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?

16 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! It makes sense why they're starting testing early this year (July)

For the science portion, do you remember if the exam had 2 questions per each system? I noticed the science section contains 20 questions and there are ten systems they want us to review.

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20 minutes ago, 2bNurse25 said:

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

It seems like it's going faster this year but you guys probably know better than I do at this point.

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10 minutes ago, MO_Nursing said:

Thank you so much! It makes sense why they're starting testing early this year (July)

For the science portion, do you remember if the exam had 2 questions per each system? I noticed the science section contains 20 questions and there are ten systems they want us to review.

I don't remember it being structured that way. The questions were very random and from a few different body systems. I wrote a post about this in last year's thread. I'm trying to remember everything but it's a blur lol. I do remember it was all physiology, where gas exchange takes place, where digestion takes place, things like that. I know lots of students said quizlet helped them a lot but I didn't think to use quizlet.

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3 minutes ago, Brooklyn_nursing26 said:

I don't remember it being structured that way. The questions were very random and from a few different body systems. I wrote a post about this in last year's thread. I'm trying to remember everything but it's a blur lol. I do remember it was all physiology, where gas exchange takes place, where digestion takes place, things like that. I know lots of students said quizlet helped them a lot but I didn't think to use quizlet.

Yeah, I remember someone saying they received a 95 on the science portion using strictly quizlet. Going to use it as well lol

Thanks a lot!

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12 minutes ago, MO_Nursing said:

Yeah, I remember someone saying they received a 95 on the science portion using strictly quizlet. Going to use it as well lol

Thanks a lot!

Yeah I know, uggh! I bombed the science part but got a 100% on the math which saved me lol. If I had used quizlet my score would've been in the 90s instead of mid 80s but whatever lol. You're welcome, and study study study!!

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Hello all! I came across this thread today and I am so glad that I did. I am a student, looking to get into a nursing program at this point. I have completed all of my prerequisites at this point to get into a 4 year program, all I literally have left to do are clinicals but I have not been accepted anywhere, yet. What just recently killed my GPA was a C+ grade that I received from a science course and I am now down to 2.9 GPA. Now I am freaking out and looking at my options - which includes applying at MSO.

Let's be direct here, and this question may be for someone who may have been in my position and applied to this school. What are the chances I will get into MSO in the Spring with a 2.9 GPA? All of my pre-requisites done?

Any feedback or advice will be greatly appreciated!

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12 minutes ago, FutureRNml2019 said:

Hello all! I came across this thread today and I am so glad that I did. I am a student, looking to get into a nursing program at this point. I have completed all of my prerequisites at this point to get into a 4 year program, all I literally have left to do are clinicals but I have not been accepted anywhere, yet. What just recently killed my GPA was a C+ grade that I received from a science course and I am now down to 2.9 GPA. Now I am freaking out and looking at my options - which includes applying at MSO.

Let's be direct here, and this question may be for someone who may have been in my position and applied to this school. What are the chances I will get into MSO in the Spring with a 2.9 GPA? All of my pre-requisites done?

Any feedback or advice will be greatly appreciated!

I’m kind of in the same boat as you. I have a combined gpa score of 2.9. I have a 2.7 gpa from my bachelors and a 3.1 from my prerequisites. MSO accepts anyone with a gpa 2.7 or over. They’ve already invited me to take the Kaplan. It depends on how well you do on the Kaplan test in my opinion and from what I gathered. Just apply and they’ll invite you to take the Kaplan and get an 80 or higher on the exam and you should get in.

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1 hour ago, FutureRNml2019 said:

Hello all! I came across this thread today and I am so glad that I did. I am a student, looking to get into a nursing program at this point. I have completed all of my prerequisites at this point to get into a 4 year program, all I literally have left to do are clinicals but I have not been accepted anywhere, yet. What just recently killed my GPA was a C+ grade that I received from a science course and I am now down to 2.9 GPA. Now I am freaking out and looking at my options - which includes applying at MSO.

Let's be direct here, and this question may be for someone who may have been in my position and applied to this school. What are the chances I will get into MSO in the Spring with a 2.9 GPA? All of my pre-requisites done?

Any feedback or advice will be greatly appreciated!

Is your 2.9 GPA an overall GPA? Monte only calculates the GPA of the classes they require. As the other poster said, get in the 80s and you'll have an excellent shot.

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hello everyone I am also applying for 2020, I know they recalculate our gpa I saw some people saying that that know their gpa... how did you guys calculate it ??!

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10 minutes ago, Ammerlucci said:

hello everyone I am also applying for 2020, I know they recalculate our gpa I saw some people saying that that know their gpa... how did you guys calculate it ??!

There’s tons of GPA calculators online. Here’s one:

https://www.calculator.net/gpa-calculator.html

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Thank you so much! I’m stressing something crazy I’m taking my Kaplan tomorrow ??

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8 minutes ago, Ammerlucci said:

Thank you so much! I’m stressing something crazy I’m taking my Kaplan tomorrow ??

You’re welcome. Just do what you have to do and be mindful of the time lol. Good luck!! ?

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