NYU ABSN Spring 2017

nem90, BSN, MSN, RN, APRN · Sep 20, 2016

Hey @elliejkim,

I'm currently in my third semester in the accelerated program at NYU. If you have any questions, feel free to ask! :)

Kay09x · Sep 22, 2016

Thank you so much for the help :) It is greatly appreciated!

I would say my main concern is the financial aspect...I know financial aid is limited for second degree applicants Do you have any suggestions (other than loans and scholarships) on how to navigate the hefty tuition? I'm also planning to live off campus and would love recommendations on good neighborhoods to live in! I'm not opposed to commuting an hour or so to school, so places like Brooklyn are fine.

Other than that...how do you like the program?? What do you love about it and what do you wish you had more of? Anything helps :x3:

nem90, BSN, MSN, RN, APRN · Sep 22, 2016

Hey @elliejkim! No problem!

I totally hear ya, I spent way too much time dealing with/researching this stuff so prepare for a long response! lol

Financial aid:

- TAP - if you're a NY resident you can apply for the Tuition Assistance Program which is a grant, and 2nd degree students are eligible. (I'm from NJ so I don't know how much they give)

- NYU offers a scholarship for everyone, that is $2,500 a semester. They also offer work study so if you're able to work it into your schedule it helps a little bit.

- On the topic of work, I do know some people in my cohort work part time, but I personally find it really hard to keep up with all the work without working so I have no idea how they manage it, but if you can - great!

- The only other thing I can think of is I know there are some military/navy programs where they will pay for a significant portion of your tuition, and in return, you commit to working in an underserved area they choose for 2-3 years. I don't know much about it, but you can look it up!

- If your last resort is loans, try to utilize every federal loan before going for private ones, since the interest rate is much higher. Depending on your lifetime limit, and how much you spent on your first degree (independent students ~$55k and dependent ~$32k) you can still use whatever federal loans you have left. I would also look into the federal nursing loan - I get about $6k a year. If you do need private, I personally like Sallie Mae.

Living: I live in Manhattan, so I don't know about other specific neighborhoods, but I know a lot of people live in Brooklyn, Staten Island, Queens. In Manhattan some live on the Upper east/west side, Stuyvesant town (near the school) etc. but those places tend to be expensive unless you can find a roommate to help split the rent. NYU also offers dorms, but I think they're pretty expensive.

Also if you do end up living further away, all the classes are recorded so if you can't make it to class, you can just podcast it.

School: The program is really good, I like it a lot. It's definitely challenging, theres a lot of little assignments you need to do on top of going to lecture, clinical's, and studying for exams, so you constantly have to be organized and on top of all the work otherwise it's very easy to let something slip through the cracks. But I really love the professors, and my clinical experiences, and the simulation center is really helpful! I know this was super broad but I feel like this post is super long lol.

If you have any other questions feel free to ask!

Kay09x · Sep 27, 2016

Hey @nem90! Thanks so much for the response! It really helps me, especially coming from a current student in the program.

Unfortunately, I'm not a NY resident, so it looks like I'll have to utilize as many fed loans as possible. Thankfully, I didn't take any out for undergrad, so hopefully I won't be too limited. As for the scholarship that NYU offers ($2500/semester), is there a specific name for this scholarship? Like is it restricted to nursing program students or for all grad students?

Ideally, I'd love to live in Manhattan or Brooklyn, but I know these places get pretty pricey. I absolutely love the area that the school is in, so I'll cross my fingers that I'll find something there that's not too out of my price range. I just really want to be accepted and live in NY haha...this waiting is killing me!

One more question -- in terms of schedule, what is yours like for the first semester compared to now? I've read other threads saying students have a great Mon-Thurs schedule, and they use the other three days to finish homework, study or work part-time. I know the ABSN program is rigorous, but the schedule sounds pretty flexible.

Thanks again for all the great tips!! You're a lifesaver

nem90, BSN, MSN, RN, APRN · Sep 27, 2016

Hey @nem90! Thanks so much for the response! It really helps me, especially coming from a current student in the program.
Unfortunately, I'm not a NY resident, so it looks like I'll have to utilize as many fed loans as possible. Thankfully, I didn't take any out for undergrad, so hopefully I won't be too limited. As for the scholarship that NYU offers ($2500/semester), is there a specific name for this scholarship? Like is it restricted to nursing program students or for all grad students?
Ideally, I'd love to live in Manhattan or Brooklyn, but I know these places get pretty pricey. I absolutely love the area that the school is in, so I'll cross my fingers that I'll find something there that's not too out of my price range. I just really want to be accepted and live in NY haha...this waiting is killing me!
One more question -- in terms of schedule, what is yours like for the first semester compared to now? I've read other threads saying students have a great Mon-Thurs schedule, and they use the other three days to finish homework, study or work part-time. I know the ABSN program is rigorous, but the schedule sounds pretty flexible.
Thanks again for all the great tips!! You're a lifesaver

Hey @elliejkim no prob! I'm not sure if it is a campus-wide scholarship, it just shows up on my account as "College of Nursing scholarship" but I think they basically give it to anyone that qualifies for it financially - which is basically everyone lol- this place is so expensive!

In terms of living, it's not so expensive if you find a couple of roommates to split the cost of rent with them. If you're going to be living near school i'm guessing it will probably cost around 3k a month for a 2 bedroom, probably more. But if you never took out federal loans for your first degree, then I'm sure you can get a lot of loans for living expenses.

So the schedule question is gonna be long (heads up) lol. First semester you have one class called Health Assessment and Promotion (HAP) that will have a clinical component with it that acts like a separate class. Then you will have Adult and Elder I (AEI) with an on/off campus clinical component as well. You'll also have Pathophysiology and Professional Nursing. So technically it's only 4 classes, but with labs/clincals included you're looking at 6 classes.

Second semester is different because instead of HAP you have psychiatry which you'll have either the first 6 weeks of the semester or the last 6 weeks - that has an on/off campus clinical component to it. So when you do have psych - it's stressful because you have both your psych and AE II clinicals every week - and with all the work involved for each clinical - it can get overwhelming - but it's doable! And once psych is over you just have that day off so it's great!

But now in 3rd semester, we have maternity and pediatrics which are also both 6 weeks and have clinicals with them - but the difference is, once one of the classes ends - you don't have a day off, you just start the next class - so the whole semester you're going to have two clinicals, instead of only half a semester.

So basically long story short - it fluctuates. Second semester I felt, by far, had the most free time (once psych ended). But trust me, every minute of free time you have, you'll use for all the work they give you lol. You'll always end up having one day off a week - but it's definitely needed in order to keep up with all work they give us

I think in one of the NYU fall 2016 forums someone had asked a very similar question and I wrote out a whole detailed sched with times and e/t if you wanna look at that, but very very breifly - basically if you have lecture they're usually all at 8 am - 10:45 and then if theres a class afterwards it usually 11:45 -2:10. AE off campus clinicals are always 7:30am - 3:30. AE I on-campus was i think 5 hrs long, but AE II and III go down to 3 hours (mine have been 8-11am). Sorry it's so brief I just feel bad this is so long! :) Any other q's feel free to ask!

Kay09x · Oct 8, 2016

Hey @nem90! Sorry for the late response -- I was out of town and didn't have internet access, but just logged on today and saw your response. Thank you so much for the info! You've given such great advice and help in general, and it's much appreciated!

I found the thread where you posted the full schedule and it honestly doesn't seem too bad...I mean, I'll be a full time student and my first priority will be school, so I'd like to have my hands full and keep myself busy. I'm just still a bit concerned about finances...I'm gonna have to find some PT work to see if I can minimize the loans (or at least save the loans for tuition expenses!), but if I really don't have the time then I guess I won't have a choice. Hopefully if I get in, I can use the first semester to test the waters a bit!

I just called the school yesterday to make sure they received all my paperwork and application materials, and they said everything is set to go! So I guess now the waiting game is just continuing to drive me crazy When did you hear back about your acceptance?? I've read other threads saying early to mid November, so perhaps about one more month??

nem90, BSN, MSN, RN, APRN · Oct 13, 2016

Hey @nem90! Sorry for the late response -- I was out of town and didn't have internet access, but just logged on today and saw your response. Thank you so much for the info! You've given such great advice and help in general, and it's much appreciated!
I found the thread where you posted the full schedule and it honestly doesn't seem too bad...I mean, I'll be a full time student and my first priority will be school, so I'd like to have my hands full and keep myself busy. I'm just still a bit concerned about finances...I'm gonna have to find some PT work to see if I can minimize the loans (or at least save the loans for tuition expenses!), but if I really don't have the time then I guess I won't have a choice. Hopefully if I get in, I can use the first semester to test the waters a bit!
I just called the school yesterday to make sure they received all my paperwork and application materials, and they said everything is set to go! So I guess now the waiting game is just continuing to drive me crazy When did you hear back about your acceptance?? I've read other threads saying early to mid November, so perhaps about one more month??

Hey @elliejkim!

Sorry for my late response - exams started so I tend to fall off the face of the earth lol.

You definitely know yourself best - it just can get very overwhelming especially during the first semester since it is all new, but feel it out and see how you're able to balance everything and if you can balance the job as well. I definitely know some people have done it!

I just checked my old email - I applied regular decision and heard back November 16th at 12:30pm. I'd wait to hear back around the second week of November I don't think it really makes a difference when you applied - because I know I heard back before some people that had applied early decision. I heard that they tend to inform people that live further away (like the west coast) first (I live on the east coast so they may inform west coast people first week of November) because they need more time to make living arrangements - but yea you can keep hearing back until i think late December - but I heard back pretty early.

The waiting definitely stinks I remember refreshing my email like 50,000 times a day lol, but just keep checking other forums to see if anyone posted if they heard back yet - but I wouldn't expect to hear anything until November if that puts your mind at ease for the next few weeks lol.

Hope this helped some!!

Kay09x · Oct 15, 2016

Hey @elliejkim!
Sorry for my late response - exams started so I tend to fall off the face of the earth lol.
You definitely know yourself best - it just can get very overwhelming especially during the first semester since it is all new, but feel it out and see how you're able to balance everything and if you can balance the job as well. I definitely know some people have done it!
I just checked my old email - I applied regular decision and heard back November 16th at 12:30pm. I'd wait to hear back around the second week of November I don't think it really makes a difference when you applied - because I know I heard back before some people that had applied early decision. I heard that they tend to inform people that live further away (like the west coast) first (I live on the east coast so they may inform west coast people first week of November) because they need more time to make living arrangements - but yea you can keep hearing back until i think late December - but I heard back pretty early.
The waiting definitely stinks I remember refreshing my email like 50,000 times a day lol, but just keep checking other forums to see if anyone posted if they heard back yet - but I wouldn't expect to hear anything until November if that puts your mind at ease for the next few weeks lol.
Hope this helped some!!

Hey @nem90 -- I totally forgot it's around that time where midterms start getting handed out...good luck with all your exams! I really hope you did well, but I'm sure you did (:

I live in California, so I'm hoping I hear back during the first week of November. I've read some old threads saying that they send out acceptances to people they DEFINITELY want first, and then to the next tier after some people start declining...if this is true, I'll be really nervous if I don't hear back by November 16th like you! O.O

I'm checking my Albert page every day as well, even though I know nothing is going to change for another month haha. I thought applying to schools was bad, but I feel like this is even worse - the waiting, and not being able to do anything to speed up time. Let's just hope these next few weeks fly by!

N3rdzrmay · Nov 23, 2016

How is it? I start in January and Im very nervous... do you work?

HerNameIsRio948 · Feb 18, 2017

Hi - I'd love to chat about the NYU program, I'm really interested and would love some advice.

HerNameIsRio948 · Feb 18, 2017

Hi !

I am also applying to NYU's ABSN program and heard that the personal statement is VERY important - does anyone have any advice on anything specific to include or something that really makes NYU 'tick?'

Thanks!