Stony Brook Accelerated BSN class of 2013

U.S.A. New York

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Hey all! Just wanted to lend my support to anyone else who is applying to SB next summer! It's a grueling process :-)):yeah:

Thank you Joie! I'll have to request some more transcripts. The hard part is waiting!

Hi Jennyfur,

Welcome to the thread! I don't think they have a set criteria at Stony Brook, they seem to look at each student individually to see their background and then finalize based on a comparison between the 'best' applicants for the program. It is hard to know what they are looking for exactly.

I am also applying to Adelphi's accelerated- PATH program as a back up, but SBU is by far my first choice...

Good luck!

I also saw my transcripts were all updated as received- yay! That stressful part is over, now it is about trying to focus on other things at least through the holidays...it is so hard though.

Specializes in ICU / PCU / Telemetry / Oncology.
Good luck, everyone! I'm so nervous about getting in, but I do feel as if I probably won't, based on the caliber of the applicants. I've gotten B+s in all of my pre-reqs and only had a 3.5 GPA, so I just don't think that'll cut it. My personal statement & recommendations (as far as I know) are outstanding, I think, but I just don't think my grades will cut it, which is a shame. I guess maybe the only good thing is that I have some experience in healthcare (I work for a non-profit agency with developmentally disabled adults)... The waiting beginssssssss

Can't believe you pulled me away from my massive paper due this Friday to make me say this to you:

Stop selling yourself short!!! :D You have just as good a chance as anyone else! Is there a rule that says only people with A's get into the program? NO! For all I know I have classmates that only got B's in their prereqs! I don't know for a fact, but who knows? Getting into Stony Brook is so much more than grades. YES, I am the first to admit that there are a few VERY competitive students in my class, but EVERY class will have them. At the same time, you have the ones that just do the bare minimum but do it well, and we have those too. I have been with my classmates now for almost 4 months (holy crap :eek: ... I did not realize that until now LOL) ... and I feel safe in saying that not everyone had the same admissions profile, particularly GPA wise!! I have gotten to know most of them, and it's a very diverse group, and I don't mean ethnicitywise!

Are you guys planning on living on campus?

I live off campus, but a few of my classmates are on campus and I can tell you it's EXPENSIVE! If you don't have a car, your best bet is to find a room somewhere just off campus (like near the LIRR station) and walk (or grab the free SBU Transit bus to the hospital or SAC and walk from the SAC, it's like 10 min walk to HSC). If you insist on living on campus, know that your ONLY option right now is the West Apts, which is (duh) all the way on the west side of campus and the HSC is all the way on the east side. Not to mention the horrors of noisy undergrad suitemates that don't understand why you have to go to bed so early for 7am clinicals the next morning (this is of course 2nd hand info I have become privy to).

Enough procrastination! Bye! :p

Thanks for the info. As I've mentioned, I went to SBU for my first degree and lived in the West Apartments for two years. It was a good experience, but I'm planning on purchasing a house with my husband (assuming I get in; however we will probably relocate to Suffolk regardless.) I'm also fortunate to have a car so that's not an issue. I'm just plodding thought Anatomy and Physiology II right now and have another solid B+, as usual. It's hard when I'm working two jobs and have no time to study, haha. I'm loving my nursing internship, though!!

just checked solar, everything has been received :w00t::w00t:

Yay!!! I'm waiting for one more recommendation letter from a professor for the two-year application and I'm done with both! Congrats!!!

Awesome, congrats to u too, its a long process!

Thanks! It sure was. Of course, now I'm obsessing and thinking of things I could have put in my personal statement instead, but what's done is done, I suppose. I'm exploring other options, just in case I don't get in, but other schools are so much more expensive and require even more prerequisites! I feel like I'll be in school forever.

I am also applying to Adelphi's accelerated- PATH program as a back up, but SBU is by far my first choice...

Good luck!

Annie,

I was looking at Adelphi the other day and considering applying, but it's so expensive (I think I figured $56,000). Have your heard anything about scholarships?

Good luck to you too! Hopefully we'll both get in! :)

I think I will be considering Adelphi for next year if I don't get into SBU. It's a lot of $$$... and more prereqs :(

I applied also to Columbia's ETP program as part of the their early decision process--it is horribly expense and although I have 6 months left on my GI Bill--it just is not enough to pay for it with Columbia's one scholarship (as you can imagine)...But I really hope for SB to come thru....Logistically it is the better option for me (etc. closer to house, can drive there, cost, in case son is sick etc.)

I checked my application and next to one of my transcripts it had an asterisks?? It was a school (U of M) that when I opened one transcript to have an original on file--it was a transcript for another person! So I had to call and leave a message asking about the "Asterisks" and to ensure they did not get a transcript of another person for me...unreal sometimes-oh well.

PACO 69--I had a question for you--I was interested in getting the books for the Pathology, Math, and Pharmacology so I can read up--I am old SO I have to give it time to sink into this old brain and repeat repeat repeat:) Can you tell us the books used? Thanks a mill:lol2:

Kim

I need a little insight!!!

My entire application was listed as recieved the beginning of this month. My undergraduate trasncripts from BOTH schools I attended were recieved as well as all three letters of rec and my application fee. I logged onto Solar on Friday to see the status of one of my trasncripts has been changed to NOT RECIEVED. As you can imagine I am 100% freaking out. I called them on Friday to see what the deal was and was told someone was going to call me back and never did. I can't possibly imagine how they could have my transcript for a month and suddenly not have it! And I mean, I had my trasncripts listed as recieved from the end of september until the middle of this month and all of a sudden BAM! The deadline is passed as well so I'm screwed if they don't have it. Any clue what's going on!?

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