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1. Mount St. Mary's Accelerated BSN Fall 2008

   chris7 replied to chris7's topic in California

   Look for an email end of april through may. Give them a call at the beginning of may to check in if you haven't received an interview invitation. They made decisions at the end of may and the first week of june. Double check with them regarding the d...

2. Mount St. Mary's Accelerated BSN Fall 2008

   chris7 replied to chris7's topic in California

   Advanced Med-Surg is the hardest course in my opinion. Pharm is relatively easy at the Mount. Sandra, some schools are more competative than others. CSUN didn't take anyone under 3.8 GPA or any pre-req "C's". You have a health-related degree and rele...

3. Mount St. Mary's Accelerated BSN Fall 2008

   chris7 replied to chris7's topic in California

   I understand. It's never easy going back to school and arranging finances for it. School is such an irony to me--we study, work on reports and clinicals and we have to pay money for it. We have to pay to work. I wish there were a way around it, but i...

4. Mount St. Mary's Accelerated BSN Fall 2008

   chris7 replied to chris7's topic in California

   Sure, it would be my pleasure to post updates here regarding my experience at Torrance. If you don't hear anything from me around July and you're wondering how it's going, I'm probably going to be swamped, but definitely shoot me an email reminder an...

5. Mount St. Mary's Accelerated BSN Fall 2008

   chris7 replied to chris7's topic in California

   Thanks for the info, Sandra. Not sure where SMU is, but SMC costs about 20k more over the Mount. SMC costs 5k for the 2yr program and you end up with and ADN. The Mount costs 45k for one yr but you earn a BSN and are working after 12 months. The seco...

6. Mount St. Mary's Accelerated BSN Fall 2008

   chris7 replied to chris7's topic in California

   Sandraellen, as I mentioned, I do not know CSUN's program status. Best bet is to call them. Let us know what you find out, okay? Much appreciated.

7. Mount St. Mary's Accelerated BSN Fall 2008

   chris7 replied to chris7's topic in California

   FYI, many hospitals offer sign on bonuses that do not require commitment terms.

8. Mount St. Mary's Accelerated BSN Fall 2008

   chris7 replied to chris7's topic in California

   There's always financial aid or community college. Though the community college route ends up costing over 20k more in time and money versus the accelerated track. The Mount's ADN program is nights and w/e so you can still work, but it's two years an...

9. Mount St. Mary's Accelerated BSN Fall 2008

   chris7 replied to chris7's topic in California

   Here's the CCNE website... http://www.aacn.nche.edu/CCNE/reports/rptAccreditedPrograms.asp?state=CA&sFullName=California CSUN is up and so is the Mount. My classmate related the story from her friend who was in the CSUN program, so I couldn't tel...

10. Mount St. Mary's Accelerated BSN Fall 2008

    chris7 replied to chris7's topic in California

    Our last 7 weeks at the Mount is our preceptorship. Since we'll be employed at Torrance that's where we'll do the preceptorship. You may know, but for the preceptorship, you basically pick the department where you want to start your career and shadow...

11. Mount St. Mary's Accelerated BSN Fall 2008

    chris7 replied to chris7's topic in California

    I was not offered an interview to Kaiser. I was fortunate to get the scholarship from Torrance. After doing clinical rotations at Kaiser West LA, I'm glad for the way things turned out... the morale is horrible--I've always felt this as a patient the...

12. Mount St. Mary's Accelerated BSN Fall 2008

    chris7 replied to chris7's topic in California

    Torrance Memorial Scholarship: I believe 7 of 15 applicants received the scholarship. I don't have any knowledge of these scholarships being affected by the economy... though it's not a stretch to think they could be. FYI, most of the students are in...

13. Mount St. Mary's Accelerated BSN Fall 2008

    chris7 replied to chris7's topic in California

    The hospitals determine interview dates. They have the money, they call the shots. From what I understand Kaiser interviews once students are about six months through the program, though our office never really knows themselves. 15 students from our ...

14. Mount St. Mary's Accelerated BSN Fall 2008

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    Interviews... Ms. Shealey comes off as hard-nosed but she plays bad cop and Ms. Sloper is super nice and plays good cop. From what I understand you have to really mess up your interview, otherwise you are as good as accepted if you get an interview i...

15. Mount St. Mary's Accelerated BSN Fall 2008

    chris7 replied to chris7's topic in California

    The oral interview was about 30 minutes. They asked the following questions: Q: Nursing is a self-sacrificing profession. How will you take care of your personal needs as a nurse? A: Working out. Buddhist chanting. Spending time with friends and fam...