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?

Hey guys, I just found out about this forum today LOL. I'd like to add to the tally by saying I also made it :) Anyone here a Stony student? I'm a junior now and I actually took a semester off to wait back to hear from Stony's nursing school since the only class I needed was microbio. I am SO overwhelmed and can't believe I got into the 2 year program. I believe less than 10% make it so we made it guys! Am I the only male?! I had a 3.3 gpa with a 2.9 science gpa and a LOT of extra curriculars...It was a hard 1.5 years but I made it :)

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QTJOEL- Congrats on your acceptance! Did you have volunteer experience? Who did you have reccomend?(teachers/employers)? I just want to know what to do better on my next application to Stonybrook. I am asking b/c I think that others that were denied,like myself, had 3.9/4.0 science gpa. and also had micro completed, as well as extra curricular experience.

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Hey guys, I just found out about this forum today LOL. I'd like to add to the tally by saying I also made it :) Anyone here a Stony student? I'm a junior now and I actually took a semester off to wait back to hear from Stony's nursing school since the only class I needed was microbio. I am SO overwhelmed and can't believe I got into the 2 year program. I believe less than 10% make it so we made it guys! Am I the only male?! I had a 3.3 gpa with a 2.9 science gpa and a LOT of extra curriculars...It was a hard 1.5 years but I made it :)

Congratulations!!!! We will be classmates!!!! :yeah:

Future RN - Class of 2013!!

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QTJOEL- Congrats on your acceptance! Did you have volunteer experience? Who did you have reccomend?(teachers/employers)? I just want to know what to do better on my next application to Stonybrook. I am asking b/c I think that others that were denied,like myself, had 3.9/4.0 science gpa. and also had micro completed, as well as extra curricular experience.

I have the very same question, I busted my butt to get A's in my sciences and now I'm wondering why!

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Specializes in NICU, neonates, newborns.
I have the very same question, I busted my butt to get A's in my sciences and now I'm wondering why!

ditto

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Specializes in ICU / PCU / Telemetry / Oncology.

Clearly, getting into Stony Brook is not just about a 4.0 in the sciences (whereas at some other schools, grades are all that matter and the highest scorers get in). The recommendation letters and essays obviously bring lots of weight to the decision process. Last year, I thought I had a perfect essay, but then when I went back 6 months later and read it I could see it was not the best. This year I rewrote it from scratch, edited it more and it was much better. I think it made more sense when I went through the process a 2nd time. Also, I kept one recommender from last year and got two new ones, and I know that made a big difference. Sit down and evaluate your file, I am confident you will find ways to make yourselves more attractive to the committee next time. As I understand it, re-applying is a plus on its own!

qtjoel, congrats on your acceptance! However, you said you had a 2.9 in your science GPA. :eek: Is that correct or is that a typo?? If true, that's very rare!

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Yeah my science GPA wasn't the best, but REMEMBER they accept people with 2.5's and decline people with 4.0's, I was in the middle ground with my overall average being 3.3. I was on the deans list for 3 semesters. I volunteered in the hospital for about 7 months (but didn't have that many hours...maybe 40 overall?), I was captain of the table tennis team, was 1st singles on the table tennis team, and was secretary of table tennis club, I went to pre-nursing society and never missed a meeting for two semesters, and had a lot of leadership roles in Intervarsity Christian Fellowship. I also was a mentor for underprivileged kids. On top of THAT, I was also a TA for CPR/First Aid (HSQ 271). To be honest I think it was my essay, resume, and recommendations that saved me. I also attended Urbana, a huge one week conference with the goal of missions to third world countries. I attended the healthcare track there which consisted of a bunch of healthcare professionals talking about how it's like serving in these countries. I got recs from the faculty advisor for the table tennis club, my supervisor I volunteered for, faculty advisor for Intervarsity Christian fellowship, the professor I TA'd for in CPR, and my pastor. I hope that helps!

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Yeah my science GPA wasn't the best, but REMEMBER they accept people with 2.5's and decline people with 4.0's, I was in the middle ground with my overall average being 3.3. I was on the deans list for 3 semesters. I volunteered in the hospital for about 7 months (but didn't have that many hours...maybe 40 overall?), I was captain of the table tennis team, was 1st singles on the table tennis team, and was secretary of table tennis club, I went to pre-nursing society and never missed a meeting for two semesters, and had a lot of leadership roles in Intervarsity Christian Fellowship. I also was a mentor for underprivileged kids. On top of THAT, I was also a TA for CPR/First Aid (HSQ 271). To be honest I think it was my essay, resume, and recommendations that saved me. I also attended Urbana, a huge one week conference with the goal of missions to third world countries. I attended the healthcare track there which consisted of a bunch of healthcare professionals talking about how it's like serving in these countries. I got recs from the faculty advisor for the table tennis club, my supervisor I volunteered for, faculty advisor for Intervarsity Christian fellowship, the professor I TA'd for in CPR, and my pastor. I hope that helps!

Damn!!! You were busy, congratulations, that's awesome!!!

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Specializes in ICU / PCU / Telemetry / Oncology.
Yeah my science GPA wasn't the best, but REMEMBER they accept people with 2.5's and decline people with 4.0's, I was in the middle ground with my overall average being 3.3. I was on the deans list for 3 semesters. I volunteered in the hospital for about 7 months (but didn't have that many hours...maybe 40 overall?), I was captain of the table tennis team, was 1st singles on the table tennis team, and was secretary of table tennis club, I went to pre-nursing society and never missed a meeting for two semesters, and had a lot of leadership roles in Intervarsity Christian Fellowship. I also was a mentor for underprivileged kids. On top of THAT, I was also a TA for CPR/First Aid (HSQ 271). To be honest I think it was my essay, resume, and recommendations that saved me. I also attended Urbana, a huge one week conference with the goal of missions to third world countries. I attended the healthcare track there which consisted of a bunch of healthcare professionals talking about how it's like serving in these countries. I got recs from the faculty advisor for the table tennis club, my supervisor I volunteered for, faculty advisor for Intervarsity Christian fellowship, the professor I TA'd for in CPR, and my pastor. I hope that helps!

Very impressed with your curriculum vitae! You certainly worked hard to get where you are. I do tend to forget that some students do get in with lower GPAs ... getting a high one just seems to be overemphasized in the world I have been exposed to with regards to nursing admissions. I just followed the trend just to make sure I wasnt taking any chances. Then again, it's not all I had to offer, given my prior career and volunteer experience.

Congrats again, confident you will thrive in the nursing program! :up: I am sure I will bump into you next year in the halls of SBUMC. We guys will be very easy to single out.

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Congratulations to everyone that is getting in!!!

I still feel that there is not much rhyme or reason to how they decide who gets in though. I had a 4.0 gpa, over 200 hours of volunteering at Stony Brook hospital, I was an active member of my honor society, attended pre-nursing society meetings, worked hard and revised my essay countless times with the help of my brother that is graduating medical school next month and 2 English teachers, and had 4 recommendation letters. 1 from my volunteer supervisor, 1 from a professor of my a&p 2 course that is also the professor of physiology at SBU med school, 1 from another science prof, and 1 from a doctor I worked for. I was rejected, life goes on though. I'm not upset, just very angry. I think it is unfair that they accept people with less credentials.

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You are definitely the most deserving/qualified candidate I have heard of that did not get accepted. My apologies. Again, we don't know their reasoning. I am not a negative person, but let's be honest here, what would you(could you) have done differently? I would say nothing! I also can empathize with you about working so hard to mainitain an outstanding GPA, volunteering, having fabulous references, a kicking essay....and others that with less/missing piece(s) get in? I am very disheartened about this process. I also don't understand how I was waitlisted for the one year and rejected for the two?

I hope(know) things will work out for us all in the end. This is just a bump in the road,and eventually we all will get to that place we all deserve!

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Their reasoning is mysterious. We'll never know why we did or did not get in -- all we can do is move forward. I can tell you this -- I got accepted at Yale and declined at SUNY-SB on the same day. I'm not going to either, as it turns out! Congrats to all of you who are going on to study at SB or elsewhere -- learn a lot, and go be great nurses!!! :dancgrp:

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