Anyone in apply to the Sacramento Programs?

CaliLvr000, BSN, RN · May 7, 2008

Well thank you for your positiveness! I need it sometimes....I had volunteer experience....so that was a few points....so we will see.

stinebean · May 7, 2008

I had volunteer experience....so that was a few points....so we will see.

I hope you don't mind me asking, but where did you do your volunteering? I've just got a few pre-reqs left and would like to contact a place that qualifies for CSUS's volunteer experience points.

Thanks and Good Luck! I'll be crossing my fingers for you too. I have a friend in the CSUS program right now. It sounds like you have a good chance of getting in.

CaliLvr000, BSN, RN · May 7, 2008

I hope you don't mind me asking, but where did you do your volunteering? I've just got a few pre-reqs left and would like to contact a place that qualifies for CSUS's volunteer experience points.
Thanks and Good Luck! I'll be crossing my fingers for you too. I have a friend in the CSUS program right now. It sounds like you have a good chance of getting in.

I volunteerd at the Veterans Home, it is a long term care facility for veterans. As long as you are around RN's and whitnessing them at work, it is considered good experience. Keep a log of your hours and have them signed off each day, at the end have your "supervisor" write you a letter explaining what you did/observed...and start volunteering now! I got my denial letter today, but I figured that was coming. I am 56 on the alternate list! Thats crazy.... :uhoh3:

Bath · May 7, 2008

Cali, I'm sorry you didn't make it in this time. Try taking the TEAS again. You've got a great GPA, if you can boost your TEAS score a bit you'll probably get in next time around.

I got my acceptance letter to Sac State today!!!

Woo Hoo!!!

NurseJeanB · May 7, 2008

Also want to add that I was told the average TEAS score goes up by 10 the second time.

Don't give up!! You can do it!!

CaliLvr000, BSN, RN · May 7, 2008

Cali, I'm sorry you didn't make it in this time. Try taking the TEAS again. You've got a great GPA, if you can boost your TEAS score a bit you'll probably get in next time around.
I got my acceptance letter to Sac State today!!!
Woo Hoo!!!

Congrats Bath!!!! yay!

Bath · May 7, 2008

Thank you!!

Hotflashn · May 7, 2008

I got my acceptance letter to Sac State today!!!
Woo Hoo!!!

Wooohoo is right! Yeah for you. Nice that you got a little early surprise and didn't have to wait until mid-May. I know someone else who is waiting on Sac, I hope she gets her letter today. Was it email or snail mail?

I feel like I am the last person in the world that is going to hear (I didn't apply to CSUS, but am waiting on another school) t seems like the more other people find out, the more tense I become. I expected word last week.

Who aid they felt like they were waiting on a jury verdict? That sums it up!!

Congrats!

MedicalNerd · May 7, 2008

Yeah I sure know how that feels!

I am waiting on 3 schools! I am hoping that I will hear this week or next week.

Ugh....... The pangs of anticipation and dread!

asoonernurse · May 7, 2008

Hi MN,

I went through the same thing you're experiencing now...but, at 44 years old, I decided that I didn't have the time to wait around to see if anyone would accept me.

I've heard the horror stories; waiting lists a mile long, people applying over and over and over to the same schools, lottery's, etc., so I decided to go the private route and began an LVN program (without having to have any pre-reqs first) that would put me on the floor of a hospital/LTC facility within 11 months.

Once I get my LVN, I can do a quick step-up program to RN WHILE I'm working as a nurse, which is infinitely better than going 2-4 years with NO income to speak of! :chuckle

I suppose if I were a young twenty-something, the time factor wouldn't have been such an issue, but I'm not, so it is.

I checked out both Western Career College, as well as the new kid on the block, Unitek. I'm sure you can figure out who I picked! :mad:

WCC seemed too eager to simply take my money then "move me along..." down their conveyor belt. Also, their program was 18 months long as opposed to Unitek's 11 month program (for the same money.)

I'm a bit long in the tooth to be chasing after BSN/MSN programs...I just want to be a simple RN (although never say never on the BSN...:chuckle)

As for my choice of schools, I can honesty say that I am pleased with my choice. Like all nursing schools, we have great teachers and poor teachers, but the program (no matter where you go) is what YOU make of it.

The "light" at the end of the tunnel for all of us is not graduation (although that is nice!), but passing the NCLEX. :typing

In our business, you can be a great student and graduate from the program without difficulty, but until you get that envelope in the mail, you aren't a nurse!

I wish you (all of you) the best of luck in whichever path you take. Nursing school is (for me) equal parts excitement and terror, but it is never dull!

Regards,

Michael

(Hopeful LVN in Sept08) :bowingpur

Bath · May 8, 2008

Wooohoo is right! Yeah for you. Nice that you got a little early surprise and didn't have to wait until mid-May. I know someone else who is waiting on Sac, I hope she gets her letter today. Was it email or snail mail?
I feel like I am the last person in the world that is going to hear (I didn't apply to CSUS, but am waiting on another school) t seems like the more other people find out, the more tense I become. I expected word last week.
Who aid they felt like they were waiting on a jury verdict? That sums it up!!
Congrats!

Thank you! Sac State does their notification by email. Their website said all letters were sent out yesterday, so your friend should know by now.

Waiting is hard...I hope you get word soon!

Hotflashn · May 8, 2008

Thank you! Sac State does their notification by email. Their website said all letters were sent out yesterday, so your friend should know by now.
Waiting is hard...I hope you get word soon!

Thanks, Bath. I finally got my acceptance, too! I expected an email and got a snail mail. I keep reading it over and over. I want to laminate and carry it with me everywhere I go until Sept when I start! :chuckle

Sorry about all my typos in my last note. My wireless keyboard doesn't always send all the letters and my eyeballs fill the screen with what I meant to have typed.