Stony Brook Accelerated Nursing Class of 2015

U.S.A. New York

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It's almost september, which means people are starting to get their applications for nursing together real soon. I'm currently in the 1-yr nursing program here at Stony Brook. A previous alum started the 2014 thread for us, so I figured I do the same. Feel free to ask questions or message me with them. Good luck to everyone applying! :)

Hey GoVeg !! I would definitely say to trim it down to 5 pages. Whatever you have to say can definitely be said in 3-5 pages, especially since they do have a lot of applicants to look at. For our current class of 77 students, they said they had like around 600 qualified applicants. Remember that they don't want to hear your whole life story. Stick to the essentials: what makes you stand out, why did you decide to pursue nursing, how do you personally identify with nursing, that sort of thing. Quality > quantity :D I completely agree with what GoVeg said. I do believe they put quite a bit of weight on the essay since numbers don't tell you the whole story about the person.

Does anyone know the proper way to submit unofficial transcripts through the online application? I guess they now want you to upload them onto your application so I was going to scan them into my computer and save it as a PDF but I was wondering how everyone else is doing that because I am not even sure if thats the correct way they want it done.

Hi!

Yes, I'm going to PDF it.

Also, the personal statement- is it 3-5 pages double spaced or single spaced?

Hi NeuroLK - at the info session, they said 3-5 pp double spaced.

Hi LagD, Your essay should be between 3-5 pages. Mine was super long when I first wrote it so I cut out a lot and ended up using a size 11 font. Remember, you can also add a supplemental essay :)

when is the deadline for the application this year?

October 17! :eek:

Two of my recommenders submitted their responses yesterday, though, which is nice :)

I'm filling out the employment history section of the application and wondering about uploading a supplemental document. I don't have anything "to explain" in terms of a big employment gap or anything like that, but should I upload a PDF résumé just to provide more detail about the (non-health-related but customer-service-related) work I've done? The history page doesn't give any room for, say, a job title or description of any kind. How have you all approached this section?

Thanks! :)

So 2 of my 3 recommenders submitted their responses and i am just waiting on the last one. I emailed her a few days ago asking if she got it because she never started it yet. She responded to me saying that she already submitted it and it was completed. When i looked on my application, it still says "notified" for her. Has this happened to anyone else? I don't know what to do because I don't have anyone else that i could use as a reference and was kind of counting on her.

i did emailed her back saying that it wasn't submitted and i would resend it to her, but she hasn't answered me yet.

Hey guys, I'm almost done with the application but I had a quick question. Are you able to send out the recommender emails before completing the application? I wanna take a little bit more time on my essay but I want my recommenders to be able to submit their recommendations. OR do I have to finish my essay, then send the recommender emails and then submit my application right away? Also, when is the latest you would submit your application? If I submit it by this Saturday, is that too late? Thanks for all your help! :)

Nope, you can send recommender emails anytime once you've started the application. Also, it's not due until 10/17, so how you'd be "too late" by this Saturday is beyond me :)

awesome! thank you so much! when is the latest you would submit your application?

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