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What’s the group called? I’m Eileen Laura on facebook ?

Yay! Congrats we both got in ??

Same!!! Accepted too!

This is torture! Last year they heard back on February 24, so hopefully we will hear this week or next! I’m going on vacation Sunday and it would be so nice to go away knowing! ?

The Stony Brook Adult NP program got their acceptance letters today, maybe we will get ours this week too! ??

Did anyone else get an email with the save the date for orientation? what a tease of an email!

Just take a deep breath and be confident in your answers. The video chat is intimidating but the two women from the SON and very nice. Good luck!

When I was accepted three years ago, my email came in the afternoon/evening! And I received it the week between Christmas and New Years. Hope this helps!

Omg yes! You did great too! I also had trouble signing in ? It’s gonna be a long month or two waiting to hear back!

I just completed my interview. Very nerve wracking with video chat format! They said they had 400-500 applicants and 48 seats. Should hear back end of January beginning of February. And that they are still interviewing people.

Hey everyone, good luck on hearing back soon. I graduated from this program in 2018. I promise the stress is worth it ?

No it came from the program director Allyson Kornahrens

Hey everyone, I submitted my application on 12/2 and received an interview email today! Scheduled it for 12/16. Good luck to everyone!

Hi! Nope, I got hired straight out of nursing school.

Hi! I got mine on December 27th :)

Hi! I'm so sorry, just saw this. I stopped getting emails when someone posted for some reason! From what I remember there was super super simple solving for x equations but nothing really crazy. Good luck to everyone on their interviews!

hi! I have a BSN from Stony Brook's accelerated program and I will also be working there :) Good luck!

Hi Everyone! I am a new grad (May grad, passed NCLEX in July) who just got hired in Mother Baby at a large hospital in New York. I am so excited to work in this field. Originally I had my heart set on NICU but I know I need a strong foundation before I can work in this hospital's Level IV NICU. Do any of you experienced nurses out there was tips of what to do/not to do for my first year? Any common mistakes to avoid? I am nervous/excited and so relieved to finally been hired somewhere I know I will love. Thank you in advance!

It was either Wed or Thurs through Sunday. I don't believe they do clinical that week but it depends on the instructor. Definitely not on actual Thanksgiving though.

If nothing has changed in the program: in the summer you go 10 weeks straight. MWF you have classes all day (like 8-4ish usually) Tuesday is lab day (three hours in the morning or afternoon) then clinical can be Thursday Saturday or Sunday depending on where you are assigned. Pathophysiology is online. Then you have one week off at the end of summer semester before fall starts. In the fall & spring: it's the same MWF, except instead of lab you have two clinical days. So basically you'll almost always have 2 days a week off but they're not always consecutive days. Clinicals are typically 12 hour shifts for most classes. Psych clinicals are shorter but you go for more days in the semester. Some instructors do 8 hour shifts but again you would do more days in the semester. It really depends on the schedule availability of clinical instructors & it varies a lot. The key to success in this program is to stay VERY flexible. You get the entire winter break that stony brook university has. It's about a month off in December/January. Fall semester is 15 weeks of classes. Spring semester is 12 weeks of classes and 3 weeks of capstone. Again, this is if they haven't changed the program at all, so don't hold me to it :) !

I got mine with the first wave. For timing I would look at some of the old threads! I know there were three waves but I'm not super sure of the timing and I don't want to mislead you guys!

I'm not sure specifically how often they sent the emails out. If you scroll through some old threads that might be a better indicator. But if the last wave was just on Friday and they haven't interviewed anyone yet (I think I saw someone say the first available date was October 29th) I would think that it would be a week or two until they send more interviews. If it helps, the faculty that interviews you guys are the same faculty that teaches both the accelerated students and both years of the basic students. So they have to schedule things to fit around everyone! They also interview everyone who was selected for any interview before they make decisions. The professors make recommendations to the dean of the nursing school and she has the final decision. In hindsight I loved my interview, when it was happening I was a nervous wreck! But the two professors who interviewed me ended up being my favorite professors. They really try to make you comfortable, they're not trying to trick you or make you feel that you're not good enough. They conduct interviews in groups of 5 or so. Two professors usually and 4-5 of you. They ask you several questions and you take turns who answers first (they pick.) Afterwards you take a math test and do a very simple writing sample. The only thing I did to prepare was brush up on some math. It's simple math but you don't get a calculator. I would practice multiplying and dividing by hand, fractions to decimals and vice versa, adding and subtracting decimals and fractions.

Hi! Clinical days are not flexible, you get assigned one day of the week in the summer for clinical and that is your group, your shift your day. In the fall & spring it's two days a week. They make some exceptions for make up days if you're sick or for family reasons (for instance, a death in the family) but they really don't like you to miss clinical. This is because the number of hours you complete in clinical is required for graduation from the program. You would have to talk to your clinical instructor and the course professor to see if they thought you could miss and make up. But honestly, it's worth it to put your entire life on hold for a year and trust me the people around you will understand! I know it sounds crazy but you won't succeed if you're juggling other obligations, it's just too much work and an entire weekend is A LOT of study time to give up trust me.

It is very intense I'm not gonna lie. The summer is the worst semester with getting used to the program itself plus the 21 credits you're taking in 10 weeks. I wouldn't say it got easier or lighter as it went on but you get used to it, I promise. Good advice our professors give us is take it "one day at a time." It's doable but it's a lot and then it's over! It goes so fast, sometimes I wish I was still in school!

Hey guys, I graduated from this program in May. Let me know if I can help anyone! Good luck, it's worth the wait I promise.