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Hey, this is way after you asked, but I think the starting salary is around $69k for a new nurse before night differential. Pretty sure SBUH realized they needed to even out the salary discrepancy with other hospitals in the area.

Hey there! I took most of my pre-reqs at BMCC as a part-time matriculated transfer student. It was definitely advantageous to be matriculated - we got to register earlier, and I think it might have been cheaper per credit, too? (not sure, sorry) You may find that it's hard/impossible to get into the popular classes like A&P1, intro chem, and the like your first semester, so don't lose hope. Take whatever you can get into that you need to complete (psych, for example?). Once you've completed a semester, you'll have a higher registration priority and will be able to get into the very popular classes. Once you're up to microbiology, many of those students will have weeded themselves out and you'll have no trouble at all.

Classes and/or clinical are pretty much every day (M-F; some people have clinicals on Saturday or Sunday, depending on clinical site). We got a week off in August, which did not feel like enough at all! Happily, administration shifted our pharmacology class around so that we don't have to take it over the winter (as in previous years) -- we get winter term off, which is such a tantalizing treat in my near future!

Complicated question! It's hard to "like" an accelerated nursing program. It's a huge grind. I'm glad I'm here -- is that good enough of an answer?

Good luck, everyone! I'm in the program right now, and it's quite the... intense experience. (heh!) I wouldn't worry about the interview. Perhaps they tried it once and aren't sure whether to do it again. The administration and the curriculum have been in some amount of flux, anyway -- and my class is keeping them on their toes, in any case! I'll try to keep tabs on this thread, if you guys have any questions I might be able to answer. :)

Of course that's true; it's also true that mental illness doesn't discriminate based on class. The rich have better resources, but the underlying condition still sucks.

Hunter is extremely strict about their requirements, and I don't think they allow any retakes. Definitely ask before you transfer!

I'm not sure Hunter allows any retakes in the pre-requisites for the nursing program, but you should definitely call the Nursing Department office and ask!

No, it's an accelerated BSN for second-degree (non-RN) students. I know SBU also has an RN-to-BSN program, but don't know the details.

I'm going into the 1-year program (starting next month!), but I'm quite sure you don't need Organic Chem for Stony. Hunter is... special.

You know, I'm pretty sure this isn't actually a generational thing, but a natural variation in work ethic that exists within every generation. As if we don't know lazy/entitled people of all ages (and hard workers likewise).

As an unlucky one-time recipient of a Rocephin IM injection, I hope it had lidocaine in it.

What are you all doing in the meantime between your capstone ending and graduation/boards? Anyone lining up new grad residency spots? Working as techs? Napping?

Don't rule out Harrisburg and Pittsburgh. Philadelphia is FULL of new nurses from the area schools.

I'm not sure how it works for those accepted off the wait list, but those of us who were accepted "normally" got, I believe, 10 days to respond.