Two campuses, good professors, not easy to get into, terrible administration at Garden City, the cheapest of the expensive schools, multiple clinical locations (Long Island, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens), must take the NET test before acceptance.
The administration regularly disgusts me (in Garden City), but the professors and administration at Manhattan make up for it. Manhattan students are very determined, Garden City students are hit or miss.
Arguably the best choice if you can't afford (or can't get into) Columbia and you don't need a lot of hand holding.
Arguably the best program in the NYC area. About the same price as NYU. Very competitive. Not sure about clinicals, but I imagine you go to NYP - Columbia in Washington Heights. I've heard they're fairly giving with the financial aid.
Good school, very difficult to get into due to the extremely low number of spots (25?). Used to have classes next door to Bellevue, but that might have changed with the JREC plan. Never heard anyone say they had a bad experience here. *Note - this and all CUNY schools look at grades a little differently than all other schools.
50-50 love it or hate it. Fairly cheap, but typical CUNY administration (read: do it yourself). Would like to know more information. Located in the North Bronx in Bedford Park (near Westchester County).
I've heard mostly negative comments from LIU students. One called it the school of hard knocks. Would like a more broad student opinion. I've heard it's relatively expensive, but have no actual numbers. I've heard that professors were "meh".
Part of the Dental school for some reason. Very expensive. Relatively easy to get into. Large class sizes (or so I hear). I've heard some students say that they didn't get their monies worth. Primary hospitals include Bellevue and NYU Med (Langhorn?). Not sure if classes are anywhere near Washington Square. I've heard they're stingy with financial aid.
Very affordable, decent class sizes, and huge hospitals. Terrible administration (lose things constantly), hospitals are difficult to get to if you don't already live near them (Kings County, Wyckoff, Woodhull). Recently had one of their advanced practice programs put on probation (NP? CRNA?). Definitely worth the application, especially if you live in (or are very familiar with) Brooklyn.
Please feel free to add to this list or question what I've written. I'd like this thread to be used by all pre-nursing students to get an idea of their options.
Maybe I missed something, but you left out College of Mount Saint Vincent's which has a second degree BSN program.While the college is in Riverdale, the nursing program (at least the second degree program) is located in Manhattan. Again maybe I missed something?
DoGoodThenGo: I can't believe I forgot CMSV! Can you tell us more about your experience?
Side note: I've never heard a bad thing about the college, except that their tuition is high (welcome to the club). I also hear you guys have a great campus.
Hello,Sorry cannot give more informtion about CMSV, only know that the program exsists and contacted the college for information, have not made a decision about attending.
i got into nyu..supposed to start next month in accelerated program. i really wanted to do CUNY downstate & finish at NYU for advanced degree but wasn't going to have pre-reqs in time and didn't want to wait. (in case dind't get it, and because it starts in june of next year). now i'm rethinking it in time crunch. do any of you know how hard it is to get in downstate? i'm thinking it may actually be more difficult than nyu bc of inexpensive price. ?? any help or info would be great.
SUNY Downstate is definitely harder to get into than NYU. SUNY had like 400 applications this past year for 50 spots I heard. It was also my first choice because it was accelerated and really inexpensive, but I didn't get in. I did get into NYU and am starting this fall. NYU has a much larger class size to accomodate more students, but has the private school price tag which a lot of students avoid. From the people I spoke with that were accepted to SUNY, i found that they were mostly older students (not just a few years out of college) who had a ton of experience in healthcare one way or another.
, am I wrong?
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Maybe I missed something, but you left out College of Mount Saint Vincent's which has a second degree BSN program.While the college is in Riverdale, the nursing program (at least the second degree program) is located in Manhattan. Again maybe I missed something?