Stony Brook Accelerated Nursing Class of 2017

reneenayyy · Oct 23, 2015

Hi Everyone! I'm currently in the 1 year accelerated program and am here to answer any questions you may have! Our class got a lot of tips, suggestions, advice, and most importantly SUPPORT from the 1 year accelerated class before us so I would like to return the favor because when I was in your position last year I was extremely clueless and had questions about everything!!! For starters, I did not get accepted the first time around 2 years ago even though I did get an interview, but I tried again a year later, got another interview opportunity, and here I am! Stay positive and confident in yourself and you can do anything! For our class, I interviewed November 7th last year, and decisions for the majority of us were sent out January 9th! I know the vets got admitted a little earlier, but for the rest of us it was January.

Here to help :)

-Renee

Lorid423 · Oct 24, 2015

Hey Renee!

Thanks for the info. I just had my interview today and I think it went pretty well. I think all the candidates did great honestly. You said you didn't get in the first time around, did you end up going to a different school in between or did you wait to apply to stony again?

reneenayyy · Oct 24, 2015

I applied to the part-time nursing program at Suffolk Ammerman campus that starts in the Fall semester. I got accepted there and started the following Fall. I only got one semester out of the program before I got into Stony Brook, but I think it definitely helped me with the accelerated program in the beginning!!

NurseSara15 · Oct 24, 2015

Does anyone have any idea on how much weight the interview is verses the writing and math.. Just wondering what if I didn't do as well in the interview and Aced the writing and math or vice versa I did great on the interview and average on the writing and math ? How do they grade us and pick one over the other ?

currlysue · Oct 24, 2015

Hi Everyone! I'm currently in the 1 year accelerated program and am here to answer any questions you may have! Our class got a lot of tips, suggestions, advice, and most importantly SUPPORT from the 1 year accelerated class before us so I would like to return the favor because when I was in your position last year I was extremely clueless and had questions about everything!!! For starters, I did not get accepted the first time around 2 years ago even though I did get an interview, but I tried again a year later, got another interview opportunity, and here I am! Stay positive and confident in yourself and you can do anything! For our class, I interviewed November 7th last year, and decisions for the majority of us were sent out January 9th! I know the vets got admitted a little earlier, but for the rest of us it was January.
Here to help :)
-Renee

Was there anything that you remember doing different the second time around? Did you revise your essay or prepare differently for the interview?

special-k · Oct 24, 2015

i havent heard anything from them yet...all i see when i sign on to check my status is my documents being received:unsure:

NurseSara15 · Oct 25, 2015

What does vet mean?

reneenayyy · Oct 25, 2015

I completely changed my personal essay in the application to be more vulnerable and let it all out. For the interview I tried to prepare by writing down all the questions I thought they could possibly ask but they asked NONE of the questions I had prepared, so all my answers were absolutely on a whim.

reneenayyy · Oct 25, 2015

What does vet mean?

The veterans that applied.

currlysue · Oct 25, 2015

For those who had their interviews already: which comes first, meeting with the panel or the math & writing?

nyv2015 · Oct 28, 2015

I met with panel first, but that was just my group. I don't think it would make a difference either way, if you have the written first or second.

I can say that everyone who interviewed in my group seemed to be solid candidates and it must be difficult for admissions to choose. They told us that SBU got about 800 applicants for the one year, they interview about 175, and they take 80. In other words if you interview, you have about a 1 in 2 chance,.. not bad.

currlysue · Oct 28, 2015

Thanks! I actually had my interview today, panel first then math/writing. The faculty we met with actually told us 120-140 people were invited for interviews while Ms. Kavazanjian said it was 175. I'm not sure which is accurate. She also told us that Friday would be the last day for interviews and that they had been going on for 3 weeks (including this week). You're right about the rest of the candidates but the fact that we all had the opportunity to interview put everyone on the same playing field. I wish everyone the best of luck, but for now I'll put it on the back burner and whatever happens happens :)