Mount Sinai ABSN Summer 2020

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Hi all,

Has anyone applied to and/or gotten an admission decision from Mount Sinai PSON for the ABSN program starting Summer 2020?

Thanks!

hey everyone. I have been following this thread, and just got notified today to set up my virtual interview next week. seems everyone is mixed on the interview process, and some people felt it wasn't as laid back as they hoped. I guess there is no real way to prepare so I will just base it off the previous interview questions that others posted. For those of you who have been accepted, how long after you interviewed did you hear back?

Thanks!

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I am in PSON right now and advise others to stay away. Yes, it is cheaper than NYU, but its just not worth it. The program is a scam, you teach yourself EVERYTHING. Professors are awful at communicating, make bad grading errors which they refuse to change, and don't know the material well enough to give it over. PSON would hire a tree willing to teach for them, it feels like a babysitting agency. Additionally, the admin staff are not accommodating, and dont care that all lectures this semester were in an auditorium bc we don't have a school. Our class size is 110 instead of the advertised 50, in order to fund their new building. No one works in the school, all their staff leave one by one due to the conditions and the mess that this school is. Financial aid has been unstaffed for 2 months, leaving students without their loans taken out to cover rent.

The reason you all havent heard back is because no one works there, no joke. There is now one person left managing financial, admissions, all classes and clinicals etc

GO SOMEPLACE ELSE IF YOU VALUE YOUR DIGNITY AND MENTAL HEALTH!

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On 3/25/2020 at 10:02 AM, NYCBelle said:

Be persistent. There are no classes happening at the school right now so they are a captive audience. You are about to make a huge investment, a few emails are not a bother! Decisions for the fall start came out for some students last year around April if that helps.

On 3/24/2020 at 9:30 AM, indigo12 said:

Hi! I spoke to -------------------- yesterday and she told me she has no idea when decisions will be sent out due to everything that is happening. She said to to reply all to the email that was sent about postponing the deadline and ask if they know when decisions will be sent, but I felt bad bothering them. I applied for fall so the decisions may come out at different time but it seems like everything is a bit up in the air as to when we’ll find out.

The reason you havent heard is because no one actually works here anymore,Its all a scam. ------------------- who you have all been talking to gave notice and will be leaving in a few weeks and absolutely no one will be sending out acceptances, or communicating with applicants at all.

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1 hour ago, psonstudent said:

The reason you havent heard is because no one actually works here anymore,Its all a scam. ------------------------ who you have all been talking to gave notice and will be leaving in a few weeks and absolutely no one will be sending out acceptances, or communicating with applicants at all.

I have a feeling that ------------------------ is taking over . At least that’s who they tell us to email to confirm our interviews.

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1 hour ago, psonstudent said:

The reason you havent heard is because no one actually works here anymore,Its all a scam. --------------------- who you have all been talking to gave notice and will be leaving in a few weeks and absolutely no one will be sending out acceptances, or communicating with applicants at all.

Is it really this abysmal? I was accepted (did not have an interview, which makes me all the more puzzled by the fact that some people were called in today to do one). How have you fared, classes-wise? I found most of the time that I had to teach myself everything, anyways, in pre-req courses. Do the professors give clear guidelines in what they're grading you on? how are you doing right now in the courses?

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1 minute ago, Friturita said:

Is it really this abysmal? I was accepted (did not have an interview, which makes me all the more puzzled by the fact that some people were called in today to do one). How have you fared, classes-wise? I found most of the time that I had to teach myself everything, anyways, in pre-req courses. Do the professors give clear guidelines in what they're grading you on? how are you doing right now in the courses?

Is it awful, not gonna lie. We email the dean all day with complaints and get completely shut down. The proffessors are so so bad. I am not an angry student complaining bc of bad grades, I got all As last semester, and A on the final today - and dont have grades for my other classes yet but will have an A or A-. This is bc of self study, stress, crying, breakdowns. The school are completely unwilling to help any students, and its awful

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3 minutes ago, psonstudent said:

Is it awful, not gonna lie. We email the dean all day with complaints and get completely shut down. The proffessors are so so bad. I am not an angry student complaining bc of bad grades, I got all As last semester, and A on the final today - and dont have grades for my other classes yet but will have an A or A-. This is bc of self study, stress, crying, breakdowns. The school are completely unwilling to help any students, and its awful

Thats so bad...this has been my concern from the start. How were they with assigning clinicals? please feel free to PM me a Mega Rant, or post one here: give examples! I understand if you don't have the time and thanks for sharing at all, I just really want to understand what the situation is.

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1 hour ago, Friturita said:

Thats so bad...this has been my concern from the start. How were they with assigning clinicals? please feel free to PM me a Mega Rant, or post one here: give examples! I understand if you don't have the time and thanks for sharing at all, I just really want to understand what the situation is.

Don't worry - I really want people to be aware before they jump in!

Clinicals were actually pretty good - the placements were generally good except for a few groups who had to switch mid semester bc they were not learning anything.

The teachers read the slides - and dont add anything, its literally a babysitting service. They dont help you study or give any guidance for exams - its a complete **** show. We beg for assistance and get email replies of one word, 2 weeks too late. They also grade exams and dont allow us to review them, and once accidentally opened it to students and we saw that several questions were marked wrongly - so we dont trust them grading our exams at all.

Some of them are so so difficult to deal with and dont even speak English! I am NOT exaggerating - speak to anyone in the cohort! Only 4 out of 110 students attended the white coat ceremony bc they scheduled it the day before two HUGE exams and refused to change it.

During this pandemic, they have been so unaccommodating and unhelpful. The Dean refuses to talk to students over the phone to discuss issues.

I can keep going for hours, this has been an absolute scam, waste of money, and waste of emotional health. I am looking forward to leaving already!

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1 hour ago, psonstudent said:

Don't worry - I really want people to be aware before they jump in!

Clinicals were actually pretty good - the placements were generally good except for a few groups who had to switch mid semester bc they were not learning anything.

The teachers read the slides - and dont add anything, its literally a babysitting service. They dont help you study or give any guidance for exams - its a complete **** show. We beg for assistance and get email replies of one word, 2 weeks too late. They also grade exams and dont allow us to review them, and once accidentally opened it to students and we saw that several questions were marked wrongly - so we dont trust them grading our exams at all.

Some of them are so so difficult to deal with and dont even speak English! I am NOT exaggerating - speak to anyone in the cohort! Only 4 out of 110 students attended the white coat ceremony bc they scheduled it the day before two HUGE exams and refused to change it.

During this pandemic, they have been so unaccommodating and unhelpful. The Dean refuses to talk to students over the phone to discuss issues.

I can keep going for hours, this has been an absolute scam, waste of money, and waste of emotional health. I am looking forward to leaving already!

Oh god..... Did you have the same professor during the whole semester? I've heard some schools will have a "rotation" throughout the semester, so you never know the exam style. zero exam review? like not even a review posted online? were the online classes/exams portions better?

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1 minute ago, Friturita said:

Oh god..... Did you have the same professor during the whole semester? I've heard some schools will have a "rotation" throughout the semester, so you never know the exam style. zero exam review? like not even a review posted online? were the online classes/exams portions better?

We did have the same professor throughout but she doesn't speak enough English to write exams - so any review she gave didn't actually match the exam bc she didn't write them!

They sometimes did a review for the exam - but it didn't match the exam content

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Just now, psonstudent said:

We did have the same professor throughout but she doesn't speak enough English to write exams - so any review she gave didn't actually match the exam bc she didn't write them!

They sometimes did a review for the exam - but it didn't match the exam content

ugh oh god....I'm waiting to hear back on a few other NYC schools but this was my preferred due to the low cost. Do you know anyone who attended other ABSN schools? From my research, it sounds like all ABSN schools are a mess: I'm just wondering if this is spectacularly bad compared to others, like Wagner and NYU.

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Just now, Friturita said:

ugh oh god....I'm waiting to hear back on a few other NYC schools but this was my preferred due to the low cost. Do you know anyone who attended other ABSN schools? From my research, it sounds like all ABSN schools are a mess: I'm just wondering if this is spectacularly bad compared to others, like Wagner and NYU.

There are some students with family and friends in NYU and they report being MUCH happier

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