<p>I was wondering if I should even bother to apply to NYU for EDII... any comments or inputs, please?</p>
<p>High School Senior '11</p>
<p>Female </p>
<p>Asian </p>
<p>GPA 3.9</p>
<p>SAT 1850</p>
<p>Lots of clubs and extracurricular activities (Marching/Concert band, Art Club, Environmental Club, SADD, etc); held several cabinet positions
Lots of community service (Nursing home, soup kitchen, youth group, etc); totals up to about 450 hours
Honors/AP Courses: Honors U.S History I, Honors Spanish IV, AP U.S History II, AP Psych, AP Biology</p>
<p>NYU is an amazing place but for undergrad nursing it is rather expensive. You would do better getting your degree at flagship state school. Employment at a hospital post graduation is not affected by where you went. Starting salaries are across the board are the same. I know of several nurse who went to NYU for post graduate degrees. If you were intested in becoming an NP or clinical specialist or nursing educator, then I can see one going there for their Masters.<br>
The only other exception is if NYU gave you an exceptional amount of money to attend there, or if money is no object, but it would be better to save your money for grad school.</p>
<p>I am interested in this too, and have already taken into account the financial dilemma. Regardless, do you know how competitive the nursing program @NYU is? Do you have other recommendations for cheaper universities with great undergraduate nursing programs? Thank you!</p>
<p>@myxiah
with those stats i think you have a really good chance of getting in. it also helps that you have nursing-related activities. @ef47048
nyu nursing is great but milkandsugar is right, its expensive. in regards to cheaper universities with good programs- if you want to be in nyc, cuny hunter also has a great program…but the only problem is that its not direct entry. that means that you have to apply to the nursing program after 2 years and if you dont get in…well then you have to wait another year to apply suny binghamton is a really good school and has a great nursing program (direct entry), its cheap if you are a new york resident (same as hunter), if not the tuition is like 3 times more, but still a lot less than nyu tuition.</p>
<p>I’ve noticed the direct entry program issue as well, especially state schools–I’m definitely looking to go for a four-year direct entry program so it’s good to know the NYC schools that offer this. Thank you!</p>
<p>@scorpqueen19, are you an NYU nursing student?</p>
<p>sure: hispanic female, 3.7 uw 4.?? weighted (dont remember). 1890 sat score, took 4 ap’s in high school. i had several activities such as volunteer in nursing home, day care, soup kitchen, etc. i applied regular decision.
i know a lot of people say they dont like nyu because its not a traditional campus… but i really like nyc and nyu in general. it can get expensive though. and the first 2 years of the nursing program are just general courses and its really not that bad, writing the essay sucks though and we have to take 2 semesters of it (the second semester is called advanced college essay) clinicals start junior year.</p>
<p>Haha yeah I know a few people who are freshmen at NYU this year and all they talk about is how horrible Writing the Essay is. Were you required to submit subject tests? If so, what SAT II’s did you submit?</p>
<p>Thank you so much, I really appreciate this! There’s hardly any information about NYUCN for traditional freshmen</p>
<p>I don’t think i was required to submit subject tests, they have a new policy for submitting scores, but I did anyway: French and Math 2.
And yea i know there’s not really that much info for traditional nursing because there are way more second-degree advanced path students. NYU nursing is great though and has a high nclex first-time pass rate (i think they said the most recent is around 90%), which is really important to look at when choosing nursing schools. Either way as long as you pass that exam, finding a job, especially in cities, should not really be a problem :)</p>
<p>Exactly! Literally everything I find is about the 15 month accelerated program or transfer students. But the NCLEX first-time pass rate is really encouraging, thanks for your input!</p>
<p>As a nursing student, have you had any internship opportunities yet?</p>
<p>i haven’t really looked into doing internships yet since i am a freshman and first semester isn’t even over yet… but i heard some prefer a year of clinicals and usually happen during the summer. i’m really not sure, sorry, but it is definitely something i want to do in the future.</p>
suny binghamton is a really good school and has a great nursing program (direct entry), its cheap if you are a new york resident (same as hunter), if not the tuition is like 3 times more, but still a lot less than nyu tuition.</p>
Thanks</p>
clinicals start junior year.</p>