Nassau Community College Nursing program Fall 2020

2 hours ago, youngcheerio said:

Me too!! I just got an email that I’ve been accepted!! Thank god. I applied online on March 20th!

CONGRATS!!?

5 minutes ago, Jalambelet1213 said:

So this isn't about acceptance letters now. haha I was never able to go to an open house so I applied based on the descriptions/routes of admissions which as we know can be vague and confusing.

Would you guys assume that if you had a BA and most of the semester 1 and two classes done that the program wouldn't take 4 WHOLE years to complete? I got a pretty short response from someone in advising I emailed last week telling me that it takes EVERYONE 4 years. I mean don't we all have at least the first 2 semesters already completed?

"The program will take you, and all students in the program, 4 years to complete.

Five semesters are spent at NCC, leading to an AS degree. Then you take (and hopefully pass) the NCLEX exam, to become a registered nurse. This is followed by 3 semesters of online classes through Empire State College, culminating in a BS degree. In the NYC metropolitan area, it is very difficult to obtain a hospital nursing job with anything less than a bachelor’s degree IN NURSING."

Go to degree evaluation in MyNCC

click “what if” enter your major as nursing

it will show you what you need (as far as the Associates degree goes, tack on 3 semesters for the BSN courses) so you can estimate how long it will take you. I should be done in 2.5 years with the credits I have.

I can’t see it LITERALLY taking us 4 years when we have all the gen ed credits already that makes no sense to me

EDIT: if that was the case then there are literally going to be semesters where I’m not taking anything

Just now, alessax said:

Go to degree evaluation in MyNCC

click “what if” enter your major as nursing

it will show you what you need (as far as the Associates degree goes, tack on 3 semesters for the BSN courses) so you can estimate how long it will take you. I should be done in 2.5 years with the credits I have.

I can’t see it LITERALLY taking us 4 years when we have all the gen ed credits already that makes no sense to me

OK I'll check that out. Yeah I was pretty alarmed by that. I spent 1.5-2 years on prereqs only to take another Full 4......on top of my damn wasted BA. I have about the same gen eds and prereqs as everyone else here so 4 years seems like a bit of a stretch. I'll check out the "what ifs" and wait for my actual advising appointment!

Just now, alessax said:

Go to degree evaluation in MyNCC

click “what if” enter your major as nursing

it will show you what you need (as far as the Associates degree goes, tack on 3 semesters for the BSN courses) so you can estimate how long it will take you. I should be done in 2.5 years with the credits I have.

I can’t see it LITERALLY taking us 4 years when we have all the gen ed credits already that makes no sense to me

The program does take the full 8 semesters unfortunately. No way around that. I have a bachelors already as well.

The way the program is set up now you don't take any nurses courses the first semester. The second semester you start with NUR 101 fundamentals. Then you have NUR 105, NUR 203 and NUR 204. You can only take one of those at a time and they aren't offered over Summer. After those are completed though you get the associates and can sit for NCLEX and then you finish the last 3 semesters online and you can start working while you do this. Nassau is not an accelerated program and unfortunately there is no way to do it any faster.

I got in for the day!!! WOO HOOO!! I was screaming and jumping for joy! Congratulations everyone who got in so far!

We should definitely start a FB group or what's app chat or something.

Can't wait to meet you all ?

1 minute ago, JMT821 said:

The program does take the full 8 semesters unfortunately. No way around that. I have a bachelors already as well.

The way the program is set up now you don't take any nurses courses the first semester. The second semester you start with NUR 101 fundamentals. Then you have NUR 105, NUR 203 and NUR 204. You can only take one of those at a time and they aren't offered over Summer. After those are completed though you get the associates and can sit for NCLEX and then you finish the last 3 semesters online and you can start working while you do this. Nassau is not an accelerated program and unfortunately there is no way to do it any faster.

Oh god..If that's the case I might have to revisit this program then. Another person in admissions told me before forwarding my email:

"The only information I can share with you is that the Nursing Associates degree takes 2 years to complete regardless of the prerequisites because NUR courses are taken in a sequence and during the fall and Spring term."

4 minutes ago, JMT821 said:

The program does take the full 8 semesters unfortunately. No way around that. I have a bachelors already as well.

The way the program is set up now you don't take any nurses courses the first semester. The second semester you start with NUR 101 fundamentals. Then you have NUR 105, NUR 203 and NUR 204. You can only take one of those at a time and they aren't offered over Summer. After those are completed though you get the associates and can sit for NCLEX and then you finish the last 3 semesters online and you can start working while you do this. Nassau is not an accelerated program and unfortunately there is no way to do it any faster.

I got in for the day! WOO HOOO!! I was screaming and jumping for joy! Congratulations everyone who got in so far!

We should definitely start a FB group or what's app chat or something.

Can't wait to meet you all ?

14 minutes ago, Jalambelet1213 said:

So this isn't about acceptance letters now. haha I was never able to go to an open house so I applied based on the descriptions/routes of admissions which as we know can be vague and confusing.

Would you guys assume that if you had a BA and most of the semester 1 and two classes done that the program wouldn't take 4 WHOLE years to complete? I got a pretty short response from someone in advising I emailed last week telling me that it takes EVERYONE 4 years. I mean don't we all have at least the first 2 semesters already completed?

"The program will take you, and all students in the program, 4 years to complete.

Five semesters are spent at NCC, leading to an AS degree. Then you take (and hopefully pass) the NCLEX exam, to become a registered nurse. This is followed by 3 semesters of online classes through Empire State College, culminating in a BS degree. In the NYC metropolitan area, it is very difficult to obtain a hospital nursing job with anything less than a bachelor’s degree IN NURSING."

I used to question the same thing. But some of the classes must be completed one before the other. I was told that some classes are offered in the Summer time. I would think regardless if you do a Summer class it wouldn't shorten the sequence. It would probably just lessen the work load in a semester.

2 minutes ago, Jalambelet1213 said:

Oh god..If that's the case I might have to revisit this program then. Another person in admissions told me before forwarding my email:

"The only information I can share with you is that the Nursing Associates degree takes 2 years to complete regardless of the prerequisites because NUR courses are taken in a sequence and during the fall and Spring term."

Yea it's not an accelerated program. If you need to finish faster then maybe not the right program. Adelphi and Stonybrook have accelerated programs if you already have bachelors. Adelphi is expensive though and stonybrook is tough to get into.

Just look at the curriculum for the program. It's all laid out. Us taking all the gen ed courses prior to getting in doesn't speed up the time it takes, it just makes getting through the program easier. My brother did it and some friends. It is very hard and demanding just taking those 8 credit NUR courses on their own. You don't want to be adding micro and other classes on top of that.

LOL! Yea let's just say I got way too excited and created a facebook group already! "Nassau Community College NURSING FALL 2020"

3 minutes ago, JGVargas said:

I used to question the same thing. But some of the classes must be completed one before the other. I was told that some classes are offered in the Summer time. I would think regardless if you do a Summer class it wouldn't shorten the sequence. It would probably just lessen the work load in a semester.

The classes that are offered in Summer are classes like micro and pathophysiology. The NUR courses are only offered Spring and fall and yes it's a sequence. You cannot take them together. Exactly! You can't shorten the time of the program, only make the workload within the semester more manageable by taking the NUR courses alone.

I am hoping if we have all NCC classes from semester one complete, they will let us take 3 of the empire gen eds that first semester to get ahead with those. The only class from semester one I need is the modern american history but I don't want to spend a semester taking one course. I'd like to also take the Aging and society and western Civ course. The annoying thing is I took one of these courses already for my bachelors but since it was a 3 credit course and they require 4 credit they won't accept it.

6 minutes ago, JMT821 said:

Yea it's not an accelerated program. If you need to finish faster then maybe not the right program. Adelphi and Stonybrook have accelerated programs if you already have bachelors. Adelphi is expensive though and stonybrook is tough to get into.

Just look at the curriculum for the program. It's all laid out. Us taking all the gen ed courses prior to getting in doesn't speed up the time it takes, it just makes getting through the program easier. My brother did it and some friends. It is very hard and demanding just taking those 8 credit NUR courses on their own. You don't want to be adding micro and other classes on top of that.

Oh I get it! I'm totally not questioning it, I just have looked at other comm colleges like where we live now in Virginia and it's a bit different. When you start the nursing school it's a full 2 years, done, you have your RN. Followed by 1-2 semesters concurrently at a local university to get the BSN.

I'm actually waitlisted at SBU's 2 year basic program and did put a deposit in at Molloy which isn't very cheap but I'd have the BSN in two years.

Shoot - I'll definitely have to weigh my options and talk with advising etc.

THANK YOU!! I do appreciate the feedback. No one in advising or admissions ever gave me straight up answers. I kept getting the "nursing decisions will come out at the end of April" email that we all know and love!

2 minutes ago, JGVargas said:

LOL! Yea let's just say I got way too excited and created a facebook group already! "Nassau Community College NURSING FALL 2020"

AWESOME! I will join. I am so excited. Also, so relieved! This past week has been SO stressful waiting to find out.