CSU Los Angeles School of Nursing (CSULA Fall 2012)

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Hello,

I thought I'd make this thread for the new application group... even though it's a bit late since we have to all apply soon!

Anyway! I want to apply for the Fall 2012 term but I had some questions. I am an current CSULA student that transferred to CSULA in Fall 2010. I'm a Psychology major but am applying for Fall 2012 Nursing. I haven't taken my TEAS yet, but I'll be taking that on Friday (!!), so I'm very nervous about that.

That said, this is my first question:

I've been getting mixed info from different people. When I visited the Academic Advising Office last Spring (2011), the adviser told me that as long as I did not graduate from CSULA BEFORE I graduated, I could apply to the SON as a BSN applicant. I called SON to see if I could even apply for the ELM program and they told me that as far as they knew, I could not because I did not have my Bachelor's Degree yet.

So right now, I have approximately 2 quarters left in order to finish my Psychology major, approximately 6~8 classes. Ideally, I could finish by Spring 2012, but depending on my other workloads, I could push it back to Fall 2012. The problem is that I'm not allowed to graduate if I want to go into the basic program so I can't apply for graduation just yet. But IF I don't get into the BSN program, then I have to wait another two quarters after May or June or whenever they send out acceptances in order to officially graduate.

So I went to go and talk to my adviser about graduation and if I should even bother applying for Spring 2012 graduation and she tells me that no, I'm not allowed to apply for a BSN but I can go for the ELM program. :eek:

Does anyone know which is true? :confused: The CSULA advisers tell me that I can't apply for the Basic program but I can apply for ELM while the SON says that I can't apply for ELM because I don't have my Bachelor's degree yet and I should apply for the BSN program. Other graduate schools like APU and UCLA have also told me the same thing - without a Bachelor's, I cannot get apply for the ELM program at their school.

Thank you~

@spiffyness: is that for general acceptance into the university or the nursing program itself? Because i go to csula and haven't heard anything from the nursing program.

It was for the university not the nursing program. Unfortunately you're not able to check your admission status to the nursing school without calling or something

ahh okay. Well Congratulations! If we both get into the program we could be working together! Can't wait until i find out!

Not to freak anyone out, but did you guys hear about freezing the admission to CSU's starting next spring?

Hmmm, interesting. This year the nursing got 500 apps, but don't know how many they'll be accepting. Last year it was 600 and they only accepted 60.

You mean they wont accept new students to the university starting Spring 2013?

Specializes in Med-Surg/DOU/Ortho/Onc/Rehab/ER/.

Sounds like they accept about 10% of the students that apply or less...

Typical...

Hey daisies. Dis someone from the admission office tell u they recieved 500 apps?

hi. anyone get accepted recently? i got a rejected letter from SON because they said i did not turn in my copy of driver license before the deadline. how ridiculous because i took a lot of time to go over my package before sending it,so how could i make that mistake. i m going to call them tomorrow:( .

hey guys

so does anyone know the average points stats for fall 2011 or how many points we should be getting to have a good chance of getting in the the nursing program? & how many people they take in every year?

i'm so nervous.. i don't have very much points (20 pts)... so i feel like i'm not going to get in..

Also i have a question for transfer students: I got accepted into the university for this fall 2012 and the enrollment fee is due by MAy 1, but i havent heard back from SON. what should i do about the enrollment fee? am i suppose to just pay it? what happens if i dont get in?!

I think the CSULA's SON dept. is messed up. They should prioritize CSULA students because WELL they are THEIR students. They paid their tuition for CSULA. Part of that tuition goes to the nursing dept budget. I still dont get how in other CSUs they prioritize their students over transfer students but not in CSULA! Also, the prerequisites classes are way harder in CSULA than in other CCs nearby. Trust me, I've taken same classes in CSULA and in other CCs nearby and I can guarantee that CSULA's classes are much much difficult. The Microbio in CSULA is ridiculously hard. Only half of the class passes with a C or better while the rest gets a D or an F. Its impossible to get an A in that class. Ive taken a microbio class in ELAC and I aced with no problem. So all you transfer students panicking with your 20-30 points should stop whining cause for sure all you are gonna get in! Consider yourselves lucky.

Why should transfer students with 20pts not be worried?

I'm sure SON looks at the overall points to make their decisions based on who has the highest, not if they are transfer students or not. that wouldnt make sense if they prioritize transfer students over CSULA students.

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