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hey i got you message-yes i got the same letter from cnr and i put the 300$ deposit and i am cleared from health services ,but just in response to you message and to this post i have my own story to share,,...... it is pretty long,i will try to make it short i am from croatia,have been living in us for 6 years now, married w/4 year old. i went to nursing school in my country-but becasue it was combined with high school(something like lpn here-at that time the highest degree was 2 year college)it is not accepted in us so when i came here started taking liberal arts courses(my eng.was not that great and it has been long time since i was in school...) one and half year later i ended up wih aa in liberal arts with 4.00 gpa everybody that i knew in school were in nursing and i was :"ok maybe i should go to,i do have some knowledge and i worked as midwife in my country(like i said this might sound strange but that is how you would become a nurse in my country,after 8th grade you would start highschool with extra classes in anatomy and physiology ,latin,pathology ...etc.... ,and fundementals..later on in 3 and 4th year pediatric care,maternal care ,psychiatric care,community nursing...etc...long story...you can just imagine what kind of highschool was that. we had to stay in a dorm above the school bc/the classes and clinical practice were the same day-can't go home-only weekends...insanity for 14 year old) school was a part of the hospital complex-a city within a city-you would breathe,eat,drink and poop nursing...... anyway leave the story .......happened 10 years ago.. here is some info on my former school http://www.skolazaprimalje.hr/skola/ and education reform in croatia http://www.javno.com/en/croatia/clanak.php?id=187880 anyway.... so i got my aa at bmcc and i started thinking about nursing as my career 1.it is something that i know and i am very patient with people 2.it is flexible job while raising my 4 year old 3.it is well paid so i started taking pre-clinical classes i took chemistry,micro and anatomy in one semester and got all a-s and that inspired me let me do this nursing..let me rediscover my hidden passion.that was lost when i was so young and rebellious now the school part........ that really made me...:angryfire ****** off ,mad,sad,i cried and all the emotions possible,not to mention my daughter and my husband were affected by this-i was jut so moody:bowingpur:lol2: so here i am : 4.00 gpa ,a in all sciences, phi theta kappa member, mother,mentor at community college and volunteer at nyp i got the letter from fdu in november 2007("fairleigh ridiculous university":nono:-hate that school btw.)in teaneck,nj stating that there is 16,000 $ scholarship available for me because of ptk memberships i applied in person for nursing program had all the letters of recommendation and my statement of purpose(not to mention,it is a freaking mess to get to that school from manhattan) the guy- told me: "we can not guarantee you a spot but we will try with your grades there is huge chance that you will get in " he was nice enough to mention that the nursing program is in disarray and he suggested that i might apply to some other school(he is not supposed to do that,but>>>) i spent so much money on the wes-i had some college in my country(not nursing related) and on transcripts.but i applied in january 2008(rolling admissions) i wanted to see my family this summer in croatia ,bc/i haven't seen them in 4 years and they seen my daughter when she was jut a baby,so i though i can go to my country,it would be the same- waiting here in us or there -i will be still antsy pants:uhoh21: before i went to my country -i had all my vaccinations done ,ppd-s ,titers ,and physical(that i paid $$$$$$ out of pocket, insurance wont cover,bc/it is not annual..etc..)just in case i was ready to go..... at the end of july(while still in cro) i got the letter (or should i say "the package "that i am accepted-the uniform,all the info about liability insurance..etc...) and the information about the "mandatory orientation":uhoh3: the orientation was on aug 13th i was coming back on aug 15th from my country i called nursing school millions times from my country(spending **** loads of money on phone bills) to explain my situation and asking them if my hubby can go and take notes,since i do have everything set to go and i am in foreign country with my daughter...bla bla.... they said..."no no..... no way you have to be here you just have to.... ......this is something very important...bla bla bla.no orientation-no registration-ooo and btw.we can hear you soo well,you are calling from croatia?") can't believe the things they told me i could not get a ticket in 10 days - it would cost so much for me and my daughter there is no way i could afford that ) so my hubby took a day from work to drag his cute butt to that god forsaken place and he sat there for 4 hours to listen to ******** talking,all the stuff was in the "package"they just mentioned some student support and tutoring and many stupid things they do at orientations just like at any other school but when he came to register the lady asked him if we paid the 400 $ deposit he said:"we never ever got a letter that we have to pay a deposit" the lady said it is for holding a spot holding a ******* spot???????? are you kidding me? my letters ,grades and essay is not getting me into school it is the deposit? jeezzz. so the lady was nice (she was the assistant of the director of admissions) so the lady said she will try to help us out ,but she can not find out ,bc/she might loose her job and we have to wait next week to see if there are anymore places in the program-after all the people register anyway.. she did not know that my hubby was on the orientation instead of me but i guess she played my 100 messages on the answering machine and figured that i was not there(there were maybe 40 students) on tuesday my husband received an email saying that she was very upset about the whole situation and that there are still couple of spaces in nursing program ,but i can not get in-bc/she is upset with me? what kind of nursing program is this one woman's show?????? my hubby said to ditch the whole thing,bc/ this lady would be behind my ass all the time. so i did and i moved on and here i am taking my last pre-req.nutrition and ready to start in spring 2009 at new rochelle never give up!!!! if you want to be a nurse go get it!!! be a fighter becasue that's what nurses are:nurse: don't move to foreign country.... become a nurse....do it for the good of your community ....do it...for your future feel free to pm me for my email maybe we can start classes together in the spring would love to meet you:nuke: the truth is that all private schools send letters to 95% students that apply and wait what happens..... they need the money-bloodsuckers even at the open house at cnr they would not say how many students they are taking into program(i guess whatever they can get-considering the state rules on nursing schools and all the other crap-in their words"let's put it this way-if you apply day before classes start you will most likely not get in")

JUST GOT THE LETTER LAST WEEK..I AM IN!!!! WILL BE STARTING CLINICAL IN THE SPRING 2009 SO EXCITED IS ANYBODY HERE IN THE CNR PROGRAM(OR WAS)? WHAT WAS YOUR EXPERIENCE? THANKS.... HAPPY FUTURE :redbeathe

I am taking nursing pre-req.at BMCC and I got A.A.in liberal Arts there too love the school and professors are nice,here and there you might meet some "crazy"people ,but overall it is ok. it is great education and if you want to transfer to pace or NYu they give scholarships for transfer students . One of my friends is in the nursing program,she loves it! but I also heard form other students that could be hard,so maybe depends on the individual. I know couple of prof.from science and nursing department let me know if you want some names.9not the easy ones,the fair ones)

hi ,i am new to this forum. i am pre-nursing student in new york. spring will be my last semester of nursing prerequisites(i am taking at a community college)i also hold a a.a.in liberal arts form a community college(mostly because for a long time i had no idea what i want) i am originally from croatia and there i was a nurse -midwife for 5 years, but my nursing degree is not accepted here, because it is equivalent to diploma-vocational nursing(basically it is high school combined with nursing subjects and clinicals in the hospital.not to mention it was very hard ,intensive program during which you have to live in the dorm above the school , because you have lectures in the morning and clinical every day after school ,at that time i was 14,when i finished i was 18.after i started working i figured that nursing is not for me 300-500$ a month+ doing jobs of a cleaning lady ,nurse and a doctor ,just being stretched out too much.) i thought that america is the "new land" and i can start fresh, maybe i can do something else? somehow, all my friends are pre-nursing or nursing students and i could see that we have so much in common. the times are different now .i am not 18 or 14 anymore and have changed as a person and i could see that there are many opportunities in nursing in us-so flexible!!!love it:redbeathe(not to mention i have 3 year old daughter) after i got my a.a i started taking pre-req.and i loved it ,the classes, they are not so hard ,i know most of the stuff( not to mention we had to learn latin in nursing school ,before we took anatomy). anyway, i am applying to pace university, rutgers university, nyu and lehman college. lehman college: great school, cheap, no loans, but probably will have to wait and start in the fall 2009(in the spring i am taking 3 sciences and have to raise my 3 year old )+have to take the pre-nursing exam(there is just no time for it),first you have to be accepted to lehman college in order to apply to nursing program( i sent my application in early january, but i doubt that cuny application center will send me reply by march 15th) pace/nyu; have the pre-req. before clicnical start ,but just so expensive.......as a ptk member i would get 1,000per year(out of 29,000) per year rutgers university: transportation to jersey + out of state tuition=not much different then pace/nyu i also got 16,000 per year renewable scholarship at fairleigh dickinson university in teaneck,nj-then ,again i have to take one more semester of philosophy, american government and 3 more liberal arts classes to satisfy university requirements .i just want to take clinicals and be over with(also i have to find a way how to get there by public transportation-(g.w.bridge+route4) i am 27 years old going to 28 this year(don't want to be in school forever,if i take lehman i will finish 2011, instead 2010)is it worth waiting or should i go to private school? here are my questions: public or private if you were in" my shoes"?:innerconf is there any chance to start at the private nursing school and then transfer to public(if i start at pace maybe i can transfer to lehman and just do the nln-test before i start lehman)confused please help , thank you

hi ,i am new to this forum. i am pre-nursing student in new york. spring will be my last semester of nursing prerequisites(i am taking at a community college)i also hold a a.a.in liberal arts form a community college(mostly because for a long time i had no idea what i want) i am originally from croatia and there i was a nurse -midwife for 5 years, but my nursing degree is not accepted here, because it is equivalent to diploma-vocational nursing(basically it is high school combined with nursing subjects and clinicals in the hospital.not to mention it was very hard ,intensive program during which you have to live in the dorm above the school , because you have lectures in the morning and clinical every day after school ,at that time i was 14,when i finished i was 18.after i started working i figured that nursing is not for me 300-500$ a month+ doing jobs of a cleaning lady ,nurse and a doctor ,just being stretched out too much.) i thought that america is the "new land" and i can start fresh, maybe i can do something else? somehow, all my friends are pre-nursing or nursing students and i could see that we have so much in common. the times are different now .i am not 18 or 14 anymore and have changed as a person and i could see that there are many opportunities in nursing in us-so flexible!!!love it:redbeathe(not to mention i have 3 year old daughter) after i got my a.a i started taking pre-req.and i loved it ,the classes, they are not so hard ,i know most of the stuff( not to mention we had to learn latin in nursing school ,before we took anatomy). anyway, i am applying to pace university, rutgers university, nyu and lehman college. lehman college: great school, cheap, no loans, but probably will have to wait and start in the fall 2009(in the spring i am taking 3 sciences and have to raise my 3 year old )+have to take the pre-nursing exam(there is just no time for it),first you have to be accepted to lehman college in order to apply to nursing program( i sent my application in early january, but i doubt that cuny application center will send me reply by march 15th) pace/nyu; have the pre-req. before clicnical start ,but just so expensive.......as a ptk member i would get 1,000per year(out of 29,000) per year rutgers university: transportation to jersey + out of state tuition=not much different then pace/nyu i also got 16,000 per year renewable scholarship at fairleigh dickinson university in teaneck,nj-then ,again i have to take one more semester of philosophy, american government and 3 more liberal arts classes to satisfy university requirements .i just want to take clinicals and be over with(also i have to find a way how to get there by public transportation-(g.w.bridge+route4) i am 27 years old going to 28 this year(don't want to be in school forever,if i take lehman i will finish 2011, instead 2010) here are my questions: public or private if you were in" my shoes"?:innerconf is there any chance to start at the private nursing school and then transfer to public(if i start at pace maybe i can transfer to lehman and just do the nln-test before i start lehman)confused please help , thank you