Hunter's or NYU's Accelerated second degree nursing programs

[Pm92]

Is anyone currently in hunter's or NYU's accelerated second degree in nursing programs? Can you share your admission and overall experiences throughout the program? I will soon be graduating with a bachelors in political science and was going to go to law school but I'm not sure that's a such good idea anymore. I'm considering applying to an accelerated second degree program and just wanted to know what people's experiences were.

Thank you!

[jdknyc]

If you can get into Hunter, go to Hunter. There is absolutely no reason to take on all of the unnecessary debt of another school like NYU. Hunter has an excellent reputation and extensive alumni in NYC hospital nursing management. The accelerated class tops out at 30 students. GPAs and NLN-PAX scores are very high and the program is very competitive. Hunter still beats NYU in the NCLEX pass-rate as well.

As far as nurse managers stating a preference for NYU grads, I would argue the exact opposite is true for the accelerated program. NYU's accelerated program has students denied by Hunter. Hunter's accelerated program has students who rejected NYU.

[mcrib09]

Does anybody know the average NLN scores for students that have been admitted in Fall 2017 for the accelerated program? I'm applying to Hunter's accelerated Fall 2018 semester and wanted to know if my scores and gpa fall within their standards to even be considered for their program.

Also, how do they calculate the overall gpa? Do they just average all gpa's from the schools you've attended to get one final gpa or only calculate gpa of the prereqs that are required?

Please help!

[jdknyc]

I don't know what the average NLN scores are (nobody really spoke about that). But I know that Maria Mendoza, the pre-nursing academic advisor, says that a score in the 150s is a great target. Hunter uses NursingCAS for applications and they calculate their own, unique GPAs. They combine everything, not solely your prerequisites.

GPA is again hard to say. I think the average for the generic program is about 3.5 or higher but I imagine the accelerated is substantially higher. In my class beginning Fall 2016, there were only 24 spots.

[turok46368]

I would stay away from the Columbia program. Their NCLEX pass rate was only 77.4% in 2016, and a friend of mine who's in the program now regrets her decision. Friends who went to NYU generally were satisfied with the program, and only commented that fifteen months was just too fast for them.

[The_Salty_Cat]

I would stay away from the Columbia program. Their NCLEX pass rate was only 77.4% in 2016, and a friend of mine who's in the program now regrets her decision. Friends who went to NYU generally were satisfied with the program, and only commented that fifteen months was just too fast for them.

Why does your friend regret her decision?