NYU 15 Month Accelerated BSN - Please share your experience

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Hello,

I am very much leaning towards attending the NYU second degree program over LIU in the fall and would like some insight as to what to expect. Please include any details you would like to share.

What are typical class hours during the Fall, Spring and Summer semesters?

Is it 5 days a week, pretty much all day?

Were you able to do an externship?

How many students per class? Clinicals?

Is/was getting through the 15 months harder/easier than expected?

What were the easiest classes, if any? Any classes that we particularly challenging, difficult or confusing?

Any additional suggestions/details would be great.

Thanks again!!

Thanks Jistravel for the useful information. Do you have a PT job? When you do clinicals do you have to already wear some sort of uniform? Can you study moderately without stressing or do you find yourself doing all-nighters and the like? Just curious.

You mentioned spring sem is harder than fall sem? Also how do you fill your days in the summer when you only have two classes to take? Do you have more clinicals to take/

Pls share your educational background, just curious? Do you go through a career change.

Thanks, MJM2010

Hi MJM2010, it really depends on each individual. Some people might find it easier because they have background in premed, EMS, or LPN. Some studied dancing, photography and it would definitely be hard for them. I think you really need to learn how to manage your time. I never used a planner before this program, now I can't live without it. It also depends what kind of part time job you are planning to work for, is it stressful/physical/office? All off campus clinical and simulation labs require NYU's uniform (IMY it's so ugly... purple scrubs, white shoes, plastic name pin...), it's in the student handbook on NYU's website, I think I added a link in my other post, let me know if you have hard time to find the handbook. If you balance out ur readings, and have a good memory, you definitely can have an easy first semester. Also it depends what kind of grade u want, is it 4.0 or 3.0? You need least 3.5 to apply the NYU externship during the summer (which is a great opportunity), but I would recommend a 3.7, which is not easy to get. I agree with Jistravel, spring semester is much busier than fall, mainly due to the adult clinical and pharmacology. Although there are only 2 summer courses, the clinicals are much more demanding, you'll see a dramatic shift of demand from your instructors. I felt I was a little incompetent first, and needed a lot practice. (w/e u studied in the textbook are very different once you are on the floor, and once you have a bleeder right in front of you, you'll most likely panic...) And I would strongly recommend you to take one of the electives during the summer, that way you can have an easier last semester and use that extra time during that semester to study for Nclex or search for jobs.

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Thanks so much. Yea. I'm sure I'll be a vision too with ultra purple scrubs and white shoes. Ha-ha.

I'm so excited to start. We'll see what happens .... TY again.

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Hi MJM2010-

Personally for me, I cannot do allnighters. I end up dozing off and wasting my time. I think that over the semester for the regular exams you can study moderately by spacing it out or semi cram and do very well, depending on how you work. In the Fall you usually have no more than one exam a week. That changed for us in this Spring semester, where we have Adult and Pharm exams in the same week. Adult and Pharm is ALOT of info so its harder to cram for, in my opinion. During finals week, we have one designated reading day and all the exams during that one week. Also, all the classes assign a lot of reading and I learned that for the most part, you dont have to do it. I wasted so much time last semester stressing about keeping up with the reading but t is impossible.

I honestly have not looked at the Summer schedule..(I have to do that soon) but I know that it is 11 credits and 2 clinicals. So that alone tells me it will be very busy. My background is in finance and I kinda just dove into this. It is hard, and I tend to stress out/freak out before any exam but I realize that I over react to everything. Its never as bad as I think it will be..

Good luck to you!

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Hi MJM2010,

In answer to your first question, no I do not have a job. I never considered it because I dont like to be really busy- does that make sense? I think school itself is more than enough for me. Oh- one more thing about those purple uniforms- you can spot us a mile away and you will never have trouble finding your classmates if you are ever in a busy street or cafeteria full of other health care professionals. Everytime I get ready for clinicals, my boyfriend calls me Barney tells me I am in my Barney outfit.

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JS Travel thanks so much for your response. Yea. I found you dont have to read everything too in another program yet maybe just focus on the outline or what is being said in lecture.

Ha! Good nobody knows my in NYC. I can wear that "Barney" outfit without being self-conscious. Ha-ha. Thanks a lot for you response.

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Hey Kelzy! I can't PM yet, but I have a question for you about the summer externship. Did you have to send them your transcript from your previous degree as well? or was the NYU transcript for nursing good enough? I'm just concerned because I have a "C" in one of my science course (not a prereq) from my previous college that I went to.

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Hey Kelzy! I can't PM yet, but I have a question for you about the summer externship. Did you have to send them your transcript from your previous degree as well? or was the NYU transcript for nursing good enough? I'm just concerned because I have a "C" in one of my science course (not a prereq) from my previous college that I went to.

I don't remember if I had to send all of my transcripts or just my NYU one... either way, I had a C in my previous undergrad (I think it was an unrequired science class as well) and I still got offered the externship. I think they're mostly concerned with your nursing classes and your current GPA so I wouldn't worry too much.

Good luck and let me know if you have any other questions! :)

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I got accepted into both ursing school at NYU and Stony Brook(2yr program) today!!:yeah:

I was in alternative status for one yr program on january.

after I got acceptance letter from SBU, I called them if there is still hope to

get into one yr program..they said yeahhhh even if I got into two yr program.

so...if I can get into one yr at SBU, I will probably go there instead of NYU. if not, I will go NYU

I dont want to study 2yr..I know only 5month difference..and too expensive for NYU..

Welll , good luck guys~

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nice8811

did u receive an acceptance letter from nyu's program? i know that a couple of other people on the forum found out they were accepted via phone (and someone on email). I'm anxiously waiting to hear from them... the wait is unbearable.

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I received my acceptance package yesterday via snail mail. I haven't decided whether or not I will be accepting yet. They did offer me studenth housing, are there any Accelerated students who are living in the NYU housing? I just have no idea what to expect from their dorms!

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Great News Christina123 - Congrats!

Did you apply to other schools? a lot of people are saying that NYU wants to get decisions out when they know one is applying to competing schools so the individ. can make a decision. I made the mistake by stating in my essay that I am only interested in the NYU program. Dont know if that's good or not.

Thanks.

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Great News Christina123 - Congrats!

Did you apply to other schools? a lot of people are saying that NYU wants to get decisions out when they know one is applying to competing schools so the individ. can make a decision. I made the mistake by stating in my essay that I am only interested in the NYU program. Dont know if that's good or not.

Thanks.

if anything i think it shows them you REALLY want to go there so much that you really didn't look anywhere else! i'd think they'd be more interested in people like that because they know that if you're accepted, you'll go! lol.

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