What do I do now? I am so crushed!!

What!? Im currently a nursing student at SDSU and I for one and shocked that they did that.... I think thats stupid, Im sorry. I just dont think its fair. I guess they think we should be working as a CNA while trying to get As in the pre reqs? Theyre crazy..

ps. have you tried point loma nazarene, oklahoma university, san marcos?

.. the state program has switched from 6 semesters to 5... they did a complete face lift to the program. I was the last class to be in the 6 semester program...

Ya, I just took a look at the admission requirements. I really feel your pain.... I know how stressful it is to get in there. If worse comes to worse I would apply to grossmont, ya its a 3 year waiting list or whatever it is, but maybe you could work as a CNA while you wait.

What about National? Perhaps thats to expensive as well...

Anyways, dont give up! I wish you luck.

Sorry.. One more thing I thought about. Why dont you get a job as a CNA, like NOW. It will take probably a year of full time to get at least 1000 hrs.... As long as your grades/teas score are good, that would be quicker than the waiting list at grossmont. A year in retrospect is not that much time.

I would try to find a hospital where you can take a CNA class. I think they are usually quicker than the semester-long classes at a school. You have about 7 months before everything is due, right? Worst case scenario, if you don't have enough hours, apply for spring. It might hit you hard if you lose those 10-15 points.

Oh, I also just looked at the admission criteria, and it says that you have to have a minimum of 100 hours if you happen to have less than 1,000 hours.

I sent in two letters of health care experience, one being my clinical experience as a student nurses aid. I never actually worked as an aid, but they said as long as I recieved clinical experience, I would get credit. I actually had been e-mailing back with the advisor, Dr. Nicodemus, about this relentllessly. She said as long as I had contact with ill patients in an acute care setting (I think I remember her stating also it shold have the "yuck factor") that it wold be fine. You might try contacting her, she is very nice and helpful. I had about 112 hours in the clinical setting, so this was enough for the admission criteria when I applied. They didn't require 1,000 hours when I applied. That is a bummer, I'm sorry. However, I actually think this is a good idea, as even the little bit of experience I had has been helping me tremendously.

So what I am trying to say is if you were to take a CNA class (which always includes a clinical portion) make sure the clincals add up to atleast 100 hours, and you have 10 points in the bag. It's not 15, but it's not 0! I had my clinical instructor write me a really nice letter of recommendation with the number of hours stated and what I had accomplished.

Just an FYI: this could be completely changed and they may not allow this anymore since they are making so many changes in the program already. Make sure you find out.

You sould call and plan to meet with someone about this. I highly recommend Dr. Charlie Nicodemus. If you can't meet anyone, she replies to her e-mails very quickly and is always willing to answer any questions.

Sorry for the long post. Good luck!