Binghamton accelerated nursing

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Does anyone know when Binghamton will send out acceptances for the fall 2014 BAT program?

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I don't know when they send out acceptances, but I am applying as well! I still have to write my essay. Are you from the New York area?

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Yes I am! Are you?

I am not very patient and am terrible at waiting...haha

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I am, yeah! Living in NYC and taking prereqs right now at BMCC. I have only completed two so I'm a little nervous they won't accept me because I don't have enough done yet! I'm on track to finish them by the time the program starts tho. Where else are you applying? I think I am applying to NYU, Colombia, Pace, and Downstate as well... But the cheaper the better!

I would PM you but I'm not sure if I can.. Still figuring this site out!

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I applied to duke, Johns Hopkins, stonybrook and Rochester as well. I am about two hours north of the city.

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And I definitely agree! Whatever has the cheapest price tag!

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I'm in the program at Binghamton...beware. I wouldn't recommend it. This is the most disorganized program I've ever been in, and it focuses entirely on rural nursing and community health, just to throw it out there. I'm from NYC as well, and clinicals will be culture shock to you. I really feel I'm not learning much here and to add, the amount of tests and assignments dumped on us all at once literally makes you so stressed out I can't describe it. I got into NYU's 15 month program but went to BU instead for the price tag but I really regret it. I feel I would have gotten much better clinical exposure and experience at NYU, plus it being 15 months instead of 12 I would have preserved some sanity too and been able to retain more information. I didn't realize a 12 month program was so stupid, I really half the time question how NYS allows it, how can you learn to be a good nurse and be well prepared in 12 months? You can't. Just my two cents. I'm sticking this out since I'm here, but I wish I went to NYU instead. I had also been on these forums searching and searching for opinions on BU's program and I never read anything except "BU is a good school!" So I'm hoping to be that one person that gives a real review! Had I known this program focuses SO much on public and community health I wouldn't have gone here. Oh, and on geriatrics. All the professors talk about is how nearly 25% of Binghamton's population is geriatric and this is the place to be to work in geriatrics. I've been in clinical since August and I'm not lying to you I have not had a patient younger than 75. I want to work in oncology in NYC, I feel this is not where I should have gone to school. If you want to be a nurse in public/community health, or stay upstate after graduation, then yes this program is great. But if you're coming JUST to save money, like I did, DON'T. I really made a mistake coming up here just to save money.

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Well that's depressing :(

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I thought I would throw in my two cents. I graduated Binghamton's accelerated program last year and I've been working as a nurse in a long island hospital for the past year. I do somewhat agree with your assessment of the program but if I'm correct you have only been in the program for the summer and half of the fall semester. You cannot adequately assess the entire program only halfway through it. Yes, the summer was mostly geriatrics, yes some of the fall has geriatrics, yes it's way too much geriatrics...but you're not done yet. If oncology is what you want, I recommend requesting oncology for your spring senior clinical rotation...that rotation is where you will learn the most. I did my senior rotation on a step down tele unit and by the end I felt adequately prepared to work on a tele unit...did I know everything? No. Did I have a ton to learn? More than I even realized. But I felt I had a good exposure to it. I can understand you thinking you would've gotten a better education in NYC but I disagree because in the end nursing school is not really where you learn how to be a nurse, most of it is on the job training. Nursing school exposes you to so many aspects of healthcare it's impossible to retain all of it in 12 or even 15 months. I have to say coming back to long island and searching for a job, binghamton had a very good reputation among nurse recruiters...plus the fact that I'm not stuck with a huge amount of student loans is a huge plus. Don't be naive...the job market in the NYC area and long island sucks for new grads especially, but guess what? Upstate NY is hiring and by gaining connections at local hospitals you are now a shoe-in to get a job, gain your one year of experience there and come back to NYC as a now experienced RN ready to compete in a very competitive job market with less than half the student loans as all the other desperate new grads.

At the end of the day you are still a registered nurse...the rest of your skills will come with time, be patient.

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Oh and btw I got my acceptance in January...but it ranges from January all the way up til the start of the program (depending on how many spots they fill)

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Specializes in Critical care, CRNA.

@ZellRN 2014 BAT hopeful here. Do keep an open line of communication of any academic advisors?

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I never knew any academic advisors...they have like 2 for all 10,000 students. You basically are your own academic advisor.

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