New York City NYC CUNY Nursing School

thank you very much...i did decide, i will be attending medgar evers in fall

Hey I see that you are going to Medgar.I wanted to know if the letter you receieved is an actual acceptance or to come in for the interview.They really make you jump through hoops at this school thats why i did not apply to thier program after the pre -reqs.
1st you take the nln.
2nd you go for the interview with a zillion people in a little hot conference room in the s building take another math and english
3rd they send you acceptance in the last week of the spring semester.
I reserached most schools and thier retention is horrible you might start out with 40 approx but by boards only 15 approx make it to it the rest have either failed out because passing is a B- WHICH IS eqivalent to a 80-82.
Check out the board of nur for nyc 15-19 make it to nlclex even though thier pass rate is a 90 they do things to kick people out so thier pass rate is high because about 5 years ago thier pass rate was a 65% because a major problem was they could not pass boards.Some people i know now are working as lpns because in nyc a few years back you could take your lpn boardswhile you are in your rn program,but nyc has since stopped that in 2007.
Medgar did a huge overhaul and raised standards which is turn rasied nclex pass rates but retention is horrible.I feel you can have good retention and a high nlcex pass rates one does not have to sacrifice for the other.

I think its important to note that every nursing school has its hits and misses but i like to see more of hits.I hope you have researched your options well because a great school will help you progress not kick you when you are down.

That sounds harsh...but i think i cud do it....im thinking bout going to school part time for the clinicals so that i can focus on getting straight A's and be accepted to the clinical phase without retention

To:letarn2b, Thanks for feedback.

Good discussion here and I do hope that more potential or actual students of MEC: past or current participate on this board, thereby helping others make informed decisions, when selecting a nursing programme of best fit..

Having said so, which institution did you chose?

By what month is acceptance letters for Fall 2009 are likely to be received? Could not find that information on MEC's site.


Vyibez
I am repeating letarn2b's question: have you recieved the actual acceptance letter?

Thanks always and regards to all.

i havent recieved it yet but i recieved an email online saying thank you , you have been accepted to medgar evers college and stuff..on the cuny application form, they said i shud recieving information in the mail to finlize my admisson soon

Thank you, Vyibez, once again for prompt response.

your welcum

The school usually sends out acceptance letters in april or so because they take the nln in march.I dont understand why they wait so long because most schools tell you in march wheter you accept or not.
For vibez if you really want to do nursing make sure you choose a college that will guide you on that path.

Thanks for info.

Are you in nursing school?

If so what school?

If not, where would you like to attend and why?

I start fall 09 for my aas degree bsn was to expensive and i did not want 10,000to 15,000 in loans.

Most likely i will be going to suny clinton community college or tompkins cortland they have pretty good nclex rates and retention and the staff seemed very nice and helpful in answering my questions.