NYU ABSN Spring 2022

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Hi all! Didn't see a forum for the upcoming Spring 2022 start date deadline, so thought I'd make one ? Good luck to all of you applying!! Feel free to post any questions, concerns, stats, etc.

Congratulations to everyone accepted! And I'm sorry to hear about some not getting accepted =/ but you are so much more than one rejection! 

I'm going into my second semester at the NYU ABSN program and have a few brand new required textbooks (bought double by accident) that I'm trying to get rid of.  Please lmk if youre interested in buying! ?

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Can I please have to email if you don’t mind. I have few questions to ask 

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Hi all! Is anyone looking for a roommate who was accepted into the Spring 2022 program? 

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On 12/14/2021 at 9:45 AM, NYUGrad said:

Hello Everyone,

I am a new grad of the program, and I just wanted to share some thoughts with you. First I'll be blunt, this is a bad program. The leadership is incompetent, half the faculty are totally unsuited to be educators (I even doubt their nursing competencies). All this school is, is a name. The massive debt you will incur is completely unjustified for the quality of education. For those of you who get accepted, you will see this VERY early on. Additionally, they continued raising tuition every semester, despite my covid cohort receiving a watered down experience. Regardless of zoom or no zoom, some instructors are incompetent, unknowledgeable , disrespectful, lazy, bureaucratic and just rude. I should note, there are faculty GEMS in this program, some professors are the greatest I ever had (I was an accelerated student so I had them all), who did their own thing and were incredible. Also note, faculty/curriculum are very political, and one sided, so take that for what it is. Now, reading this 20 months ago would NOT have swayed me to not attend NYU, so I understand how you all feel. If NYU is all you get accepted into, GO. If you have options, especially cheaper ones, dodge NYU. tuition is around 120k total for this program, don't burry yourself in exorbitant debt to fill this schools pockets. There is a massive nursing shortage, graduating from anywhere will land you a job. Final thoughts, do I regret going, NO...life is short for regrets. I graduated with latin honors and met incredible people, however, consider your return on investment. Fall in love with science and helping people, and you will do great in nursing school, best of luck everyone!

Hey, I really appreciate this honesty. I'm applying for Fall 2022. People have been telling me that NYU's price tag can be worth it because there are better job opportunities for new grads (as opposed to other NYC schools, excluding Columbia). Do you think that's accurate? Hunter and SUNY downstate are just so extra with their application requirements and seem really hard to get into. And Mount Sinai seems chaotic, and has significantly lower NCLEX pass rates than the others.

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Everyone's journey and circumstances are different. We all should do what is best for ourselves. The hard work will eventually pay off no matter what school we end up choosing. Best of luck everyone xo

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Hey y'all, I'm in the program now and I wrote this up in my spare time because I wish I had known a few things before I started at NYU. Most importantly, I have found that it's been worth it so far and enjoy the nursing program at NYU a lot, and if anyone has specific questions about it, I'm happy to try and answer whatever I can, within reason. I ended up writing a lot of notes and tips so I wanted to share them here (I kinda got carried away, oops.. hahaha) The admissions for Spring 22 are already decided so this is mainly for those who are attending and need tips! 

1) I've heard the horror stories, so I expected nursing school to kick my a**, but my classes weren't quite as bad as I imagined. My friend who goes to SUNY said that they don't lay out the material/objectives as clearly in lecture like NYU does, nor do they offer much support if you're struggling. The material isn't exactly easy in nursing school, but NYU does go a long way to support your learning in skills, clinical, and didactic portions. I could be offering an unpopular opinion here, but if you put in a real effort and study a decent amount before the exams, it's not that tough to do well. They offer tutoring weekly, some lectures are recorded for your review, and most of the teachers are kind people. I actually managed to get a 4.0 this semester (something I never did in my first degree, so take my word for that, haha). I would focus my studying on the test that was coming up next, and made it a priority to go over topics that didn't make sense to me, and used our program's PrepU practice questions rather than trying to memorize every single thing in a vacuum. I can't stress enough how helpful it became to laser focus on my next exam and not stress too much about the material for the other courses until that exam was over. Once that test was done, I  would focus on the next exam and lightly study the other material until it was over. Rinse, and repeat. I would try and master the concept and rationale because it comes back over and over again, trust me on that. I truly recommend using practice questions as much as you can, because a lot of nursing school is about approaching situations like a nurse using critical thinking and not just regurgitating information. You will have to memorize little bits of information, don't get me wrong, but a lot of the first semester classes are about hierarchical decision making processes (example: when asked about what intervention you'd do first for a patient, they want you to think about the "ABCs" - airway, breathing, circulation - and choose wisely). Pathophysiology is a first semester class that's a major challenge for many folks, and it was a challenging class for me as well, but I found it to be interesting and tried to (this is dumb, I know) get in Dr. House mode when I was studying questions about the myriad of info about symptoms and syndromes, treat it like a game, etc. PrepU/Lippincott Coursepoint was a requirement for our classes and I used their practice questions every day and more heavily right before my exams and it really helped me do well, I think. Answer rationales are your friend!  Also I got myself an ipad to physically write over the powerpoint slides on, and that has been worth its weight in gold. It really helps me a lot, so I recommend trying it if you can.

3)  Like a lot of us, I really just love medical science and considered going to med school years ago, but my life path wasn't very straightforward and I think I will ultimately want to go on to be an NP. NYU offers a dual BS/MS that you can be admitted to in the 3rd semester so you don't have to apply again, if that's your thing. To be eligible for that you'll need to maintain a 3.5 GPA each semester, not just overall. That was something people had questions about, so take note of that if you are like me, and make sure to maintain it.

4) I was really happy with my clinical placement and instructors, but you don't have a choice in where you're placed. It isn't the best system for people because we come from all over the metro area/NJ/LI, and I have a lot of sympathy for people who were placed in a location they didn't enjoy. but everyone in my cohort did their rotations within the NYU hospital system, so there's that! You won't be (to my knowledge) sent to an outside hospital for main clinicals, so you at least get to know how NYU Langone works and meet people there if you're interested in working for them after graduation. You get a new placement every semester, and a new placement for specialty rotations like peds/maternity/psych - those can be at outside hospitals, not just NYU, but they're mostly at NYP, Sinai, etc. All good spots to learn.

5) Seems trivial, but if you're admitted and choosing to attend, don't buy scrub pants from NYU's bookstore. We all hated them with a passion because they're scratchy and don't fit or stretch well. Buy scrub pants from Allheart/Amazon/Uniform Advantage but just make sure to get a grape color that matches the top. Seriously this was a big issue so don't make my mistake! and nobody tells you this so it's good to know. LOL

6) Simulation labs tie in details from lecture, so the more you pay attention and absorb things and practice lecture material, the better equipped you'll be when you do things in "sim". At the very least you'll know what they're talking about so you aren't like, what is this? It's sort of like a "you heard this in class - now try it yourself" scenario. You'll get to practice a lot of skills and our teacher was super sweet so they were able to coach us well. 

7) Make the most of clinicals. It's so tempting to try and sit and chill during downtime but if you can, ask a nurse if they need help with something. My clinical group got to help with a lot of random things just because we'd ask. We got to witness IV placements, see NG tubes, witness injections/meds all sorts of interesting stuff. It does vary based on location I've heard, but I loved my clinicals and felt that it was a good starting point for patient care. 

I will definitely think of more stuff but for now that is my novel. Hopefully it helps! And good luck to anyone who's starting the program son. Obviously, I hope covid rates go down again soon and that everyone gets a good experience in person, if they can.  Healthcare is in a challenging spot right now - no doubt - but there is always a demand for nurses who are passionate and insightful no matter what is going in the world, and hopefully we can become those nurses soon! ❤️  

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9 minutes ago, nurse_fern said:

Hey y'all, I'm in the program now and I wrote this up in my spare time because I wish I had known a few things before I started at NYU. Most importantly, I have found that it's been worth it so far and enjoy the nursing program at NYU a lot, and if anyone has specific questions about it, I'm happy to try and answer whatever I can, within reason. I ended up writing a lot of notes and tips so I wanted to share them here (I kinda got carried away, oops.. hahaha) The admissions for Spring 22 are already decided so this is mainly for those who are attending and need tips! 

1) I've heard the horror stories, so I expected nursing school to kick my a**, but my classes weren't quite as bad as I imagined. My friend who goes to SUNY said that they don't lay out the material/objectives as clearly in lecture like NYU does, nor do they offer much support if you're struggling. The material isn't exactly easy in nursing school, but NYU does go a long way to support your learning in skills, clinical, and didactic portions. I could be offering an unpopular opinion here, but if you put in a real effort and study a decent amount before the exams, it's not that tough to do well. They offer tutoring weekly, some lectures are recorded for your review, and most of the teachers are kind people. I actually managed to get a 4.0 this semester (something I never did in my first degree, so take my word for that, haha). I would focus my studying on the test that was coming up next, and made it a priority to go over topics that didn't make sense to me, and used our program's PrepU practice questions rather than trying to memorize every single thing in a vacuum. I can't stress enough how helpful it became to laser focus on my next exam and not stress too much about the material for the other courses until that exam was over. Once that test was done, I  would focus on the next exam and lightly study the other material until it was over. Rinse, and repeat. I would try and master the concept and rationale because it comes back over and over again, trust me on that. I truly recommend using practice questions as much as you can, because a lot of nursing school is about approaching situations like a nurse using critical thinking and not just regurgitating information. You will have to memorize little bits of information, don't get me wrong, but a lot of the first semester classes are about hierarchical decision making processes (example: when asked about what intervention you'd do first for a patient, they want you to think about the "ABCs" - airway, breathing, circulation - and choose wisely). Pathophysiology is a first semester class that's a major challenge for many folks, and it was a challenging class for me as well, but I found it to be interesting and tried to (this is dumb, I know) get in Dr. House mode when I was studying questions about the myriad of info about symptoms and syndromes, treat it like a game, etc. PrepU/Lippincott Coursepoint was a requirement for our classes and I used their practice questions every day and more heavily right before my exams and it really helped me do well, I think. Answer rationales are your friend!  Also I got myself an ipad to physically write over the powerpoint slides on, and that has been worth its weight in gold. It really helps me a lot, so I recommend trying it if you can.

3)  Like a lot of us, I really just love medical science and considered going to med school years ago, but my life path wasn't very straightforward and I think I will ultimately want to go on to be an NP. NYU offers a dual BS/MS that you can be admitted to in the 3rd semester so you don't have to apply again, if that's your thing. To be eligible for that you'll need to maintain a 3.5 GPA each semester, not just overall. That was something people had questions about, so take note of that if you are like me, and make sure to maintain it.

4) I was really happy with my clinical placement and instructors, but you don't have a choice in where you're placed. It isn't the best system for people because we come from all over the metro area/NJ/LI, and I have a lot of sympathy for people who were placed in a location they didn't enjoy. but everyone in my cohort did their rotations within the NYU hospital system, so there's that! You won't be (to my knowledge) sent to an outside hospital for main clinicals, so you at least get to know how NYU Langone works and meet people there if you're interested in working for them after graduation. You get a new placement every semester, and a new placement for specialty rotations like peds/maternity/psych - those can be at outside hospitals, not just NYU, but they're mostly at NYP, Sinai, etc. All good spots to learn.

5) Seems trivial, but if you're admitted and choosing to attend, don't buy scrub pants from NYU's bookstore. We all hated them with a passion because they're scratchy and don't fit or stretch well. Buy scrub pants from Allheart/Amazon/Uniform Advantage but just make sure to get a grape color that matches the top. Seriously this was a big issue so don't make my mistake! and nobody tells you this so it's good to know. LOL

6) Simulation labs tie in details from lecture, so the more you pay attention and absorb things and practice lecture material, the better equipped you'll be when you do things in "sim". At the very least you'll know what they're talking about so you aren't like, what is this? It's sort of like a "you heard this in class - now try it yourself" scenario. You'll get to practice a lot of skills and our teacher was super sweet so they were able to coach us well. 

7) Make the most of clinicals. It's so tempting to try and sit and chill during downtime but if you can, ask a nurse if they need help with something. My clinical group got to help with a lot of random things just because we'd ask. We got to witness IV placements, see NG tubes, witness injections/meds all sorts of interesting stuff. It does vary based on location I've heard, but I loved my clinicals and felt that it was a good starting point for patient care. 

I will definitely think of more stuff but for now that is my novel. Hopefully it helps! And good luck to anyone who's starting the program son. Obviously, I hope covid rates go down again soon and that everyone gets a good experience in person, if they can.  Healthcare is in a challenging spot right now - no doubt - but there is always a demand for nurses who are passionate and insightful no matter what is going in the world, and hopefully we can become those nurses soon! ❤️  

Hey this was really helpful! Thank you! I wish I didn’t already buy the scrub pants LOL. Seriously thank you for all of this. I’ll put your advice to good use. Congratulations on your 4.0 ❤️ This was really the type of thing I needed to hear. I’m currently practicing for the med dosage exam we’ll get when school starts, any advice for that? 

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Hi all, I was accepted to NYU’s ABSN program for this fall (2022)! I was wondering if any of you guys would be free to answer some questions I have regarding the program ?

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Hi everyone! For those that were accepted:  were any of of you accepted with prereqs in process? I have a feeling they don’t actually accept prospective students who have prereqs IP. But maybe I’m wrong?

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hey there, I am currently in the first sequence at NYU. I was accepted in with 2 prereqs in progress, I had to submit a midterm grade. I wouldn't go crazy over these forums. I think I stressed myself out more reading all of these comments. 

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