Montefiore School of Nursing Spring 2020

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Hello all!

I know it's early to make this thread but I wanted to see who else is planning to apply to this program.

The first open house is in February. Anybody else going?

34 minutes ago, cysmith87 said:

I’ve heard great things about Monte. I haven’t heard much about Cochran though but I know they’re about the same. The only thing appealing to me about Cochran is they have the day option available for the spring which I rather do vs night classes.

I am aiming for monte because of their schedule. I work in the day time

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On 6/20/2019 at 12:49 PM, Pediatricsnurse said:

Did anyone pick a testing date yet?

Hi im choosing August 12 which is the day after my bday!!!!? i will be travelling a lot in July

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41 minutes ago, kells0811 said:

Hi im choosing August 12 which is the day after my bday!!!!? i will be travelling a lot in July

Lol, hope you will be studying while traveling

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18 minutes ago, Pediatricsnurse said:

Lol, hope you will be studying while traveling

lol yes i will be studying non stop i pray to GOD i get a good score

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Specializes in Ultrasound Technician.

Hi guys.

I applied to Monte like a week ago. Waiting for the KAT date. Did any of you already take the test? What to use as a study guide? I heard that Kaplan book is not that great...

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hi guys,

i am confirmed for 8/12 at 1pm

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1 hour ago, kells0811 said:

hi guys,

i am confirmed for 8/12 at 1pm

When did you send out your dates? Did they give you a confirmation via email? Thanks!

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i sent out my dates last week i got confirmation yesterday by email

No problem!

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Hi guys!!

I was just fartin’ around on this site and thought I’d drop a note to my fellow future nursing students. I just finished N1 and will be starting N2 next month (yikes!). Reading all your posts gave me deja vú as I was doing the same a year ago as many of you are now lol. I know many of you have tons of curiosities so I’ll just add my two cents to some of the more common ones. Many people are curious about the Kaplan and understandably so. From what I’ve heard and seen, I suspect they factor several things (not just a test score) when it comes to acceptance. Two people I know applied a year before I did and both got a 75 but only one was accepted and probably because they had most of the prerequisites done (and mostly A's) and the other one was missing a lot of classes (and had more B's/C's). Many students got accepted with 70s and I’ve also heard of people getting in with 60s so not all hope is lost if you don’t do as well as you would have liked but definitely try your best to at least get in the 80s. For the Kaplan, I used the TEAS book and an app called PocketPrep. I think the app is $10-$15 and you get around 1500 practice problems. You can buy a TEAS or HESI version and I believe I bought the HESI version (they don’t have a Kaplan version). Two people told me not to buy the Kaplan book and I ignored them and bought it anyway and yes it’s true, that book is pretty useless in the sense that the book’s questions don’t resemble the exam questions at all. I studied for about 4 weeks and felt prepared but everyone is different. DEFINITELY do not try to cram or anything like that. Way too much info to cram. Once you finish the exam, your score will pop up on your computer screen. We received the printout weeks later which was included in the welcome packet.

Like many of you, I was also anxious about the school not responding as fast as we want them to but now that I see it from their point of view, I’m empathetic to their plight. They’re a relatively small school and have to review hundreds of applications every semester (for day and night applicants) so just be patient. Over 200 applied for our class and 40 were accepted so it’s a lot of work for them. Below is the timeline I went through for those who are curious:

7/3/18 - Applied

10/3/18 - Received Kaplan email invite

10/20/18 - Took Kaplan exam

11/16/18 - Received acceptance email

The instructors are great and very supportive but they’re not going to hold anyone’s hand which they shouldn’t. Like anything else in life, you get out what you put in and you have to put the work in.

I’ll add this last bit because I’ve seen it a lot. I would highly suggest to not focus on time as I see many students doing. Everyone seems like they’re in a rush and that can backfire. I have friends from my prerequisite classes that tried to rush everything and were doing 3-5 classes a semester, didn’t do as well as they could have, and now are struggling to find a nursing program to accept them. I feel bad for them because they’ve already invested a lot of time and money and are now in despair and can’t get in anywhere. No one cares how long it takes you to get there, all that matters is that you try to put yourself in the best position to succeed and get accepted even if that means going slower and taking your time. Anyhow, good luck guys and see you in January! ✌

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14 hours ago, Brooklyn_nursing26 said:

Hi guys!!

I was just fartin’ around on this site and thought I’d drop a note to my fellow future nursing students. I just finished N1 and will be starting N2 next month (yikes!). Reading all your posts gave me deja vú as I was doing the same a year ago as many of you are now lol. I know many of you have tons of curiosities so I’ll just add my two cents to some of the more common ones. Many people are curious about the Kaplan and understandably so. From what I’ve heard and seen, I suspect they factor several things (not just a test score) when it comes to acceptance. Two people I know applied a year before I did and both got a 75 but only one was accepted and probably because they had most of the prerequisites done (and mostly A's) and the other one was missing a lot of classes (and had more B's/C's). Many students got accepted with 70s and I’ve also heard of people getting in with 60s so not all hope is lost if you don’t do as well as you would have liked but definitely try your best to at least get in the 80s. For the Kaplan, I used the TEAS book and an app called PocketPrep. I think the app is $10-$15 and you get around 1500 practice problems. You can buy a TEAS or HESI version and I believe I bought the HESI version (they don’t have a Kaplan version). Two people told me not to buy the Kaplan book and I ignored them and bought it anyway and yes it’s true, that book is pretty useless in the sense that the book’s questions don’t resemble the exam questions at all. I studied for about 4 weeks and felt prepared but everyone is different. DEFINITELY do not try to cram or anything like that. Way too much info to cram. Once you finish the exam, your score will pop up on your computer screen. We received the printout weeks later which was included in the welcome packet.

Like many of you, I was also anxious about the school not responding as fast as we want them to but now that I see it from their point of view, I’m empathetic to their plight. They’re a relatively small school and have to review hundreds of applications every semester (for day and night applicants) so just be patient. Over 200 applied for our class and 40 were accepted so it’s a lot of work for them. Below is the timeline I went through for those who are curious:

7/3/18 - Applied

10/3/18 - Received Kaplan email invite

10/20/18 - Took Kaplan exam

11/16/18 - Received acceptance email

The instructors are great and very supportive but they’re not going to hold anyone’s hand which they shouldn’t. Like anything else in life, you get out what you put in and you have to put the work in.

I’ll add this last bit because I’ve seen it a lot. I would highly suggest to not focus on time as I see many students doing. Everyone seems like they’re in a rush and that can backfire. I have friends from my prerequisite classes that tried to rush everything and were doing 3-5 classes a semester, didn’t do as well as they could have, and now are struggling to find a nursing program to accept them. I feel bad for them because they’ve already invested a lot of time and money and are now in despair and can’t get in anywhere. No one cares how long it takes you to get there, all that matters is that you try to put yourself in the best position to succeed and get accepted even if that means going slower and taking your time. Anyhow, good luck guys and see you in January! ✌

Thank you so much for the information. It seems like they took a long time to send out acceptance letters last year.

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32 minutes ago, Pediatricsnurse said:

Thank you so much for the information. It seems like they took a long time to send out acceptance letters last year.

You're welcome! Yup, they told me they were very backtracked last year.

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31 minutes ago, Brooklyn_nursing26 said:

You're welcome! Yup, they told me they were very backtracked last year.

Hopefully that’s not the case this year being that they’re giving out the test dates early.

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