California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) BSN - Spring 2023

name_is_in_use · Dec 5, 2022

After reviewing the orientation agenda, how do you know if you are an out-of-town or a local student? Do local students refer to individuals who only live in Long Beach or those who live within the local preference of the school? It seems they would have to get their uniforms fitted on Sunday instead, while out-of-town students get theirs done from 3-5 pm on Dec. 10th.

Mrod3434 · Dec 6, 2022

6 hours ago, name_is_in_use said:

After reviewing the orientation agenda, how do you know if you are an out-of-town or a local student? Do local students refer to individuals who only live in Long Beach or those who live within the local preference of the school? It seems they would have to get their uniforms fitted on Sunday instead, while out-of-town students get theirs done from 3-5 pm on Dec. 10th.

If you have a scheduling conflict, contact (MODERATOR EDIT OF NAME) I had one and let her know. She said they will most likely work with me and to just confirm with (MODERATOR EDIT OF NAME) on the day of orientation.

name_is_in_use · Dec 6, 2022

59 minutes ago, Mrod3434 said:

If you have a scheduling conflict, contact (MODERATOR EDIT OF NAME) I had one and let her know. She said they will most likely work with me and to just confirm with (MODERATOR EDIT OF NAME) on the day of orientation.

Got it. Does this mean local students leave at 3 pm instead of 5 pm? Fortunately, I don't have a schedule conflict and seem to be a local student.

Mrod3434 · Dec 6, 2022

2 hours ago, name_is_in_use said:

Got it. Does this mean local students leave at 3 pm instead of 5 pm? Fortunately, I don't have a schedule conflict and seem to be a local student.

I think so!

Ansh · Jun 5, 2023

hey guys! I plan to apply for Spring 2024, any tips on how to score well on the TEAS ?

Ansh · Jun 6, 2023

captain_potato12 said:

Hey guys! For pre-nursing students, did any of you guys receive acceptance email yet? My anxiety is driving me nuts.

Did you get in ? Ill be applying Spring 2024 and just looking at peoples impact score and if they got accepted

crunchycat · Sep 18, 2023

Hello all!

I'm reapplying for Spring 2024 since I got rejected for Fall 2023. My current stats:

GE GPA: 4.0

Science GPA: 4.0

TEAS Composite: 87.3%

TEAS Reading: 82.1%

Impact Score: 9.388

Not feeling too confident with my reading and overall score, but it was my first attempt taking it. Either way, just hoping for the best atp and good luck to everyone else!

Mrod3434 · Nov 8, 2023

crunchycat said:

Hello all!

I'm reapplying for Spring 2024 since I got rejected for Fall 2023. My current stats:

GE GPA: 4.0

Science GPA: 4.0

TEAS Composite: 87.3%

TEAS Reading: 82.1%

Impact Score: 9.388

Not feeling too confident with my reading and overall score, but it was my first attempt taking it. Either way, just hoping for the best atp and good luck to everyone else!

Nice job! Usually the threshold is about 9.3 and Spring is definitely way less competitive. To anyone else reading this comment that's applying for future semesters, take the TEAS twice!! Same test and you're more likely to get a higher score. Currently in semester 3/5 and I know my cohort's threshold was around 9.3 so I'm rooting for you!

crunchycat · Nov 8, 2023

Mrod3434 said:

Nice job! Usually the threshold is about 9.3 and Spring is definitely way less competitive. To anyone else reading this comment that's applying for future semesters, take the TEAS twice!! Same test and you're more likely to get a higher score. Currently in semester 3/5 and I know my cohort's threshold was around 9.3 so I'm rooting for you!

Thanks! I got the official offer today. I am considering the accelerated program, but I'm wondering if it didn't end up working out for me, could I move to the traditional BSN track? I think they mentioned something about this during the comm exercise, but do you know if this is possible?

Mrod3434 · Nov 9, 2023

crunchycat said:

Thanks! I got the official offer today. I am considering the accelerated program, but I'm wondering if it didn't end up working out for me, could I move to the traditional BSN track? I think they mentioned something about this during the comm exercise, but do you know if this is possible?

Congrats!! And yes it is! I'm doing the accelerated track and I like it because we get more autonomy at the hospital since we have the same clinical site through the entire program (Long Beach Memorial) vs semester having multiple. I also heard that semester only gets a few days in the ICU vs us getting an entire semester in the ICU. There's pros and cons to both. I'm not going to lie I'm always exhausted because I've gone a year without a real break since the one week break we get between semesters is spent preparing for the next. But, you get a month break between fall/Spring and the added bonus of graduating a year ahead of when the semester track would.

Ansh · Nov 9, 2023

Mrod3434 said:

Congrats!! And yes it is! I'm doing the accelerated track and I like it because we get more autonomy at the hospital since we have the same clinical site through the entire program (Long Beach Memorial) vs semester having multiple. I also heard that semester only gets a few days in the ICU vs us getting an entire semester in the ICU. There's pros and cons to both. I'm not going to lie I'm always exhausted because I've gone a year without a real break since the one week break we get between semesters is spent preparing for the next. But, you get a month break between fall/Spring and the added bonus of graduating a year ahead of when the semester track would.

Wait a year ahead ? Isn't trimester only going to be a semester ahead ?
trimester 2 years while semester is 2.5

Mrod3434 · Nov 9, 2023

Ansh said:

Wait a year ahead ? Isn't trimester only going to be a semester ahead ?
trimester 2 years while semester is 2.5

Not if you start in Spring! It's pretty much a year ahead. But if you start in the fall it's a semester ahead (technically 2 if you count Summer plus fall).

Semester pathway starting in Fall:

Fall 23

Spring 24

Fall 24

Spring 25

Fall 25

Trimester pathway starting in Fall:

Fall 23

Spring 24

Summer 24

Fall 24

Spring 25

Semester pathway starting in Spring:

Spring 23

Fall 23

Spring 24

Fall 24

Spring 25

Trimester pathway starting in Spring:

Spring 23

Summer 23

Fall 23

Spring 24

Summer 24