Cal State Northridge CSUN Accelerated BSN Fall 2008

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I applied for CSUN's accelrated fall 2008 program and simply wanted to let others know I'm online to bounce ideas around.

It would be great to hear your stories going through the interviewing and acceptance process. Who knows, hopefully we'll even be classmates together this fall...

i think you should rule out msmc ($$$$$$$$).

csula (if you KNOW you are interested in the "options" they are offering.. np and so on)

csun (if you are unsure and want experience to figure out whether you want to go the nurse midwifery, nurse educator, np, cns, and so on route)

csula sent out their acceptances? congrats!!!

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to levoila and others:

if you were to be accepted to csula, csun, AND msmc WHERE would you choose ultimately?????????? i need help making a decision...please!!!!!!

I haven't been accepted to CSULA or MSMC yet, but I'm anticipating having to make that decision and struggling with just the thought of having to make it.

All this time I've thought that CSULA is my top choice because of the built-in NP specialization. But then during the interview when I asked about whether or not graduates of the program had a hard time finding a job as NPs, she said that most worked as RNs for a while to get more experience. That was really disappointing to me. I thought that working after being licensed made up for the accelerated nature of the program.

So now I'm thinking that it might be better to just get the A-BSN for now, get experience and then apply to MSN NP programs.

I don't want to spend so much time and energy training for something that I won't even be able to use.

I keep going back and forth. I've been admitted to CSUN and I think it's a great option. I'd been done in a year--the tuition is much less expensive than MSMC, so why not? But then I start thinking what about if I do get in to CSULA/CSULB/CSUF to the entry-level MSNs? CSULA has the built-in NP specialization. CSULB (grants the BSN and MSN) would train me to become a Clinical Nurse Specialist and give me the option to transition into their NP certificate program (I believe without having to reapply). CSUF would train me to be a Clinical Nurse leader...and maybe some transitioning options???

It's a difficult decision to make. I've spoken to a few NPs and both seem to say that it makes more sense to get at least 2 yrs experience before transitioning to the NP role. Yet, they have also told me that I would probably be okay either way. I remember reading on the Columbia thread that the graduates of their combined BSN/MSN ETP program work as NPs after graduating and that program is only 2.5 yrs long. Maybe it has more clinical hours??? I didn't look into this enough before applying. I just thought about local schools.

This is going to be tough!

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i didnt know csulb has gives students an option to transition into NP.

and csuf if you do not want to do nurse leadership you have an option of transitioning into nurse midwifery.

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Yeah, at the CSULB info session they said it would take another year if we attended full-time.

I know that I want to be an FNP. I'm sure.

I just have no idea which path would be the best one :confused:

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so it would be a total of 4 years at csulb! wow!

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yes, but I think it would be a good experience to train to be a CNS though (to also get training in acute care)

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graduate** / post baccalaureate fees - spring 2009

fee category------------------0 - 6.0 units---6.1 + units

state university fee------------------$ 1,089.00---$ 1,878.00

associated student fee------------------$ 76.00----$ 76.00

student union fee-----------------------$ 155.00---$ 155.00

instructionally-related activities fee----$ 15.00---$ 15.00

facilities fee--------------------------------$ 3.00---$ 3.00

student health services fee-------------$ 53.00---$ 53.00

campus quality fee---------------------$ 50.00*---$ 50.00*

total basic registration fees for graduate/post baccalaureate:

-----------------------------------$ 1,441.00---$ 2,230.00

there are 3 terms for the a-bsn, right? i wonder what other fees might be tacked on to this. can it really be less than $7000?? if it is, what a bargain!

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Are you sure it's less than $7000. After I found out I was accepted for the Fall 2009 cohort, I logged on to CSUN's portal and looked under financial aid and it appeared to cost $21,590 for 2009-2010 school year. I am confused because it shows Fall 2009 and Spring 2009 estimated at $10,795 for a total of $21,590 for only two semesters. If the program is 15 months long, then wouldn't that be a total of 4 semesters? Which would bring the total to $43,180, right?

It would be really helpful if there is a current CSUN student in the A-BSN program as of now who would be able to clarify this. Or if any of you have any additional information to clarify, it would be really helpful!

Thanks!:)

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No, I'm not sure. While looking for how much it was going to cost, I came across the fees for post-bac/ graduate programs. It seemed too good to be true? I figured there must be extra fees. So you found that information by logging on to the website? I'll try looking for it.

If I'm starting in the summer, then I thought it would be summer/fall/spring/summer--but I don't know for sure.

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the estimated amt given on the csun fin aid portal includes other estimated breakdowns.. books, rent, and so on. the 10,795-tuition is the money you have left over for rent books..

thats how it was for my for my undergrad. i would have this ridiculous amt given, but in reality i never spent all the my loans taken out, i never spent the amount given under the rent and books breakdown.

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Yeah, just log into your portal and go to "path to graduation" and click on "view financial aid", then select "2010", then select "financial aid summary" (all highlighted in blue), then select "$21590" and it will explain

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Okay--I saw that. Wouldn't that include housing, books, personal expenses...etc? I remember for my undergrad, our budget also included medical insurance, transportation, housing, personal expenses, books and supplies....so maybe that amount is including all of that. When I calculated my estimated less than $7000, I was thinking that there would be three terms, but now I'm confused. Are there three or four?

I wish they would have an orientation for us before we had to decide so that we could ask all of these questions and compare financial aid packages :(

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