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Hi, yea they are sooo expensive! I did the same as @Jade Spade and bought from the school bookstore. I asked their return policy as they generally won't take returns after Sept 11 as its the first week of school. Since we start the 13th they will take returns on a case by case basis. I'm not going to open the books/access cards, until we know for sure that we'll use them.

Hey there, NYU does not budge on prereqs and the time limit, you won't be made an exception. I took Statistics again too because it had been over 10 yrs for me. Took it at HCCC (Hudson county community collge) in Jersey city. I took it remote and it was one live lecture a week with homework on my own time. It was very straightforward and I could handle it with 2 other classes. They have different sections such as "remote" (live lecture on zoom), or "online" which is everything uploaded already and you do everything on your own time hitting the deadlines. I think you could handle it honestly! Try HCCC, the "Summer I" session just started on 5/24- ending early July! Summer II session is 7/13-8/18. It is MAT-114: https://libertylink.hccc.edu/Student/Courses/Search?subjects=MAT

IMO it doesn't signal anything. Many forums and responses on here where the checklist disappears, reappears, with no clear pattern of it signaling an acceptance. They will email you when you're accepted, so I'd just keep an eye out for an email. If you find yourself spiraling with checking your checklist constantly its going to drive you crazy!

Congratulations!! How wonderful, its going to be really fun meeting everyone and starting this journey together!

Hi there, I haven't read through everyone's responses to your post but wanted to share my experience. I was accepted a month ago. I am changing careers at the age of 40. I've never worked in healthcare nor volunteered. I spent a lot of time in hospitals over a decade because of a sick parent with cancer. I have spent the last 18 years in a successful design career in nyc. I had a letter of rec from a longtime boss of 10 years, and I had a 3.3 undergrad GPA from a very good university for my first bachelor's degree. I have straight A's in all my pre-req's which were taken at a community college in NJ. It is really hard to say how they weigh everything about a candidate. Maybe some weight is on the undergrad college you went to, plus the GPA. I see people saying portage classes are easy, whereas I found all my prereq's to be extremely challenging at a community college, maybe they weigh those things. And its really hard to say one person had a better or stronger personal statement or letter of rec too. I think we all come from very different walks of life, and hopefully your personal statement reflects who you are, and why you want to be in the program, in a genuine way. I wish you the best!

Might be another thread? This is a specific thread for the ABSN program.

The person was probably giving an estimate. Tuition is 28,250 a semester. If you get accepted they'll give you the information and you'll have several months to figure out financial aid etc.

Lauren above says the letter stated one week. I am on my phone so can't look but I already accepted. So if you got in last Monday, todays your deadline to accept. You click the acceptance link in you letter, click Respond to acceptance which takes you to Albert, then go through the acceptance steps to say Yes and then it directs you to pay the deposit. The tuition is usually based on credits. Summer has the same number of credits as Spring and fall (look at curriculum in the ABSN website), so I assume its the same price.

Yea the max aid from federal loans is capped, and definitely too low of an amount for this program! I am looking into private loans, how about you?

You get 2 weeks at least. I was accepted, there was no hard deadline given. In the faq page on their admissions page they advise you make a decision within 2 weeks, but does not say that it is required. People have to figure out a lot- like financing, so its not at all reasonable to give one week for that.

Everyone's financial aid award is different, no one would know what scholarships you would get....

Its likely the next round of acceptances will happen on Friday. I got my acceptance last Monday the 5th but it was likely due to the Easter holiday, lots of offices and businesses were closed on Friday the 2nd. You can find info on Youtube/blogs...There are people who attend the ABSN program/attended the program who have Youtube videos.

Hi Laura, Where did it say one week? Can you send the link? I accepted after one week. The website says they recommend accepting within 2 weeks but they do not give a hard deadline: https://www.nyu.edu/academics/studying-abroad/upperclassmen-semester-academic-year-study-away/applying/accept-decline-instructions.html

You will get an email stating to check the applicant portal. That's what I got. No point in obsessively checking the checklist, I never did after I initially made sure all my stuff was accurate. From past history reading through these threads it seems people get accepted on Mondays, mostly on Fridays. Try to get offline to lower the anxiety- take a walk, listen to music, etc.

Congrats! I got my acceptance today as well. I have been in a creative field for over a decade, nursing is a complete career change for me. I had a professional letter from an employer, had all A's in my prereq's from a community college, with a pending Microbio class (I expect to get an A), and 3.2 undergrad GPA from a reputable school. I applied before the Priority deadline. I did not check my checklist at all because I didn't want to spin with anxiety... I got an email today and thats how I found out. So watch your email!