college of staten island Nursing

alymora · Aug 27, 2012

Sorry iPhone auto correct that is college of staten island

Silverdragon102, BSN · Aug 27, 2012

corrected spelling for you :)

metricalpound · Aug 30, 2012

Hi - I recently graduated from the ASN program and I am also going there for my Bachelors. What do you want to know?

It's a tough program but I am very satisfied with my education.

alymora · Aug 31, 2012

I just need to know it is do able lol ! I am going to bust my butt to get good grades in pre reqs but I am still unsure of how they chose new students for the program or is it impossible to get in ?

DoGoodThenGo · Sep 1, 2012

I just need to know it is do able lol ! I am going to bust my butt to get good grades in pre reqs but I am still unsure of how they chose new students for the program or is it impossible to get in ?

CSI has always had a strong ASN program and being the only CUNY school on Staten Island (which by extension means serving parts of Brooklyn as well), demand is great.

Recent changes to their admission policy can be found on the program's website but basically (IIRC) they've upped the minimum passing grade for entry to 3.0 in sciences, and the over all pre-nursing sequence as well. It had stood at 2.5 for twenty years or more even though on paper many applicants were already at above that level. Scores are now also required from one of several standard tests (NLN, SAT, etc..), again you can find all this on their website.

metricalpound · Sep 1, 2012

I just need to know it is do able lol ! I am going to bust my butt to get good grades in pre reqs but I am still unsure of how they chose new students for the program or is it impossible to get in ?

It's completely doable if you commit yourself to it.

Here's CSI's Nursing website - College of Staten Island - Department of Nursing

When they choose who they want in the 110 class, they look at GPA of prereqs, overall GPA and NLN predictor - http://www.csi.cuny.edu/nursing/NRselect.pdf