Stony Brook BSN - Summer/Fall 2011 Applicants

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ok, it's never too early to start a thread about applying for 2011 ... :D ... which i am most definitely doing even though i am still waitlisted for 2010. i just won't be able to attend this year if i get in ... :(

but that's ok! i'll be done with all my prereqs and have time to write a better application (if in fact that is at all possible, you know?).

anyone else applying to stony brook for summer 2011?

good luck marinoh at MGH!!

Hey trouble66,

Thanks a lot!!! I wish you the very best of luck also.

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This thread was REALLY quiet during the weekend. Either everyone was out and about forgetting about SOLAR (that would be a good thing!!) or everyone was locked in a dark closet sobbing and heaving about the delay. :p

I guess its as a result of that disappointing email that was sent to everybody. Just thought I should share this with you, I just received a call from Rochester, informing me about my acceptance. Was dumb-founded on the phone, didn't even no what to say to the poor lady that called. Am sure she must be wondering why the unusual silence. Btw, did you ever apply to Rochester.

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Specializes in ICU / PCU / Telemetry / Oncology.
I guess its as a result of that disappointing email that was sent to everybody. Just thought I should share this with you, I just received a call from Rochester, informing me about my acceptance. Was dumb-founded on the phone, didn't even no what to say to the poor lady that called. Am sure she must be wondering why the unusual silence. Btw, did you ever apply to Rochester.

I never did ... I did contemplate it for a while. I was a little hesitant to ask my recommenders for more than two recommendation letters each, which is why I narrowed my schools that required them to just two. And I am sure the 3 years I spent living in Buffalo was a crude reminder of how much I should NOT be moving back to that part of NY (I have had my share of heavy snow for a lifetime -- I mean, I know it snows even on Long Island, but really - nothing like the blizzards in Western NY!).

Congratulations, though. I can understand the silence in your situation, lol.

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Hi everyone,

I have been creeping this thread for awhile and decided to join :) Its great to have all this information available! :rolleyes:

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Good luck Marinoh!

:grpwlcm: CanadianMPH!

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Specializes in ICU / PCU / Telemetry / Oncology.

OK, I admit it. I am starting to get fed up ... :madface: ... I guess I am not the pillar of strength that I make myself out to be.

I think I reached the point of exasperation. In addition to SBU (aka School A) whose decisions comes out late Feb, found out decision timelines for my other schools: School B will let us know if we are picked for interviews by mid Feb - the interview is mid Mar and decisions days thereafter. School C won't let us know until Mar 1. School D is my backup ADN and won't interview until my file is complete (that potential interview, I am thinking late Mar, decision thereafter). School E was expected to send me something any day now but now I don't know when that will happen, and besides - I have since decided not to attend that school even if accepted due to expenses. On the fence as to whether I should apply to School F as well.

So even though I don't expect to see things really rolling for another 3 weeks, the thought of all of these clouds hanging overhead waiting for rain is getting heavy. Not to mention the fact that I hate my job and I just wish I was already working in my intended field. Trying to be patient, but I think it's wearing thin!

Thanks for holding me up, guys! ;)

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Hang in there Paco, these next few weeks will fly by faster than you know. Stay positive. :smokin:

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Hang in there Paco, these next few weeks will fly by faster than you know. Stay positive. :smokin:

Thanks chele! This morning I thought about it, and I think the fact that I will probably hear first from the school that I decided not to attend is what broke me last night. In the grand scheme of things it gave the waiting game a very weird frustrating spin and extension. But you're right, this next month will fly by. I mean, dang, next Tues it's already February! :eek:

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Have not been here in awhile, just frustrated about having to wait again too. I really needed to know by 1/31 and now I have to make a real tough decision. This is killing me. If I decide to wait to find out about stonybrook in Feb then I will be wasting money in a course which starts 1/31. Or i can forget about Stonybrook all together, save money and go with my second choice, which is 11 month LPN. It kills me to do LPN and take a step back, but in a positive note: 11 months LPN, still work part time and keep benefits which I need with a kid at home, got a LPN job lined up already making more than i do now and the job will pay for me to go back and get my RN.

UGHHH! or wait to hear back from stonybrook and if i get in, quit my job, no benefits for me and my family, but in 1 yr I would be an RN.

And of course that is if I get in.....

DECISIONS, DECISIONS, MY HEAD IS GOING TO EXPLODE.

And, I did not apply to any other RN programs, because with a family SBU was the only realistic program close by and my parents agreed to help with babysitting and finances if needed.

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Have not been here in awhile, just frustrated about having to wait again too. I really needed to know by 1/31 and now I have to make a real tough decision. This is killing me. If I decide to wait to find out about stonybrook in Feb then I will be wasting money in a course which starts 1/31. Or i can forget about Stonybrook all together, save money and go with my second choice, which is 11 month LPN. It kills me to do LPN and take a step back, but in a positive note: 11 months LPN, still work part time and keep benefits which I need with a kid at home, got a LPN job lined up already making more than i do now and the job will pay for me to go back and get my RN.

UGHHH! or wait to hear back from stonybrook and if i get in, quit my job, no benefits for me and my family, but in 1 yr I would be an RN.

And of course that is if I get in.....

DECISIONS, DECISIONS, MY HEAD IS GOING TO EXPLODE.

And, I did not apply to any other RN programs, because with a family SBU was the only realistic program close by and my parents agreed to help with babysitting and finances if needed.

Hi Dubra - that is a really tough decision. If I were you I would probably do the LPN, having benefits especially with a family is really important. Either way it has to be a decision that you can live with no matter what the outcome of stonybrook's decision is.

This waiting is really frustrating, but we've waited this long so we can wait a little bit longer. At least we know they are not rushing through our applications and they are actually taking the time to go through them.

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I also am registered for some classes that the 2 year BS program would require, but not the 1 year. I had figured on dropping these classes over the weekend and getting a ,full refund if I was accepted on Friday, or at least a partial refund if two weeks later. I now have to purchase hundreds of dollars of books that I might not even need. I called SBU nursing and they told me it should be a few more weeks. Unfortunately, everyone we hear of is taking a monetary loss b/c of the delay. Not to mention putting us and our family situation in limbo for now. But, there is nothing we can do except just wait patiently at this point. Things happen for a reason and when we all get in it will make it even sweeter for us all!

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Hey all, just joined the thread...

Seems like everyone is taking a hit with the delay. I've had to put quite a few backup plans into motion because of it. Worried and hoping the time flies by.

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