Nyu should I go?????or Felician

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So i just got accepted to NYU and I'm not sure if the cost is worth it. I would really love some advice. Good or bad. I would also love to hear from anyone else who is contemplating going or not. I'm not sure if I should just go to Felician college. It's also a good school and much cheaper. What should I do ?hellllllp. I'm a transfer student.

@madonnaca8430:

You mentioned that you will be a transfer student if you attend NYU.

1. Will you enter NYU directly into their Nursing Program, i.e, have you completed ALL the prerequisites for the Nursing Program?

2. Will you live on campus or off campus housing while attending NYU or will you commute daily to NYU from New jersey while living at home?

3. How much student loan debt (estimated) would you accumulate at the end of your BSN at NYU (including any debt you have pre-NYU)? The financial calculation will be very convincing one way or the other?

4. If you end up working beside a fellow nursing graduate with zero or low student loan debt, knowing 50% or more of your net wages are going to service student loan debt, while your peers have zero or low debt?

5. Have you applied to any of the Nursing programs at State Universities in New Jersey?

6. Any plans to pursue an MSN after your BSN Program? Maybe you can do your graduate program at NYU if you always wanted to attend NYU?

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I graduated from the program cum laude in 2008. The didactic professors are hit or miss, but all of my clinical instructors were awesome. I attended NYU because I was a traditional 4 year student right from high school who had always wanted to live in NYC and felt like I couldn't bear to go anywhere else. I'm not sorry I went, because the experience made me who I am, but in hindsight the debt was not necessary.

However the nursing program has, per the report of many, many nurses I worked with who graduated after me, gone way downhill. They let in more and more students every semester, so in certain courses the students only go to clinical every other week, and do sim lab instead, which is unacceptable in my opinion.

But the only person who knows what is best for you is you!

Thank you! I read so many student reviews and I also received my financial aid package which was truly sad. I have decided to attend felician college. I feel that I will do better there and you are right the debt isn't necessary

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@madonnaca8430:

You mentioned that you will be a transfer student if you attend NYU.

1. Will you enter NYU directly into their Nursing Program, i.e, have you completed ALL the prerequisites for the Nursing Program?

2. Will you live on campus or off campus housing while attending NYU or will you commute daily to NYU from New jersey while living at home?

3. How much student loan debt (estimated) would you accumulate at the end of your BSN at NYU (including any debt you have pre-NYU)? The financial calculation will be very convincing one way or the other?

4. If you end up working beside a fellow nursing graduate with zero or low student loan debt, knowing 50% or more of your net wages are going to service student loan debt, while your peers have zero or low debt?

5. Have you applied to any of the Nursing programs at State Universities in New Jersey?

6. Any plans to pursue an MSN after your BSN Program? Maybe you can do your graduate program at NYU if you always wanted to attend NYU?

Thank you. I have decided to attend a different school which offered me a more reasonable price. I would love to attend NYU but it's just so expensive

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Thank you! I read so many student reviews and I also received my financial aid package which was truly sad. I have decided to attend felician college. I feel that I will do better there and you are right the debt isn't necessary

From what one understands NYU is one of the most miserly private colleges in NYC if not NYS or even the USA when it comes to financial aid. Therefore not surprised when you say your aid packet was "sad".

Anyway best of luck to you, and congrats on going to Felician.

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your father is 100% right - I work with two NYU grad RNs and I graduated from a community college - we all work in the same department of the same hospital, and I don't notice them having any more skills or knowledge than me. nobody cares where your nursing degree came from, not for an ASN, not for a BSN. your masters is different if you want to go on to become an NP, but it seriously doesn't matter AT ALL where you get your nursing degree - as long as you pass NCLEX and are able to get a job and get the experience (sometimes this alone takes years).

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your father is 100% right - I work with two NYU grad RNs and I graduated from a community college - we all work in the same department of the same hospital, and I don't notice them having any more skills or knowledge than me. nobody cares where your nursing degree came from, not for an ASN, not for a BSN. your masters is different if you want to go on to become an NP, but it seriously doesn't matter AT ALL where you get your nursing degree - as long as you pass NCLEX and are able to get a job and get the experience (sometimes this alone takes years).

Well said ?? thank you for your input. I appreciate it. You all make me feel a lot better about my decision. Thank you

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madonnaca8430 I have a lot to say about this!

I just graduated from Binghamton in May. But, I got into NYU as well and was struggling with my decision to the point of craziness for about a month. I was going to go to NYU and bit the bullet about the cost but Binghamton sent me an acceptance email literally two weeks before I was to start at NYU. So because Binghamton is 75% cheaper than NYU I withdrew from NYU and accepted at Binghamton.

However I regretted it and regret it.

It's up to YOU. I learned that it's up to what YOU want in school, what makes YOU happy. I too agonized over the price tag and although I saved a ton of money, I wasn't happy in Binghamton and I wasn't happy with their program, not ONE bit.

Why? I'm from NYC, lived there, went to college there for my first degree, and worked at a hospital there. Love the city. Love the experiences, the environment, the schools, everything. Obviously Binghamton was the polar opposite not only in the city itself but in the professors and the hospitals there. I was not impressed and basically I just think I would have had a better experience in NYC.

So my point is, you have to think about what you want. Yes NYU is disgustingly expensive but sometimes happiness is worth a price tag. This is MY OPINION and I'm hoping I don't get responses with people telling me that Binghamton is an excellent school etc and I didn't appreciate it, blah blah blah. Sure it's a great school but it wasn't a great school for ME. So that's my advice and 2 cents.

Yes it doesn't quite matter where you go to nursing school since you will become a nurse anyway...and it's more practical and logical to pay the least amount of tuition for the same degree, I get that. But I learned sometimes practicality isn't as important as personal preference and happiness, that's all.

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madonnaca8430, if you don't mind me asking, what were your credentials when applying to NYU as a transfer? I'm a prospective transfer applicant and want to know what to expect because I know the program offers limited seats to traditional students. Thank you!!
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A decision like this needs to be made by individual applicants based on individual needs. I graduated from NYU in 2012. While many above posters claim I have the same skills and my degree is worth the same as all of theirs, I also beat out many applicants for my ICU position and CRNA school opportunity fairly early in my career, and I've been told by many interviewers that my NYU education was obviously well worth it and shows

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Your Father is a wise man. Why would anyone do a BSN at NYU or Columbia University or even Felician College for that matter, when there are much "cheaper" options available at say schools such as "SUNY Health Science Center in Brooklyn". I do not see what these more expensive schools offer a student, other than high student loan debt that other BSN Students avoid by going to schools with high NCLEX Pass Rates and low tuition. What State are you from (Illinois?)? Isn't it cheaper to go to Nursing School in your Home State?

SUNY Tuition & Fee

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Felician college Tuition & Fees

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Hello,

Don't you need to have an RN licence to attend SUNY Health Science Center Brooklyn nursing program? I tried to google the name, but only SUNY Downstate is only showing so I am assuming it must be the same program. Correct me if I am wrong. If they have a direct url site I would like to know. Thanks.

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