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So I totally agree with Jayba on everything they said. I personally hate long commutes though, so that's a decision/feeling no one else can make for you :) I will also say I think the most important thing to weigh is whether or not you plan to live in NYC for at least the next while after you graduate. NYU is very expensive, but the connections you get for your first job after school are much, much stronger than any other school I know of in the city aside from Columbia. If they like you, they'll hire you for their hospital after you finish. And the pay is much higher than average RN salary even for the city so it is something to think about. I have had quite a few friends, and even my roommate currently, go through the ABSN program at NYU and I too had been admitted and submitted my deposit. But I chose not to attend ultimately and went somewhere else because of the $100k price tag and my (like yours) lack of financial aid eligibility from using it on my first bachelor's degree. The only options I had would be to pray I got one of very few full ride scholarships, or take out private loans and NYU literally said 'yeah you just need to be in a good place financially for this program'. I do not think that a BSN is worth $100k now that I've looked at so many other schools and programs, even within NYC. NYU is a great school, but is it worth putting yourself into that much debt for? For example, Pace University's ABSN (11 months so its even faster if speed is what you're after) costs half what NYUs does and they have good placement rates etc. compared to NYU. There are also lots of CUNYs and similar level schools that have ABSN and BSN programs for a fraction of the cost. As an RN you won't be making thaaaat much money that if financing the degree from NYU is going to be difficult for you both short and long term, on top of a very long commute, then I would think about going to Molloy. But if you think the commute will not bother you too much and can find a way to finance it that works for you then definitely go for it!! It is a great school after all!! :)

Congrats everyone!! I am going to place my as soon as I get paid this Friday! Haha :) I just got the email a few days ago after interviewing on 2/12. I think regarding the NCLEX rates... a lot of people on here are overthinking it while also simultaneously not thinking enough about what they are saying. Take NYU for example. That link (nysed.gov one someone provided a few posts back) says that only 20 people took the NCLEX from NYU's ABSN program in 2016. However, I have a friend who graduated from that class and took her NCLEX in May 2016 along with literally her entire class, which was 128 students. That only counts students who took it following the Spring graduation. There are also students there who graduated at the end of December 2015 that took their NCLEX in January 2016. (I know one of them so I am not just hypothesizing that one!) Yet, that website only shows 20 people out of the ~250 that graduated from NYUs ABSN between December 2015-May 2016 who took their NCLEX sometime within the year of 2016. That is all in addition to their traditional BSN program students, which is reported separately and still inaccurately on that site. I had been admitted to NYU's program to start this past January but could not attend due to the high cost and having to take out huge private loans, hence why I'm here now, but NYU's faculty and admissions reps will repeatedly tell you that their NCLEX pass rate is right around 87-90% depending on the year for ABSN students - not at all what you see on the nysed.gov site. So basically: the reporting on this nysed.gov site is clearly off from reality and not at allllll worth deciding not to attend Pace over in my opinion. But you do you.

I have not had my portal change yet and I interviewed at the 8am session on 2/12

The atmosphere in my interview on 2/12 was not intimidating at all in my opinion so don't get too worried everyone! Yes, you go stand up front and talk about yourself for a couple minutes but they give you the prompts and a few minutes to prepare before anyone starts going. Of course I was nervous, but it seems like they were mostly interested in how you handle talking in front of people you don't know - an important skill to have if you want to be a successful nurse. But the way the set up the room was so they were sort of in the corner and not in your direct vision which lowered the intensity level for me at least! The math was easy if you go over the packet they send you with the interview confirmation, and the writing was about the ACA but according to the woman from admissions it is mainly to make sure that you can actually write and that 'you wrote your essay and not someone else'. So I wouldn't stress over it too terribly much!!

Hi everyone! I applied as well and submitted everything over the Christmas break so they didn't have it all entered or get my application sent over to the review committee until January 18th. I had to call admissions a bunch of times to get it all actually entered but they were very helpful. Today I called since it still says I am missing a transcript, but they told me I was actually complete. When I asked about admission decision timelines they told me that decisions usually take 4-6 weeks but that if you were going to be interviewed that admissions would reach out directly to you via email for that. My application still says 'In Review' on the portal and I have not heard anything yet

Yes, the schedule on the Nursing webpage is the academic calendar for us. They'll be sending you an email that also has that same link in it if you wanna be safe and wait till you get that email. I didn't receive it until a month after I accepted my offer so it may take them a bit of time to get you that email!

I had previously applied a couple years ago to a different program at NYU and did not get accepted and I still had the purple "Admission Decision" button show up then too, it just said my decision was that I was rejected once I clicked on it. But they do still email you the decision letter too so that's the most fool proof way to know what your answer is.

in Albert in the top right corner above the chart thing that lists what they've received from you, a purple rectangle shaped button appeared that said "Admission Decision" in it. You really can't miss it once it's there!

Hey everyone! I got accepted on 10/27 but the email went to my spam folder! It was NOT the same address I'd previously gotten emails from so definitely check there if you're worried! But it was also posted on Albert :) I am accepting the offer and look forward to meeting you guys! My stats are: Undergrad GPA - 2.75 (yes, I'm not lying that is real) Prerequisite GPA - 3.0 BS in Exercise Science earned in 2013 Master of Public Health will be earned this December and that GPA is a 3.9 Worked as a physical therapy aide for three years so I have 1000s of hours of healthcare experience there, but none in nursing at all I sent in two strong letters of recommendation, and do have an extensive background doing a variety of community service things so I'm sure both those things helped me. My personal statement was also very clear and answered the questions directly. When I went to an admissions meeting in February the admissions director told us exactly what he wanted us to say (which was the same as the prompt we got on the app) and that we needed to be concise and clear in answering the prompt questions otherwise we would significantly reduce our chances. They really want to see students that know what they want and can convince them as to why they're choosing nursing as a second career now. And the woman I met with at NYU in February did say they like to see volunteer work so if you have that that'll help too! Clearly they do look at your trend in grades because for this program they're really not interested in my MPH and flat out told me that, but they could see that I have made a significant improvement since undergrad. So if you're like me and some of your original undergrad grades are horrible but you've either taken prereqs or done other coursework since then and have excelled in them, you have a good chance still!! Good luck everyone!!!