University of San Francisco Spring 2009

Yeah, I accepted the offer as well. I feel the same way about being guaranteed a spot, anywhere honestly. I have two more pre-requisites to finish in Spring so I will be attending to take Anat and Microbio.

Are you going to go to orientation anyway? I haven't recieved my official letter in the mail with my usfconnect info so I can register for classes, submit my space deposit, etc...

maybe then they will explain if you can begin taking other nursing classes without clinicals? So you can still be on track somewhat? Do you know anything about that??

So confusing...

i've already received the welcome packet, and the acceptance letter mentioned that during the first two semesters of wait we will have to take core curriculum and prerequisite classes that we haven't yet finished. So when spring '10 arrives, you'll have everything already completed and go straight into clinicals, from my understanding at least. I will be attending orientation but ill be there around 11:30 because of a class at City College. Hopefully that's acceptable. Will you be attending?

question for those accepted to USF.

how many semester/quarter units did you complete when you applied and also what pre-reqs did you complete. I'm looking into transferring from a CSU to USF for nursing but i am no too sure as to what courses i should take. I am just curious to see what route everyone here has taken.

This question is directed to both, those accepted directly into clinicals and those who are accepted to the school but are waiting to start clinicals.

missbinki: yes, I am going to orientation next week. I am still dealing with admission and records, because I have no idea how to formally accept my admission to the program. I think I am supposed to submit a payment or deposit but haven't received explicit instructions. (That could be because the acceptance letter went to another address.)

I hope during orientation they explain the correlation between clinicals and core curriculum. The website makes it seem as if everything has to go in order, but maybe that isn't the case? meaning, if we don't start clinicals until 2010, can we still graduate in 6 semesters or is it longer...so many questions!

Jay as in J: I have a BA from San Francisco State and attended a Master's program at UCLA (I'm changing careers). I have 2 more pre-reqs to take before I am "clinically ready." You need to take Anatomy/Physio/Micro all w/labs, as well as General Psychology to be "clinically ready." I was told by a nursing admin asst. that they would only be accepting "clinically ready students" and it would be "a waste of my time" to apply without being clinically ready. I applied, and I got in. But I do already have a BA, and a high GPA, plus both of my parents were alums, maybe that had something to do with my acceptance????

Good luck!

afrobuddhess: according to the acceptance letter, everything, including registration, will be explained and completed during the orientation. All new students will register during the orientation, so that's something we don't need to worry about until the 22nd. Also, because we'll be waiting two semsesters, i'm going to assume that it will take us not 6 but 8 semesters (or four years) to graduate due to the waiting period. Quite unfortunate but better than not getting in at all! i hope this helped.

Julz,
If you're still wondering about class etc., we will be allowed to register for classes at orientation. I can't wait!! School starts in 1 week!

For those that are in the program, how is it? I'm probably going to apply in the fall.

What's your schedule like? Do any of you have kids?

Hi to everyone.

I know this is an old thread, but I applied to USF's BSN program for Spring 2010 admission and was wondering how everyone's enjoying the program. I'm not sure of my chances, but I do have volunteer experience and CNA experience under my belt. I was also Treasurer of our school's Pre Nursing Society and have a good letter of recommendation from my Anatomy teacher.

I took a 4 semester unit Microbiology course about 2 years ago at my community college and got a B however I heard that USF needs a 5 semester unit Microbiology course (anyone know if this is true?) so I'm taking a 5 unit Micro this semester and currently hold a strong 98%. I got an A in Anatomy and Physio and General Psych. Does anyone know how they handle "in progress" classes? I wasn't sure how to calculate my GPA for admission since I'm pretty sure they need the 5 unit Micro and thus I don't have all my classes completed yet. I also have all the "co-requisites" completed too. Anyway... any insight/help would be greatly appreciated!