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I'm surprised a thread for the upcoming class of 2014 has not been created yet (or has it). Well here it is!!! Good luck to all

Wow, extra early acceptances this year!! Congrats to those of you that made it in so far.

80 is correct, confirmed by the director. The program keeps growing, they must be doing something right!!

lb88, what your professor told you is absolutelly untrue. One thing is the intensity of the program and the hard work you're going to have to put in order to succedd, and another thing is that they purposely want you to fail. It is beyond my understa...

Does Sound a little crazy o_O lol I don't see why someone would do both unless they are just unsure of what they really want to do at the time they start. If this happens to be you (not saying it is) then I suggest you simply do a little more researc...

I commute from Queens Village (Springfield blvd & Hillside Ave). It takes me around 50 mins each way without traffic. I have a family, so to me moving to the Stony Brook area was not an option. I would recommend to try to find a place closer to c...

Stony Brook tends to be top 3 in the area (NYU and Columbia being the other 2). The director of the program just told us last week that last year's class (Paco's class) beat NYU in NCLEX rates so I believe that puts us in top 2 :-p... cost wise, it i...

Don't give up hope.. Several of my current classmates came from the alternate list and they didn't hear until a week before the program started..

It is both extremely challenging, but it can also be managable. Just know that you're going to be spending a considerable amount of your day (which you could be utilizing to study) on the road and often times in trafic. Is living on campus or getting...

Depends where in the city you live. I commute from Hollis Queens which is about 5 minutes from Nassau County in LI, and it takes me on average about 50 mins door to door. Clinicals are for the most part either at Stony Brook, or in towns that are clo...

Ah Yes lol, One can always count on Paco for thorough and helpful responses

You cannot defer admission for the following year. Once you decline your acceptance you have to reapply and start all over, and the fact that you got accepted once does not mean you will be accepted in the future. In my humble opinion, don't turn it ...

Greeneggs, as far as the GPA goes I think it has more to do with your load outside of the program than about the program itself. Some people just cannot stop working, some people have other things to juggle outside of the program and can't commit 100...

Owade, you seem to be freaking out. Lol the first thing you need to do is try to calm down and take the process one step at a time. I myself did not have any hospital experience other than working as an office assistant at a hospital. DO NOT take any...

Hey Yankees, I had a similar situation to you graduating from stony brook in 2005 with a not so good GPA (below a 3.0 also). Focus on those last 2 pre reqs, start thinking from now who would write you the best letters and possibly let you read them b...

Couldn't have said it any better Paco.. As far as housing, I don't live on or near the campus, so I am not much help in that department.... sorry

The load is heavy, not going to lie about that, and the worse part is that it gets harder before it gets any easier.. lol so pretty much it just gets harder (granted I still have the spring to go through, but last semester was TOUGH!!!). That being s...

Hey Marmaduke, I'm going to try to tackle some of these questions but let me know if I miss any because there are a few. I am in the program right now, and I am paying the In-state tuition. (Usually they charge double for out of state, so that's a ru...

Hey Dlam88, I replied to this question on the other thread. I would suggest taking the pre-requisites at a CUNY just based on tuition being cheap. I took mine at BMCC down by Chambers. Any accredited school is fine for your pre reqs, so save your mon...

Hey Dlam88, I live in the city and am currently in the program at Stony. I took all my pre reqs at BMCC. As Paco said, you can take them at any accredited school so if I were you i'd pick the CUNY most convenient to you and bang them out there. Can't...

Application deadline (October 17th) approaching faster than the speed of light!!! Work on those personal statements and make sure you have no regrets. Good luck to all. Enough of a break, going back to this massive paper which will surely prevent me ...

Hello LittlePat, no need to be intimidated. It is competitive but you really don't know what the admissions office bases their decision on, so you just have to be patient and control the things that you can (references, personal statement, submit you...

If you don't mind me asking, what sorority are you part of?

I applied to Downstate as well. My first choice is Stony Brook. Reasons: Driving to Stony Brook will be easier than Downstate (even though it's still a long drive for me coming from Hollis, Queens). Also, I would still need 1 more pre-req for Downsta...

Anyone else get accepted from here? seems like we're at a halt...