Cal state stanislaus?

Courtcatt · May 13, 2010

K thanks so much :) I'll post when I get my letter!

nyashan · May 16, 2010

letters have begun arriving...and i am on the alternate list number 86!!!! LOL

Courtcatt · May 16, 2010

aww bummer! But an alternate is better than nothing!

WinterRN77 · Aug 8, 2013

Does anyone know how the schedule in MJC's nursing program is in third semester?

zzbxdo · Aug 9, 2013

i recently moved to patterson, ca and applied to the cal state stanislaus nursing program. im going to also apply to modesto jc in may...but wanted to know if anyone knew anything about these schools?
im waiting to hear back from stanislaus but am a little turned off by the fact its three years long... if anyone goes there can they give me some feedback on it? do you like the school? is it hard/fun...do you meet a lot of people?

thanks so much,
court

I am a graduate from CSU Stanislaus, and I encourage you to choose the route that offers higher education. Most non accelerated BSN public institution programs are 5 or 6 semesters, with the exception of CSU Sac, which is probably the most competitive CSU to get in. There's really NO reason why to choose MJC to save a year over a getting your BSN. Benefits?

1. If you are a strong candidate you'll likely enter the program faster vs being picked from lottery.

2. I don't know how much financial aid you're getting but I got grants and got tuition covered for all 3 years during my stay for school minus loans for housing.

3. Unless you're planning to stay in 209 smelling cow poop, you're more open to job opportunities outside the area. Magnet hospitals prefer to hire new grads with a BSN, very rarely do they pick up ADN in these kinda institutions. With the job market, you very well may be the unlucky and have to relocate to undesirable locations. I dont know the rate of hire for MJC, but my 90% cohort of spring '12 had jobs within the first month of graduation, a LOT at DMC and few at MMC. Those of us who didnt care for the area didn't have a problem. I'm currently at UCSD and the gf is at UCLA. Market has gotten worse, cohort after mine wasn't as fortunate. DMC hires more BSN than ADN, theyre trying to go magnet. And they hire entirely BSN grads to their critical care units... from what I've heard. MMC hires more MJC students. With the recent take over from Sutter, MMC is worse then the dusty farm air. Hiring freezes, hour cuts, pay and benefit cuts. It's a pretty bitter atmosphere on the floor units.

4. You can do more things with your BSN. And if you ever plan on working your way up, you will eventually get your BSN. Its cheaper and faster to do it the traditional way rather than doing a bridge program that costs 10-20k parttime. Unless you prefer doing bedside and foresee it for the majority of your career, ADN is for you. Larger institutions many of the more experienced RNs are grandfathered in. The only ADNs hired are ones that are already currently enrolled to a BSN bridge program

5. Nonetheless, I admit that CSU Stan is a pretty good program, though the area is pretty darn horrible and would never live here otherwise. Each cohort is 30 students, skills are divided so the ratio of student to staff is supportive. Even then, lectures have plenty of time to ask questions. I didn't find the program overly stressful, worked part time and interned over summers to be more competitive. I cruised the program with a 3.6gpa without trying so hard, but my type A colleagues (almost all the girls) definitely grinded a lot more time and effort. It's time consuming regardless what school you go to, just make the most of it.

6. I have reasonable beliefs that majority of students accepted in CSU Stan are aged 22-30 and a few outliers. It's nice for your social life. MJC is kind of a mixed bag. I recall meeting a lot more second career moms and dads, there isn't really a great job opportunity in the central valley if you arent in health care or farming. Maybe the amazon facility thats opening in Patterson? Is that even going on still?

zzbxdo · Aug 9, 2013

Also regarding the 1 year difference. At CSU Stan you're preloaded with 1 semester of theory before entering clinicals. This is where you practice skills, assessments, go through pathophys and all that junk. Regardless what some people say, there is a large difference first 1semester MJC students and 2nd semester CSUS students doing their first clinical rounds. In that year you're also trained doing a public health rotation which you can't practice as with a ADN. Not my cup of tea, but easy side money working perdiem. In the long run, I think nursing will be more public health then acute care if America can move forward and away from treatment and start with prevention first. The last year is pretty chill. I spent more time working on portfolio, networking and obtaining letters of recs, we get a leadership class solely for those purposes as well so it was pretty nice.

Lemme know if you guys have other questions.