Stony Brook U Nursing Basic BSN Fall 2014 Applicants!

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Hey everyone! I'm in the middle of my prerequisites for the nursing program at Stony to apply for admission next fall! Just wanted to reach out and say hey to anyone else in the same shoes! Where else are you all applying?

SBU is obviously my first choice, but I'm also applying to NYU, Adelphi, Molloy, I might apply to York and Lehman, and I might apply to LIU Brooklyn. I would apply to Hunter, but I don't want to transfer for the spring only to be waitlisted (or rejected!) for one of their 100 seats.

I read in my email that in order to be considered for a spot you must attend the interview, for those of you who have not received an email about interviews dont get too nervous just yet I read that they send them out in small groups at a time so your not out of it yet I think they just start interviewing by when you submitted your application. I submitted mine a few weeks after the application opened so for those of you who were closer to the deadline I am sure you will hear soon but I am pretty sure they go in order to when the applications were received, at least that is what they said at the information session. I have my interview in 2 weeks and while I am nervous I also heard the interviews do not make or break their decision they are mostly to get to know you as a person off paper. The exam they give at the interview is basic skills which you need to take regardless which nursing program you apply to. I am currently at Adelphi for their nursing program and was required to take the TEAS exam as part of the application process I also know Molloy requires the same kind of exam but like I said it is BASIC math and reading nothing your really need to study for just brush up on things like fractions. Good luck to everyone I'll let you know how the interview goes. If anyone has already gone to the interview maybe you could provide some words of wisdom, I am not asking you to tell us exactly what happens because it isnt fair but just words of wisdom to prepare ourselves :)

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My advice for the interview would just to be yourself. Its inevitable that you'll be nervous going in and the faculty is very nice and understanding of your nerves..I dont think their intentions are to intimidate you. Really think about why you want to be a nurse and why you are chosing Stony Brook and think of a good way to convey that to the interviewers. if you cant explain to them why you want to study at Stony Brook, then they are probably not going to accept you lol. Be honest in your answers, and dont be afraid to crack a joke or something to help lighten the mood if you get a chance to. Also, definitely be proactive and come up with a good question to ask them about the curriculum/program. It definitely makes it look like your taking this seriously.

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So I had my interview yesterday and everything you need to know has already been stated on this thread. What they did say was that interviews will go on until the end of march and that acceptance denial and wait list status will be given out around April to May. 80 will be accepted and 20 will be wait listed. Good luck everyone.

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Goveg can you email me something I can review for math! Thanks mailto:[email protected]

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To futurepsych0

Do you know when the 2 year program starts if you are accepted? Sep or June? Is it an intense 2 years without a break or is the schedule like regular college? Off summers and breaks. Is it mon-Friday 9-5pm? Also I received conflicting info about what's on the math test.... Some say basic math no algebra others say basic algebra??which is it

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To futurepsych0 Do you know when the 2 year program starts if you are accepted? Sep or June? Is it an intense 2 years without a break or is the schedule like regular college? Off summers and breaks. Is it mon-Friday 9-5pm? Also I received conflicting info about what's on the math test.... Some say basic math no algebra others say basic algebra??which is it
The 2 year program starts at the end of August. You get both winter and summer breaks, but need to take a 2 credit elective or internship over one of the breaks. Classes generally run Monday through Friday. Lecture classes are typically 9-12pm and 1-4pm. Labs are the same (9-12pm and 1-4pm). Clinicals are 8 hours long (7-3pm) on your assigned day every other week for fundamentals and psych clinical is 6 hours long (8-2pm)on your assigned day every week. This is what you can expect for your first year.

This schedule is subject to change as the SON has been trying out some new things.

As for the math exam for the interview, I am not privy to that knowledge. But the med math class you take your first semester is basic multiplication/division, addition/subtraction, fractions, and proportions. Good luck!

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I see someone already answered the schedule question. As for the math, the email tells you exactly what you need to know. Let me quote it.

"The interview process includes a group interview with several other students and faculty, a brief writing sample and brief math exam. The math exam will include basic math in the areas of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, decimals, percentages, fractions and algebra."

So just be able to add, subtract, multiply and divide whole numbers, decimals, percentages and fractions. Also, be prepared to convert one to another. This isn't really any inside scoop as the email tells you exactly what you need to know.

Good luck! And anyone who didn't go in yet I would look over a few practice problems just to review. I got a little cocky and didn't review and was lost with 2 of the math problems. It is very simple but it is math I haven't done in years.

I can't believe I'm giving so much advice to my competition, lol. Well, best of luck to everyone.

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Hey everyone,

First want to say congrats to anyone who has already been part of the program or received their interview for the fall 2014 one! I was wondering if anyone was still waiting to receive an email and if at this point they knew whether or not more emails were going to be sent out. I submitted my application closer to thee end of the deadline period and was not sure if that had anything to do with the longer wait or not. Best of luck to everyone!

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I submitted my application 2 days before the deadline. I was still hopeful to get an email for an interview, but after reading all the comments above I think probably I'm not going to be getting an interview. Most likely I'll be receiving a rejection email, which is sad....

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yeah it doesn't look good now if we haven't heard anything. it's crazy i would think that they would let us know by now if we were rejected or waitlisted. I have to take two summer classes for the Health Science major at Stony Brook; second part of Italian (Italian 112) and Medical Terminology then I will be a senior at Stony Brook and choose an area of concentration and I'll be graduating in the Spring of 2015. So crazy considering I'd never thought I'd get my bachelors anytime soon but stinks it won't be a bachelors in nursing. But I think I may just reapply to the program next Spring and try to volunteer at the hospital.

Congrats and Good Luck to the people that got interviews! :)

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Hey piwinskia1 I just got accepted to the Health Science program in SBU and after I went to the workshop I wasn't that happy with the areas of concentrations. I was interested in a few things but the lady told us some of the base salary of them as a entry level. I was very discouraged to know that some of them start at 25k a year. After spending 5 years to get your bachelor's and a specialization I think the base salary is very low. We would spend more in getting our degree than what we make on the first year of work. I could get a entry level job right now without a degree which pays that or even more!!

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oh my god ew that's horrible. were you thinking of switching majors? I was just contemplating doing it and just applying to different nursing schools. I was even thinking of checking schools out in Connecticut since my boyfriend lives there and they got a bunch of nursing schools and Id get instate tuition if i lived with him. Just not sure how my credits and requirements would be and if i needed to take any.

I went to school previously in CT and alot of the people I knew that had 3.0 gpas got into pretty good nursing schools and are now almost done to be an RN. I will probably move out to CT when i graduate anyway so why not be out there for school too.

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