Accelerated Second Degree BSN in New York City - Questions! Please help.

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Hi,

I am very frustrated right now. My husband and I just moved to Brooklyn because my husband got a job here.

I already have a BA and am planning on going to a public university to do an accelerated BSN.

However, I just read on CUNY Hunter's website that they don't accept repeated pre-requisites. I stupidly failed a Statistics course 5 years ago, and, even though my cumulative GPA is good, now that course is coming back to bite me in the ass! Hunter just told me that they won't accept me because of that.

Now, it looks like my only other option is Lehman college, which I hear is highly competitive.

Any advice? Any other colleges to look at? I'm not from here, and I'd love some help. I just applied to BMCC to do my pre-requisites, but since I applied as a non-degree seeking student, they won't let me see an advisor (which is a bunch of ********, since I'm giving them my money).

I have no idea what to do right now and I'm to the point of crying. This sucks.

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Try The College of New Rochelle...I just finished their accelerated second degree program.

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I went through the same situation as you. I was at first going to go to queensborough to do my ADN and then transfer afterwards to finish out my bachelors, but QCC gave me a hard time with my classes from Hunter (I got my psych degree at Hunter)

i decided I'm just going to bite the bullet and go to Molloy College for the Dual Degree program for second degree nurses and take out loans. They have been so helpful to me and my situation so that is my plan right now. Unfortunately city colleges are very competitive due to their low tuition so they try to weed out whoever they can. Stony brook has a one year accelerated program but that commute would be horrible. If possible I would look into spending the extra money on private school and then try to find a hospital that offers tuition reimbursement once you become a RN. Best of Luck!!!

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Hi,

I am very frustrated right now. My husband and I just moved to Brooklyn because my husband got a job here.

I already have a BA and am planning on going to a public university to do an accelerated BSN.

However, I just read on CUNY Hunter's website that they don't accept repeated pre-requisites. I stupidly failed a Statistics course 5 years ago, and, even though my cumulative GPA is good, now that course is coming back to bite me in the ass! Hunter just told me that they won't accept me because of that.

Now, it looks like my only other option is Lehman college, which I hear is highly competitive.

Any advice? Any other colleges to look at? I'm not from here, and I'd love some help. I just applied to BMCC to do my pre-requisites, but since I applied as a non-degree seeking student, they won't let me see an advisor (which is a bunch of ********, since I'm giving them my money).

I have no idea what to do right now and I'm to the point of crying. This sucks.

Hunter-Bellevue seems to look for more or any reason to whittle down the vast applicant pool to their generic and second degree BSN programs. The addition of refusing to accept *any* repeated prerequisite even for ABSN applicants just twists that knife a bit deeper for those looking to get in.

As have said before, CUNY system needs to add one or more BSN and or ABSN programs. Demand is great as City University system represents the really only "affordable" option to a BSN degree in NYC, and the only two programs (Hunter-Bellevue and Lehman) simply cannot hope to absorb.

Since you are in Brooklyn look at Downstate (SUNY). Other than that your options for an "affordable" nursing education probably means going to a CUNY ADN school, then after graduating moving onto a bridge program.

Word of warning; *all* CUNY nursing programs (ADN, BSN, ABSN) are competitive atm, and have been so for some time now. Everyone and their mother it seems wants to become a nurse and City University offers the lowest cost route to that goal.

Your other option of course is to look at private nursing schools. Those ABSN programs vary in requirements for entry with some being more lenient and or understanding of past academic performance than others.

Downside of private is the high tuition and other costs; however no small number of students sick and tired of dealing with Hunter went to say NYU, graduated took and passed the boards in about two years. This as opposed to sitting around cooling their jets waiting each semester or year to hear if they've been accepted into Hunter-Bellevue or elsewhere.

Finally about CUNY schools, no; most if not all will allow non-matriculated students to see academic advisors/counselors. Best you can hope for is to attend the various open houses (IIRC Hunter-Bellevue has one), and speak to someone there, though it may not offer the type of advice you are seeking.

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Thanks for your reply!!

I was just reading about the Molloy Dual Degree program. That sounds interesting. Once you graduate, what will you be? Is it a nurse with a Master's? Or a NP? How long is that program?

I have now come to terms with the fact that I will most likely be going to private school. Oh well!

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I know this is old, but don't shy away from Lehman because you hear it's competitive. If you have the stats to get in, you'll get in. If all your pre-reqs are close to a 4.0 (I applied with a 3.93) and your HESI is decent, you will be fine. I actually think it's harder to get into Hunter because they have so many strict requirements and I know it's very difficult to get into downstate.

As for BMCC, why not switch to a degree seeking student? I started my pre-reqs there as a science major knowing full well I wouldn't be graduating there. You get to register for classes first and I think it's less money if you're matriculated.

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Try College of Mount Saint Vincent (No

Entrance exam just have a decent gpa 3.0 and up), College of New Rochelle, Molloy, Jersey College (easy commute from Brooklyn, just take the path train from WTC to Newark), Downstate, Manhattan College, LIU, or one of the community colleges from LI.

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New rochelle ,brooklyn location offers a bsn or accelerated bsn?

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You went to the brooklyn location?

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Monroe College NY has a new ABSN program. Does anyone have any information on this program?

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