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Oh and chem 3x and 4x is just regular chem only thing is that it's not accepted by other universities. I hear its slightly easier than regular chem 3 and chem 4 which requires pre cal as a pre or corequisite.

ok thank you,i have taken some pre-request but still need more. i planning on transfering to hunter next semester cuz i dont like lehman. but to u think liu has a waiting list because i dont wanna waste any time. thanks

Nursing is growing in popularity, it's one of the fastest growing majors people are taking on so my guess is yeah, there will be a waiting list. Not anything insane like 2 years but mostly one semester. Which is nothing compared to waiting lists at CUNY. I changed my major too late and ended up having to wait one semester to get in.

but one of liu's representative told me that there no waiting list but i guess one semester isn'y bad at all like you said.

ha! they will tell you that of course because they want your money. I was wait listed one semester because they had no more spots.

ya i know that what i told one of my friend about the cuny schools. she asked the chair person she told her that they dont have a waiting list. anyways thank you a lot of your help wish you the best of luck. keep me up to date when you get accepted.

What I've realized is that a lot of people in LIU wait until the last minute to do something. People are waiting too long to take the entrance HESI exam and even though you can take it twice, they can't be in the same semester. So for example if you start Fall 2010, you should take the entrance exam in Fall 2009 just in case you fail the first time. A lot of people waited until Spring 2010, but if you don't pass, you can't take it again until Fall 2010 and therefore you're pushed back a semester. I took the HESI entrance and it wasn't too difficult for me but a lot of people found it challenging. It's four parts and you have to pass each part, if you fail even one you have to retake the entire exam. If you don't pass the second time however, that's it and you can't try applying for the school again. I have a lot of friends who claim they are starting in the fall but haven't even taken the entrance exam yet and the semester ends in two days! I don't know what they are waiting for.

Not only that but I think the school is dealing with an influx of students now. Right now we already have 90 students registered to start the professionaly phase in the Fall semester and that isn't including people who didn't register for classes yet (for some odd reason registration opened over a month ago!), people waiting for Hesi results, people transferring in and people finishing up classes in the Summer. A lot of my friends came from CUNY schools because of the ridiculous wait list, a lot of people are switching majors within the school (Usually from Pharmacy) so there are usually over 100 nursing students every semeter.

They're really trying to raise their standards for the nursing students they accept.

Hi guiltysins,

Congrats on passing the exam! I have read all the comments about entrance exam and prospect students for the up coming fall 2010. I have applied at LIU and I need your advice. I am a bit concern about getting in for fall 2010. I have given my official transcript with a degree of liberal arts and as of now, I am finishing my last 2 chemistry that is required for nursing. The admission office is waiting for my mid-year report to evaluate my chemistry. In able for me to take the entrance exam, I have to be accepted first. Since I have read all the comment about getting in for fall of 2010, my big concern is that once i got accepted and have passed the entrance exam, will I have a guarantee seat for this up coming fall 2010?

Also, any few points on the exam? Vocabulary-should I reveiw from SAT book or is it medical terms?

Thanks for you help

If you get accepted and pass the HESI then from what I know you are guaranteed a seat for Fall 2010. There are still a lot of opening in the nursing courses because people are not passing the HESI exam or they are choosing to go to another program. A few people applied to NYU because they don't have an entrance exam. There are at least 10 people I know who are registered to take their HESI next week so some people have really taken their time. A number of students are being accepted for the part-time program due to low HESI scores so that's why some classes are filling up more than others.

As far as the exam. Vocab wasn't as bad as I expected. There is some medical terms but nothing major. Simple things like overt, concave, tachycardia and things like that. Some things you'll recognize from A&P. The Grammar and Reading Comp was SAT style. What is the main idea, what is the author trying to say, what is the grammatical error in this sentence, ect. Good luck! I'm starting in the fall, hopefully you'll be there with me.