Stony Brook's ABSN Class of 2023

[nursingstudent7997]

Hi everyone! I am applying to Stony Brook's ABSN and wanted to create this thread for anyone who wanted to share stats, updates or need assistance! 

[biancarod]

I just paid for both. They’re actually refundable if you notify the school by a certain date. 

[Camron service]

Hi Everyone,  I also got accepted as well.  I was wondering if any of you saw an option to deposit for housing as well?

[spd19]

Hi everyone! I just found this forum. Does anyone live far from Stony and will be commuting? I live about at least an hour away and I'm starting to panic about clinicals and traveling...

[biancarod]

I will be commuting. However I’ll have a car. If you’re taking the train wouldn’t recommend it. From queens, to get to school alone is 2-3 hours. The hospitals where clinical are held can be 3+ hour train rides

[Snaz94]

11 hours ago, spd19 said:

Hi everyone! I just found this forum. Does anyone live far from Stony and will be commuting? I live about at least an hour away and I'm starting to panic about clinicals and traveling...

Currently in the same dilemma.. I live an hour away by car so it isn’t too horrible but  I also think I would rather save those 2 hours to study and live closer to campus. Need to think more about this 

[spd19]

2 hours ago, Snaz94 said:

Currently in the same dilemma.. I live an hour away by car so it isn’t too horrible but  I also think I would rather save those 2 hours to study and live closer to campus. Need to think more about this 

Same! I feel like I shouldn’t be complaining, but I’m worried about waking up for early clinicals and getting home late…

[HannaBritt]

Hi everyone, fellow commuter here! 

I'll be commuting from Woodside, Queens by car. Hopefully we can get a carpool going for those of us coming from Queens! I'm definitely concerned about losing hours to studying as well, I figured I might record lectures and listen to them on the drives. We'll see..  Moving would be tricky for me. I have two young kids. Any other moms here? 

[mj452]

1 hour ago, spd19 said:

Same! I feel like I shouldn’t be complaining, but I’m worried about waking up for early clinicals and getting home late…

Me too, especially since they're 12 hour shifts. Clinicals can be anywhere from Queens to the Hamptons, right? But I guess that's only 1-2 days a week and classes are 3-4 days a week, so it's better to be closer to SBU? I'm really not sure how it's set up and apparently we don't find out our schedules until a week before classes start!

[sydneyf]

Hi! I was accepted into the program as well! I submitted by tuition deposit of $150, but was wondering if anyone knew when we had to submit the $300 orientation deposit by? Also, does anyone know the cost of attendance for in-state students? Thank you!

[Nicolerosenthal]

Did anyone send their transcripts yet or are you waiting for more emails with information from stonybrook ? 

[acer33]

8 hours ago, HannaBritt said:

Hi everyone, fellow commuter here! 

I'll be commuting from Woodside, Queens by car. Hopefully we can get a carpool going for those of us coming from Queens! I'm definitely concerned about losing hours to studying as well, I figured I might record lectures and listen to them on the drives. We'll see..  Moving would be tricky for me. I have two young kids. Any other moms here? 

Mom here as well! I have 2 preschoolers. I’m about a half hour from SB though, but definitely concerned since clinicals can be anywhere. This will be a wild ride. Still weighing out my options because I also applied to the Basic Baccalaureate 2 year program. Anyone else accepted to Accelerated that is also waiting on the 2 year? 

[mj452]

26 minutes ago, acer33 said:

Mom here as well! I have 2 preschoolers. I’m about a half hour from SB though, but definitely concerned since clinicals can be anywhere. This will be a wild ride. Still weighing out my options because I also applied to the Basic Baccalaureate 2 year program. Anyone else accepted to Accelerated that is also waiting on the 2 year? 

I applied to the 2 year too, and honestly I'd rather be in that program to have a better life balance and be able to learn slower, but I accepted the ABSN offer so I wouldn't miss the deadline.

I am telling myself it's better to finish earlier even if the year is extremely painful and I have to dedicate every waking hour to it. I also just assumed their system will delete my BSN app, but I'm not sure how it works. Did you reach out to them about that?