capri1313

I did not realize you did not have your undergraduate degree. You need an undergraduate degree to go into an advanced accelerated program. Go to a community school and get you Associate degree in nursing and then get the BSN. It will be the fastest way. Pace has an evening school. I do not recommend working and becoming a nurse at the same time. It will be too difficult because you need time to study and rest and do your rotations. Classes are in a sequence and there is no turning back. Also you cannot afford not to do well or you will never get into a graduate program . Just take the loans . Once you finished you can elect to go to a disadvantaged area they they will pay for most of your schooling. DO NOT SIGN UP FOR A DISADVANTAGE AREA UNTIL AFTER YOU FINISH YOUR STUDIES. You do not know where you will be in your life in two years so do not commit to a disadvantaged area until after graduation ... ou get the same benfits and ou are thinking clearer. No lo has to be paid back until after you have worked for 6 moths and most loans are paid in seven years. Do not worry they will get paid off. I paid all of my old ones off. Althouh I must tell you I had a schalorship to Columbia so I only needed loans to live on . It is quite opposite now. I need the money to pay the fees . I can cover living expenses. have a huge mortgage but manaage. I will be able to do this until 2012. After that I will have some issues but I will try to resolve them and I will survive. I always do. Capri

You should not get the PhD unless you are planning on research and unless yo love research I do not reommend that route . What you want to get is the doctorate in clinical nursing. It takes two years.Not all schools give it. Stony brook has it , Columbia, and NYU is trying to get it. Probably they will all have it very soon. I am not sure what Pace has. What I really want out of Pace is the BSN so I can get the CRNA or NP . Snce I will probably need a years experiece minimal for CRNA programs I am thinking of become an acute Care NP because it will give me experience in the ICU. Regarding CU. I just was rejected this week and my attorney is in the process of getting a letter sent to President Lee Bollinger in my behalf so I do not want to disclose my entire case on the net in ciber space. If you really want the details you can email me directly [email protected] and I will not mind telling you what happened but I do not know who is on this web site from Columbia so I must be careful what I information I put in cyber space. Please listen to Dr. Cizaldo I was just listening to his pathophysiology lectures . He is really good and he gives you some useful tips and you remember his lectures because of the stores and background and the best part it is FREE and he is a very good person for not charging us. Where did you get your undergraduate BS or BA degree? You must have that to do a one year program.

I am aware nursing school is not easy. I am a registerred Dental Hygienist and if you thnk nursing is difficult try getting into hygiene. I had to do all the pre requistes nurses had plus pathology with lab, histology , dental anatomy, advanced chemistry organic and inorganic and learn a new skill. I needed to have a good mind and good hands. The licensed exam covers eveything tht the nurses need to know plus dental anatomy dental histology, and dental pathology. etc. I want to become a nurse bcause I cannot practice hygiene due to a disability. My goal is to become CRNA. I refuse to be age discriminated and I will try my best to overcome the discriminating admissions committees which I am up against. They think they are going to wear me down bt I a strong and determined. I think it is a poor excuse to tell an applicant with good grades, excellent references and work experience that they were rejected because they did not have the same goals as the department. If these schools are going to be federally funded they should not discriminate againt age and disabilities. There are nurses that are parapeligic. I only have a neck and shoulder problem. Columbia should be ashamed of themself since I already hold a BS and MA from Columbia University and there are people at NYU in anesthesia still working at 89 years old and I am no where near that age yet.

you may want to look at programs at brookdale also. i am not interested going to brooklyn unless it is for anesthesia program and they lost accredation for 2009. right now i will look at pace on monday. it is pretty easy to get a nursing ob in nyc once you graduate. no one really looks at the school . that is for your own ego. all the doctors care about is are you qualified to be a nurse. i have many family members that are doctors . they all feel just get the degree they are all about the same. you mst work. i think that cuny is rigid online because the course are six months . other accredited courses online are more expensive but shorter time periods and you can accomplish more. you must understand the important concepts well. that is much better then knowing a million concepts and not understanding any of them. buy a good medical dicgionary . there is a dr. cizaldo online lectures free in anatomy, etc. he is great. http://faculty.css.edu/gcizadlo/index try listening to his lectures they are free and he makes them fun.you can also email him questions . i hope this helps you.

No. I remember when I was your age and everyone said I would never get into a school. I have a BS from Columbia and an MS from Columbia. As you get older you get better study habits. Also try and find someone that is taking the same course as you and try and study or discuss the work that will help. I am trying to get into an accelerated program. Columbia discriminated against me . I am sending a letter to Lee Bollinger. I decided to look into the Pace Program. Also look at University of medical and dental in Jersy City. That looked like a flexible program. I like the rotations at Pace. I have 28 years experience as a dental hygienist. I have done research and private practice. My MS gpa is good. 3.89 my BA gpa is so so. 3.1. I am thinking of taking some online courses at Suny and repeating the microbiology . It is very cheap. I will also take some short courses that are more expensive but will save time. Orgeon state gives a 5 pt chemistry with lab for 1000 dollars approx. Phoenix give 8 weeks anatomy with labs for about 450 per credit. I have a lot of experience with excellent references. I just got taken for a fool at Columbia which was not right. I will fight them tooth and nail. I want to eventually be a CRNA. Make sure you at least become an NP because in 2015 you must have a doctorate to become NP. Write me any time I will be happy to respond.

I am slo interested in the combined program. I have a 3.1 GPA from my BS degree and I have a 3.9 GPA in my recent MA degree. Both degrees from Columbia University. I did not do great on the GRE I scored in the 55th percentile in the verbal but not sure what they are looking for. They have an open house on Monday March 9, 2009 . I will go and check it out

Do Not give UP. Try Stonybrook . I heard they allow you to go pt and the fees are low. Not as expensive as Pace ..... Also try the community colleges in NY.