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There might still be space there. I know I got accepted but after looking at my financial aid package and tuition it's unlikely that I will join so people on the waitlist will probably still be called.

yeah from what I've seen online seems like the more convenient option. Anyway, I just got my call that I'm aceepted. I hope you guys enjoy the rest of your summer and I'm looking forward to having class with you this fall.

Another question: did you have to hand in your high school transcripts or just the diploma? I don't mind handing in my transcripts but my former school is very disorganized and far away.

Congrats dressed. I'm still waiting until they receive all my documents but I hope I get the call as well.

What was the environment like in the school (Queen's Campus) when you went there? I used to go to lagcc and students in the nursing program there seemed to be more or less on their own; they didn't really get any support from the administraion in terms of tutoring or anything like that.

That's basically what I was trying to say. This is a very large investment (for most of us), and I don't want to be taken for a ride and neither does anyone else. Part of being a nurse includes critical thinking skills and it wouldn't make sense that we don't do our due diligence. I also wish that more St. Paul's alumni would post their success stories. I know several nurses who went to this school and have jobs in hospital, one of whom works in Bellevue's ER, and I think if more people spoke realistically about the school in forums such as these we would be able to get an accurate picture. Another thing is that I feel like people think of this school as a "last resort" option. It's true that the CUNY's are more affordable, but the soonest I could get my degree would be in 2.5 years. I could transfer to QCC and take A&P and I can get it based off having A's in all my other pre reqs, but by the time I'm done it'll be 2019 and I'll only have an associates. At St. Paul's we can finish in a year and a half, a full year shorter, and enter the workforce while working on our BSN. There's a time value to money and what you earn today won't stretch as far tomorrow. That aspect of this program makes it so appealing to me. In any case, I look forward to seeing anyone on here in the Fall if I get accepted to the school

I'm sorry, but not a chance in hell. They turned me away with all A's and one B in the key courses for a gpa of 3.7. Not to mention my cumulative gpa was 3.9 including all the classes I took besides the key courses. Your best bet is to transfer and have them not transfer those key courses in one of the other cuny's like QCC.

The concern is due to how saturated the job market is in NYC with regards to nursing schools constantly pumping out new grads. It's an employer's market and hospitals can now demand that their new hires must have a BSN already or a BSN in the works by a certain date. That obviously isn't a problem for anyone who is driven, but getting your ADN at a school that is not NLN accredited does not provide you with the safety net of a gaurantee that your credits will transfer to a BSN program and that you will consequently be able to finish the BSN in a timely manner. Add on to that the fact that this school is charging us almost $50,000 with only $21,000 maybe being covered by low interest cosigner-free federal loans and there's an obvious cause of concern. That's a lot of money to get yourself in debt for only a two year degree when the average graduate of a four year degree program has a debt less than that of $30,000. Now wasn't that train of thought simple to follow?

Thanks for the reply, Dressed. It's good to know that someone else has the same concerns about the NLN accreditation of the school and how it affects their educational prospects in the long-term. I've also had my interview with the President of the school and I brought this issue up and he actually gave me examples of schools that St. Paul's has articulation agreements with that are CCNE accredited for the RN-BSN bridge so that shouldn't be an issue if I decide I want to become an Advanced Practiced Nurse at a later time. As a side note, he's a very nice and smart guy and it's easy to open up to him so I wouldn't stress too much. The only real issue is that he wants to see you dress and conduct yourself professionally. I've read every thread on this forum about this school going back to 2009 and while I'll proceed with caution given a lot of the bad reviews, it does seem to me that those complaining about the school have a bit of sour grapes going on. There were people in my HESI review classes that did not seem to take any of this seriously and who lacked the critical thinking skills I think it's necessary to finish the nursing program. Not to mention the fact that the student who sat next to me while I was taking the HESI entrance exam was trying to cheat by taking his cellphone out. The sad thing is that entrance exam is incredibly easy, it doesn' even include Chemisry and A&P. If you can't pass that then maybe you're not ready to be in the program yet and should brush up on you reading and math. Sorry for the small rant, but it annoys me that people think that just cause they're going to pay a shitload of money for this school that they're paying for the RN license, basically.

Since Hostos is CUNY this shouldn't actually be too much of an issue. Do you really thinkt that the CUNY 4 years would refuse someone graduating from a CUNY program? You might have more running around to do, but you should be good. NLN accreditation really gets you when you're applying from outside the system. That's when you face a higher barrier to entry.

If I got a B in A+P 1 is it possible for me to retake this? I orginially went to LAGCC in 2012 to enter the nursing program, but I got discouraged when I talked to the advisor for nursing and she said I had a very slim chance of getting in. I got an A in all my other pre req courses: Eng 101 A, SSY 101 A, SCC 210 A. I wonder if the science credit expiration rule applies here since I took A+P in the Fall of 2012 and it's been 4 years since that date.

Is anyone here applying to St. Paul's or have any word on it? I've already taken their entrance exam and did well and I took the HESI a2 and also did well (managed a 95 cumulative). I'm wary because they lack NLN accreditation and I know that I definitively want to get a bacehlors degree before moving on to a higher degree. However, I hear that's hard to do if you go to a school that isn't accredited. Also, the price tag is *very* hefty (48,000 for the whole program). I know that it won't be as expensive for me since I've taken all eng, psych, and soc classes, but it'll still be a considerable amount of debt to place myself in for just an associates degree.