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~

I will die if we have to wait until mid May to hear something. Seriously.

I would too. I wonder if they read these threads and they are just doing this to torture us hahaha! I have this gut feeling though that the letters/e-mails/phone calls are going to come next week.

I hope they don't read this. I usually like to keep my crazy under wraps a little longer ;)

I think you are right about next week too. Any longer than that and my family may disown me!

Do not worry guys! Like I said from the previous post, during the 09 2010 2011 application periods, the SON gives out calls/letters around April 20th

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

guess i will be wasting $100! oh geez

I'm kinda annoyed. If I don't hear anything by next week, have to send in the $100 for no reason at all.

Can they think up of more ways to waste my money?

I'm just about fed up with the cost of everything.

Sorry, really close to venting it all out.

100 ? seriously? :)

When's the deadline to pay the $100? May 1st?

It's 100 by May 1. Last years students that got accepted said they were allowed to pay later. I think it's better to pay early.

The $100 is also non transferable/non refundable.

Oh I see. I think I will hear back from my top choices before that, so I probably won't pay it to waste money (if I get in my other choices)

I'm going to pay it before May 1st. I don't trust when they say nursing applicants can pay a few days late. A lot of times it seems like the left hand doesn't know what the right is doing over there. I'd rather lose my 100 bucks than lose my spot. But then again this is the only school I applied to that requires a deposit, so I imagine it really adds up when you have multiple deposits to deal with.

So last night I had a dream that I got a letter in the mail and I was so excited and scared my hands were shaking so bad. I opened it and all it said was that they received 10,010 applications this year and therefore it would take several more months to evaluate them all. I remember thinking there was no way I would get in if ten thousand and ten (random) people applied. Then I decided I wasn't going to write my art history paper due next week because I was so mad and there was no point, but ended up writing it anyway because I didn't want to mess up my GPA. I am even a nerd in my dreams.

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