I'm trying to get into nursing, but am having a difficult time choosing a program. I applied to BMCC just to BEGIN the pre-req's, but they are getting me so aggravated I think I'm just going to say forget it (I submitted an application, deferred it for a year, was told first I didn't have to pay the $70 fee because I already have a B.A. then told I had to pay it again because I waited longer than a year - paid it, sent in all my documents, was told the application wasn't complete because a transcript was missing, paid another $10 to have it sent again, tried calling admissions for a week and never got through to anyone...$175 later, I gave up with them).
Basically what I'm looking for is this:
-Evening program (I work full-time during the week as a victim advocate and cannot quit my job as I have no family in NYC that can assist financially).
-Commutable distance to my job OR residence (I work in lower Manhattan near Canal St. and live in Bay Ridge...I don't have a car).
-Affordable (I can't afford $30,000 a year as I already have $70,000 from my previous sociology B.A. from Stony Brook).
BMCC fit all those, but I can't even speak with anyone there! Anyone have any other suggestions? I'd hate to quit my job, move all the way back "home" to Utica and go to St. Elizabeth's College of Nursing without any other source of income...not to mention St. E's is expensive!
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I'm trying to get into nursing, but am having a difficult time choosing a program. I applied to BMCC just to BEGIN the pre-req's, but they are getting me so aggravated I think I'm just going to say forget it (I submitted an application, deferred it for a year, was told first I didn't have to pay the $70 fee because I already have a B.A. then told I had to pay it again because I waited longer than a year - paid it, sent in all my documents, was told the application wasn't complete because a transcript was missing, paid another $10 to have it sent again, tried calling admissions for a week and never got through to anyone...$175 later, I gave up with them).
Basically what I'm looking for is this:
- Evening program (I work full-time during the week as a victim advocate and cannot quit my job as I have no family in NYC that can assist financially).
- Commutable distance to my job OR residence (I work in lower Manhattan near Canal St. and live in Bay Ridge...I don't have a car).
- Affordable (I can't afford $30,000 a year as I already have $70,000 from my previous sociology B.A. from Stony Brook).
BMCC fit all those, but I can't even speak with anyone there! Anyone have any other suggestions? I'd hate to quit my job, move all the way back "home" to Utica and go to St. Elizabeth's College of Nursing without any other source of income...not to mention St. E's is expensive!