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Mt. Sinai would certainly be more state of the art and you might have an easier transition to working (aka maybe they can feed you right into a job?) but we had plenty of practice opportunities in our skills lab and once a semester do a simulation at the NYU sim lab. The real work and learning is what you put into studying though... which imho just requires the textbook and discipline and nothing fancy. Hunters clinicals are spread out all over- personally I was at MSKCC, NYP- Weill Cornell and Mt Sinai, but there were a few groups at Bellevue that had a great experience as well... the clinicals are really made by how proactive you want to be and your preceptor, not the hospital per say (again, imho). downsides- once you graduate you have to wait until March for the NCLEX because of factors completely outside of your control, so maybe PSON would get you out in the world a bit faster? Also, some units are more receptive to students than others and it’s just the luck of the draw in that regard. I do believe you get out of it what you put into it (I think that could be said of a lot of the programs!) but for me the name of the game was affordability, and so Hunter was great!

I did get in! And I just graduated and am waiting on my NCLEX authorization to test. Can’t beat the price and there are some really wonderful teachers- very challenging, but doable! We were kicked out of clinicals for a bit because of COVID, but I don’t see that happening again. Good luck with your decision!

Oh yes- my NursingCAS GPA is 3.8, and my NLN composite score is 163. Does anyone know if they look at the prereq GPA separately? Or the component parts of the NLN? Do I just need to stop obsessing and just give it to the universe at this point? ?

I debated whether or not I should start this thread, but I figured it can't hurt and may make the waiting easier! There is a thread for last year, but I'm curious what this year's applicant pool for Hunter College's A2D Nursing program is looking like? Everyone should be finishing up their NLN's so I'm just hoping for a ballpark to keep my hope alive! Also post when you hear anything (which according to last year wasn't until May)!