Stony Brook Accelerated BSN class of 2013

U.S.A. New York

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Hey all! Just wanted to lend my support to anyone else who is applying to SB next summer! It's a grueling process :-)):yeah:

Hey Dollface,

I am discouraged as well but we do have a chance with the other programs! I graduated with a degree in teaching but unfortunetly finding a job is near impossible! So nursing is my new goal! I wish you a lot of luck as well :) Do you have any idea when decisions for Farmingdale go out???

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Those of you who are talking about living on campus: I highly recommend NOT doing that!! I live off campus and a) it's A LOT cheaper (as in half the price cheaper) b) it is away from the school/hospital, which trust me you will see enough of. Living on campus means walking to clinicals in the summer, and if it's anything like the last summer, you will be dripping by the time you get there in the morning. And working a 12 hour clinical after that is not a lot of fun. :p Also living on campus means a lot of eating on campus. The food is not the worst, but it is VERY expensive. I also know people living on campus who have complained about bug infestations and trouble sleeping due to other students not sharing our crazy schedule. Trust me, you will be wanting sleep before clinicals, and having to deal with noisy neighbors is very frustrating.

I actually contacted people through last years facebook group, we found a place in the area really close, and it was a great decision.

About how much is an apartment if you share with one or 2 others? I'm trying to figure out how much more I need to save before the program starts.

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Specializes in ICU / PCU / Telemetry / Oncology.
About how much is an apartment if you share with one or 2 others? I'm trying to figure out how much more I need to save before the program starts.
I think the more people you share with the cheaper it is. I think $600 per month is a good number to start working with for a share situation. I like my own space, but content to share a house for a year and save money. I don't share a room, just a house.
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Paco's got it. :) My rent is $625 a month which includes everything (all utilities). It's a 3 person house in a nice neighborhood, and it's only about 10-15 minutes from the school. I know there are people who found places for $550 a month, but they said the house is very small, and I don't think that includes utilities. Around that range is average though.

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So, for the few of us who are still waiting to hear, hang in there. I believe it is a good sign we haven't heard anything yet. Try and not think about it and just enjoy yourself. Before you know it, we will be so busy with nursing school that this will all be a distant memory. :)

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Oh, and I'm relaxing with a glass of wine right now, I strongly suggest it. ;)

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Hey Paco, I know you had mentioned a while back you were doing some extra time in the NICU, are you still doing that? My niece is actually a guest there right now, she was born a month premature with an intestinal atresia and had to get surgery at 2 days old. She's doing well, just wondering if you were one of the people I've seen running around!

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I am having flashbacks ... :eek: ... Perhaps I should go study some more :D

Keeping my fingers crossed for all of you waiting at the edge of your seats!! I will check in later, hopefully there will be lots of good news.

For those of you that did not get in, I hope the following will be a source of inspiration for you. I posted this almost a year ago about a month after I was accepted to SBU (though at the time I had not yet decided to go here yet):

I read your post what do you mean by retaking an entrance exam? I looked at Stony Brooks admission requirement and it said nothing about taking an entrance exam. Also, how did you go about improving your letters of recommendations? Some schools require 3.

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Specializes in ICU / PCU / Telemetry / Oncology.
Hey Paco, I know you had mentioned a while back you were doing some extra time in the NICU, are you still doing that? My niece is actually a guest there right now, she was born a month premature with an intestinal atresia and had to get surgery at 2 days old. She's doing well, just wondering if you were one of the people I've seen running around!

I was only in the NICU for one day back in October, when I was taking OB. My OB clinical was at another hospital with a very small NICU, and I wanted to see a Level III as opposed to a Level II. My instructor was kind enough to let me come and shadow nurses for a day, and I really loved the experience. Have not been back since though. Unfortunately, I can't do my capstone in that specialty because I was placed in a med-surg/telemetry clinical that requires me to also do my capstone there. I am OK with that, especially if it improves my chances of getting a job right out of school. I will however continue to pursue an opening in the NICU later on.

I read your post what do you mean by retaking an entrance exam? I looked at Stony Brooks admission requirement and it said nothing about taking an entrance exam. Also, how did you go about improving your letters of recommendations? Some schools require 3.

I was confused by your post at first, I did not realize that you had quoted my words from another post before adding your own, LOL. So I isolated what you wrote above.

To answer your question, the post you are referring to was not aimed only at applicants of Stony Brook. I wrote it for anyone who was rejected from or waitlisted for any nursing school. Some nursing schools do require an entrance exam, such as TEAS or the GRE and was speculating that perhaps some applicants did not have a high score the first time. I was using an example.

RE: Letters of recommendation - I chose two different people the 2nd time around and kept one from the prior application (he probably just used the same letter and updated it, knowing him). The 2nd time around, I got a 2nd professor and the director of volunteer services at the hospital where I volunteered, who I was able to work more closely with in the year after the 1st application ... so she was in a better position to speak of my abilities and potential. The two I got rid of in hindsight did not really have the ability to speak to my full potential and probably could not convey that adequately to a nursing school committee.

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. Unfortunately, I can't do my capstone in that specialty because I was placed in a med-surg/telemetry clinical that requires me to also do my capstone there. I am OK with that, especially if it improves my chances of getting a job right out of school. I will however continue to pursue an opening in the NICU later on.
Paco,Do you have no choice in where you do your capstone? I really want to do Peds onc. Is that a possibility or at least Peds?
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Both peds and peds onc are possibilities, yes. You do have choices as far as where you do your capstone, but they are not guaranteed and depends on the med-surg clinical option you select and end up in. You can request them though, and as far as I have seen, most people get what they request. I just happen to be in an option this year which places you in a med-surg clinical that also becomes your capstone. I was switched out from my 1st option randomly because too many people wanted to be in the option I chose (clinical @ SBUMC and choose your own capstone anywhere), but I am going with this. Somehow I believe there is a reason for this new direction.

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Both peds and peds onc are possibilities, yes. You do have choices as far as where you do your capstone, but they are not guaranteed and depends on the med-surg clinical option you select and end up in. You can request them though, and as far as I have seen, most people get what they request. I just happen to be in an option this year which places you in a med-surg clinical that also becomes your capstone. I was switched out from my 1st option randomly because too many people wanted to be in the option I chose (clinical @ SBUMC and choose your own capstone anywhere), but I am going with this. Somehow I believe there is a reason for this new direction.
Which option allows you to chose so i try to get that one? Its probably bad but im dead set on what i want to do. Do you do your capstone at a stony brook affiliated hospital or any hospital?
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