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No. 20
from CPCali
Old Nov 16, 2007, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by navyvetRNdreams2b View Post
City College is a waitlist. GPA plays no part in selection at all, which I find pretty irritating! Anyway, yeah those colleges are too far for me to travel to.
All pre reqs for City must be completed with a grade "C" or better. The combined GPA for pre reqs must be 2.5 or higher.
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No. 21
from SDMamma
Old Dec 11, 2007, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Faeriewand View Post
Thanks! I've got B's in Sociology and A&P1 and A's in A&P2 and Psy. Just registered for Microbiology at Grossmont come Spring Semester. I'm a pretty good student. Got A's and B's in the LVN courses too.
But whats funny is that I know a student that applied with all her pre reqs finished that had an excellent grade point average and was turned down! So there must be other factors going on. Makes me nervous. Plus all I get now are B's.

Hey Fairewand, I saw that you replied to my post on another forum and recommended that I DO NOT become an LVN while on the waitlist for CC programs. Thank you for the excellent advice because I think I will take it.

Anywhoo, I stumbled upon your post on the NU board, because I am taking my prereq's there and also applying to their BSN program. I will be finishing Micro in March, and the rest of their prereqs ( ILR 260, and sociology ) will be complete by the end of May. I probably won't apply until June just so I can catch my breath after all these classes.

I have been a little discouraged to apply because my gpa is a 3.18 in 70 semester units, and it looks like it will be anywhere from a 3.5-3.8 in the prereq's. The problem is, admissions reps have been telling students that the Nursing dept. at NU expects students to test into College Algebra, or Math 12B at the very least. Although I have taken Intermediate Algebra, and Statistics, I do not consider myself capable of testing into College Algebra.

Does anyone else think this could be true, that NU standards could be this high? Are they perhaps just trying to discourage applicants?
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No. 22
from Faeriewand
Old Dec 12, 2007, 12:01 AM

Nurse Re: National University San Diego
Glad to have helped SDMamma I've heard that after you apply to NU that you could wait something like 9 months or more. Yeah that math testing scares me. Let us know what you find out for sure regarding National ok?
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No. 23
from catzy5
Old Dec 12, 2007, 08:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Faeriewand View Post
Glad to have helped SDMamma I've heard that after you apply to NU that you could wait something like 9 months or more. Yeah that math testing scares me. Let us know what you find out for sure regarding National ok?

My best friend got into NU, she did have to take the math assesment it was testing into College Algebra, she only waited from May until August so three months. She Starts 1/08
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No. 24
from Faeriewand
Old Dec 13, 2007, 09:28 PM

Nurse Re: National University San Diego
Originally Posted by catzy5 View Post
My best friend got into NU, she did have to take the math assesment it was testing into College Algebra, she only waited from May until August so three months. She Starts 1/08
Thanks catzy that is good to know. If there is anything else you can tell us about NU please post it here.

Does that mean that you have to have taken College Algebra? Just wondering
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No. 25
from Faeriewand
Old Dec 13, 2007, 09:35 PM

Ooooo I just remembered..... today I saw NU students at Barnes and Noble at Grossmont Mall. They looked so cool in their blue scrubs and matching jackets. <sigh> my uniform from my school makes us all look like "tools" Their uniforms are so much better. Our school is making us wear these horrible teal scrubs 100% of the time we are at school! Yuck! I look like I'm wearing a tent! I just dreamily watched those NU nursing students with my eyes and was wishing I was in their group going for my BSN. They must have been in clinical at Sharp Grossmont across the street.

I don't know if I can pass that math test but I"m sure going to try. Think I will take a brush up class in Intermediate Algebra.
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No. 26
from mommalumps
Old Dec 14, 2007, 04:13 AM

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I sat out for financial difficulties and will be returning in Feb to NU. We wear those uniforms on clinical days and during lab twice a week. I must admit that the blue scrubs are pretty cool; they are from Dove company. They were prety pricey- $54 for the shirts (2) and some other price for the pants -$60 or so. Student loans Rock!!
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No. 27
from catzy5
Old Dec 14, 2007, 08:00 AM

Default Re: National University San Diego
Originally Posted by Faeriewand View Post
Thanks catzy that is good to know. If there is anything else you can tell us about NU please post it here.

Does that mean that you have to have taken College Algebra? Just wondering

No my friend didn't, it's my understanding you will have to take additional math if you don't reach the level they want you to be in.

I really can't post much about the school though, I only know what my friend has told me and she doesn't start the nursing part until January, she went there last year to finish up her pre reqs. There have been a couple threads on NU, do a search it does seem to be a very good school. I know my friend just went to her orientation a few weeks ago and she is very excited to start!
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No. 28
from Faeriewand
Old Dec 15, 2007, 10:26 PM

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Did your friend say where she will have to take her nursing classes? I'm trying to get confirmation from someone who is there where the location of the NURSING courses are and the NURSING lab is. I hear it is in Rancho Bernardo.
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No. 29
from catzy5
Old Dec 15, 2007, 11:03 PM

Default Re: National University San Diego
Originally Posted by Faeriewand View Post
Did your friend say where she will have to take her nursing classes? I'm trying to get confirmation from someone who is there where the location of the NURSING courses are and the NURSING lab is. I hear it is in Rancho Bernardo.

yes she will be going to Rancho Bernardo, I am positive on that.
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