Hey, this is super duper early but I figured we could get some questions, fears, or concerns talked through until March 1, 2021, for priority or April 1, 2021, for the regular decision to NYU's ABSN 15 month program for non-nurses. Please don't be afraid, Please share stats if you are comfortable doing so. It really does help cohorts after us figure out strengths and weaknesses to be better applicants. Hey, after all, It's all about helping each other out at the end of the day, right! Don't be shy, talk about where you're from and things you may be worried about for the application process. As well as other schools you might be applying for!
I work at a hospital in Manhattan and I believe we are hiring PCA/techs. I work in a unit of the ED so there is a lot of real experience and all the training is provided.
Last cycle, my waitlist came through 4 weeks before the semester started. They appeared to all go out at that time, the last week acceptances and rejections were sent. Rejections don’t seem to be sent until the end of the notification period either.
This seems to be correct. I just don’t understand why. If they do in fact receive 1,000s of applications then why not just reject who you know will not make the cut no matter how many candidates decline/give up their seats.
If you live in the New York City area CityMD urgent care hires scribes with literally zero experience. If you work at a busy site in a neighborhood where people tend to treat an urgent care like its a primary care or hospital you have an opportunity to gain a lot of experience. They also train you in phlebotomy and EKG with opportunity for pay increase.
@tomatotin and @MCM85 - I'm glad that you posted. It's always nice to feel strength in numbers from those who are in similar situations. Like both of you, I'm entering this application process a ways out from undergrad - I'm 35 and had a career in nonprofit, then corporate, settings, before I left to be self-employed in a healthcare-related capacity. I have relevant medical experience and a ton of volunteering - I am a birth and postpartum doula and Certified Lactation Counselor, so I have a year and a half under my belt of supporting people in a hospital environment, and have volunteered for 10+ years as an emergency room advocate for sexual assault and intimate partner violence survivors who go to the ED across various NYC hospitals. If NYU or any other school is valuing applicants who have healthcare-related experience, then I'm their girl. However, I'm fighting against an abysmal 3.2 GPA from my undergrad years, and I think it's made worse by the fact that my GPA is low primarily because I did terribly in a bunch of science courses before I decided that pre-med wasn't for me.
Like both of you, I know that I can be successful and am fully capable of doing well within one of these programs, if they'll just let me in! My crummy academic performance wasn't due to not understanding the material, but mainly was because I had too much pride to admit that becoming a doctor wasn't what I wanted, and that that discovery didn't mean that I was a failure, so I stayed in the program longer than I should have.
I've been accepted to LIU, so I do at least have a place to go, and frankly, NYU is so darn expensive that I don't think it's within reach for me, even if I get in. I'm also waiting to hear back from SUNY Downstate and Mt. Sinai, and the frustration of the wait is REAL. I just want to hear one way or the other so that I know what life will look like, come September.
If you live in the New York City area CityMD urgent care hires scribes with literally zero experience. If you work at a busy site in a neighborhood where people tend to treat an urgent care like its a primary care or hospital you have an opportunity to gain a lot of experience. They also train you in phlebotomy and EKG with opportunity for pay increase.
40 minutes ago, tayseldom said:
I’m a Covid swapper and just got a job at a hospital.
43 minutes ago, lr108 said:
I work at a hospital in Manhattan and I believe we are hiring PCA/techs. I work in a unit of the ED so there is a lot of real experience and all the training is provided.
Thank you all so much for your fast responses! If you guys don't mind me asking, which hospitals do you work at?
Mine has looked like that for the past few weeks and I thought that's what the portal normally was supposed to look like. What did it look like before? That makes me so nervous!!
Mine has looked like that for the past few weeks and I thought that's what the portal normally was supposed to look like. What did it look like before? That makes me so nervous!!
It showed me the dates my application/ transcript was received.
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I work at a hospital in Manhattan and I believe we are hiring PCA/techs. I work in a unit of the ED so there is a lot of real experience and all the training is provided.