Pace - accelerated BSN

Yes, I was going to apply to it this year, but received this email from Pace a month ago:

"Thank you for your email. I do want to let you know that as of Friday January 30, 2009 the Leinhard School of Nursing faculty have decided to cancel the 2 year CDP program that allows students to take their pre-requisites with us and change it to a 2 Year Part Time CDP program. Therefore, all students interested in applying to the CDP program, whether it is one or two years, must have all their pre-requisites completed prior to applying to Pace University. This change in program was only recently announced, so please email me back if you have further questions that cannot yet be found on the website.
Thanks, Doris Lee, Assistant Director of Graduate Admissions"

As I understand it there are now only two routes into Pace, either do your prereqs and then apply to the CDP or apply as a transfer student to the regular 4 year BSN program (which is not offered in NYC). I don't know whether they cancelled it due to lack of interest or funding or what but it was a really bummer for me since I've got all my eggs in one basket now!

Hi there!

I just applied to the Pace CDP program. I have taken all of the prereqs, but have to redo one of them because of the grade. Doris e-mailed me and didn't say anything about it being cancelled, so I am confused.

Strange.... maybe it was clear in my email to her that I was only interested in the NYC program and it is only that one where the CDP without prereqs program has been cancelled?? Were you clear that you hadn't done your prereqs jlan79? I don't know really....

I got that email I quoted below and then I replied saying that I was disappointed and if I took my prereqs and wanted to apply next year would I have to resubmit all my transcripts and letters of recommendation again (since I'd already done it all) and got no answer.

Anyway, here's hoping I get into NYU and don't have to worry about it.

Sounds like we are totally in the same boat with school. I think your plan sounds good. I heard that you can apply to Pace early and that they will let you know before june/july - sort of a rolling admissions kind of thing - but if NYU if your first choice and you get in then why bother.

How long would it take to commute from NYC to Pleasantville every day? Is that even possible?

Waiting to hear from NYU is already killing me and it's only March.

I graduated from the CDP program in NYC 1 1/2 yrs ago as a 2-year student. Wow! I can't believe they got rid of the 2-year program! The only prereqs I completed before entering the program was Psy and statistics. My first year, as a full-time student, I took the rest of my prereqs at Pace along with non-clinical nursing classes (mostly introductory and elective classes, but I did take pharmacology my 1st year though). And because this program is a combined BSN/MS program, they require students to take 2 graduate level classes before completing the BSN portion. So I took one of those too. I guess the pro to the 2-year program was that I was able to take my nursing classes with prereqs which made my second clinical year much less stressful because I can concentrate on fewer classes. con was trying to recall nursing stuff that was taught even only a year ago because it's such an intense program. My 2-year collegues and I forgot pretty much everything nursing we took the first year by the time we took the NCLEX! Oh and also, I didn't hear about my acceptance into the program until late July. Some of my friends in the program heard about their acceptance as early as April. Their selection process sounds pretty random. So don't give up if you don't hear from them immediately!

Pooshu11-
It's hard to find someone who has attended PACE's CDP program on this website--would you mind posting a bit more about your experience there? I got into their new 2 year part time program (nights and weekends which will allow me to keep my day job) and would love to hear more about your experience and if you think the program is doable part time in addition to a full time job.

Thanks!