. 1000 applicants for a nursing program? They take 150. Once you graduate where will you find work? This is sheer madness. I graduated 4 years ago from a private Catholic college that is well thought of and a 3.5 grade point average. I am now doing secretarial work in a hospital I applied to twice who never answered me for nursing but immediately

hired me for secretarial as I had experience. The new grad nurse they recently hired? She is the wife of one of our doctors.I can tell you from experience that no one in the hiring world cares about your grades. Most of them want you to have nurse aide experience in their facility so they can watch how you work, do you come to work on time, how do you get along with coworkers. Students have now realized that this is the way to get their foot in the door and as a result there is now a big struggle for the few aide positions that are svailable. Some hospitals like where I work are requiring new grad to sign a contract to stay for 1-2 years and if they leave they are required to pay the hospital about $10,000 to compensate for time wasted in their training. And the hospital will sue people for this money if they break their contract. None of this is being publicized. Hospitals are not routinely hiring nurses except for certain hard to find specialties like OR, OB, Emergency and all of these require experience A rare grad may get ICU but it is not the norm.Patient care is being pushed out of the hospital

nto out patient settings as much as pissible. If a patient is admitted they will be discharged very rapidly. Many hospitals including where I work have shut down entire nursing units. They shut down one that had 30 beds So now it always looks full up there because they have less beds. Closed down units means less need for nurses. Because nurse salaries are 50% of a hospital budget administration is happy to do this. Recently they laid off our nurse educator so now there simply isn't education like there used to be.They laid off the nurse manager who ran the OR and went without for a while and now are trying to hire a non nurse for the spot as she will be cheaper. Would you care to know how many new grads they hired this year? Three out of hundreds of job applicants. This is not to mention experienced nurses who have been laid off or whose facilities have closed. They are having good an awful time trying to get work. Just think twice r before you rack up the enormous debt that it will take to graduate from NYU.

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Thank you for your post. It gives me hope that there is life after nursing school. I am hoping to leave California in hopes for better employment opportunities out of state. NYU is my #1 choice and I am glad to hear from someone with experience on how successful the program is. Thanks so much!!

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Nurses are in demand and nursing will only be more specialized. NYU is an amazing opportunity. The nurses who cant find work are because they are the weaker nurses in the cohort. No hospital is going to hire an idiot. So be careful who you listen too. Someone who is consistently negative needs to do some self reflecting. MAYBE they are the PROBLEM!!

See you on Campus!

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The nurses who cant find work are because they are the weaker nurses in the cohort.

I beg to differ. Getting a job in NYC as a new grad is extremely competitive. There are many very qualified and competent nurses who have a difficult time finding a new grad job in NYC. When people refer to nursing being "in demand" or a nursing shortage, they should make sure to consider the area. This may be true nation wide but you are completely misguided if you think there is any kind of nursing shortage in NYC for new grads (or nurses in general). There is a surplus here and HR often interviews people that are known from by the hospital or come recommended. I think your comment suggesting that those who don't get a job quickly after nursing school in NYC are bottom of the barrel nurses is extremely inaccurate and naive.

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Hi I was reading your post and thought you might be able to answer my question. I am interested in applying to NYU nursing program and I already have all of my prerequisites classes completed. NYU offers two options it looks like, one for accelerated BSN and one for freshman. Is there an option for transfer student who have all the first two years completed of core classes?

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I sent my application late as I didn't consider nursing until a few months ago. I applied as a second bachelor degree track and haven't heard much after getting their confirmation email. When will I typically hear back? Considering it's a Jan 2015 start time, it's getting very close.

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good luck to you all

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