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Hunter's accelerated program is much more competitive than the generic. So that would seem even less likely as an option. You will be just fine going to Lehman. Clinical placements in Manhattan CAN help create job connections but I know very few people where that actually panned out. You will be totally fine applying in Manhattan hospitals with a BSN from Lehman.

You will have no options or choice in your clinical placements. Locations for my class included the VA, Bellevue, Memorial Sloan Kettering, NewYork-Pres-Cornell, Metropolitan, Lenox Hill etc etc. Clinicals are getting more and more challenging for schools with the incredible increase of nursing students over the last several years. Clinical is truly what you make of it. They were not much help in getting a job. I think the generic students have better resources in this department because there are more students. I had a great Leadership teacher in our last semester that invited some recruiters etc to the class which was great. MSK had a specific career event for Hunter College students but I actually heard about it through the Career Services at the Main Campus rather than from the Nursing School. But that being said, Hunter is highly respected and, especially if you have good grades, you will find recruiters etc. very open to Hunter grads.

They are not super consistent. In 2016, it was May 19.

"When your NursingCas application is totally complete.........."

I just graduated from the accelerated program. When your NursingCas application is totally complete, you will be able to see it and download a pdf copy. They do ALL kinds of GPAs, different years of school, different subject areas etc, and then one OVERALL which is what I believe Hunter uses. I really think you're going to be fine.

You don't need to be a matriculated student at Hunter to apply. That always confuses people. You are allowed to have TWO prereqs still being completed when you apply. You have a very strong application, both NLN score and GPA. I would expect that you'll be accepted. If so, you will receive "conditional" acceptance pending completion of your final 2 courses with a B or better. They do not conduct interviews. Only go by GPA and NLN. GPA is calculated by NursingCas in their own unique ways.

I don't know what the average NLN scores are (nobody really spoke about that). But I know that Maria Mendoza, the pre-nursing academic advisor, says that a score in the 150s is a great target. Hunter uses NursingCAS for applications and they calculate their own, unique GPAs. They combine everything, not solely your prerequisites. GPA is again hard to say. I think the average for the generic program is about 3.5 or higher but I imagine the accelerated is substantially higher. In my class beginning Fall 2016, there were only 24 spots.

If you can get into Hunter, go to Hunter. There is absolutely no reason to take on all of the unnecessary debt of another school like NYU. Hunter has an excellent reputation and extensive alumni in NYC hospital nursing management. The accelerated class tops out at 30 students. GPAs and NLN-PAX scores are very high and the program is very competitive. Hunter still beats NYU in the NCLEX pass-rate as well. As far as nurse managers stating a preference for NYU grads, I would argue the exact opposite is true for the accelerated program. NYU's accelerated program has students denied by Hunter. Hunter's accelerated program has students who rejected NYU.

Yay!! Congratulations! What a relief to be done with the waiting game.

Thank you! I heard through the same email that I used on my NursingCAS application, which is NOT my Hunter email. It's the same email that I received the "thank you for applying to the program" email from Hunter when I submitted via NursingCAS.

I have no doubt you will hear today or tomorrow!!

I take it all back. That's what I was told. But I just received my acceptance. Good luck to you all!

I'm getting this directly from Maria Mendoza at the School of Nursing: "The School of Nursing will send admission decisions in late May." This was yesterday, May 18.

If anyone is following this thread, Hunter nursing admission decisions will be coming LATE May now.

Maria Mendoza told me that it would be mid May this year. I know that last year was right about now but she told me this about 6 weeks ago.