California State University, Northridge (CSUN) ABSN Fall 2021

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Hi everyone! My name is Monica and I wanted to make this forum for everyone applying to the fall 2021 semester of CSUN ABSN. Good luck everyone ?

Anyone get an email for waitlist?

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Does anybody know the contact information we could reach out to? I didn't receive anything yet (not even the waitlist) and I do want to follow up 

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Where would I find financial aid and loan info? I submitted my FAFSA for CSUN already

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Hi all!

I got my acceptance letter yesterday (for fall 2021). Congratulations to all and to those who didn't get the news they were hoping for, keep pushing and don't put all your eggs in one basket! I finally got accepted after applying to 4 different schools for the past 2 years and being waitlisted. Never give up! 

Does anyone know if there is a FB page for our cohort?

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Hi everyone ! 

I think I got admitted into the program for Spring '22 but here's what happened so far: 

They sent me an acceptance letter to my personal email at 7:30pm yesterday. After 30 min, they sent a rejection letter to my csun email. After an hour, I received the two duplicate emails saying it was an error. Then after 10 min, another email was sent to my personal email which says,"Please disregard this message. It was sent in error.  If you were admitted, you will receive a SIRPAF and another email on Monday." After another 10 min, they said I got admitted with apologies for confusion. That was the last email I received after 9pm yesterday. I replied her to ask for verification for my admission once again because I was too confused about this situation. I am just going to wait until Monday for her reply. 

If I got accepted for sure, I can't wait to move to California from ATL, because this is the only nursing program I applied this year. 

I can update my stats once it's confirmed on Monday if anyone wants. ??

 

 

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5 minutes ago, GeeGee said:

Hi everyone ! 

I think I got admitted into the program for Spring '22 but here's what happened so far: 

They sent me an acceptance letter to my personal email at 7:30pm yesterday. After 30 min, they sent a rejection letter to my csun email. After an hour, I received the two duplicate emails saying it was an error. Then after 10 min, another email was sent to my personal email which says,"Please disregard this message. It was sent in error.  If you were admitted, you will receive a SIRPAF and another email on Monday." After another 10 min, they said I got admitted with apologies for confusion. That was the last email I received after 9pm yesterday. I replied her to ask for verification for my admission once again because I was too confused about this situation. I am just going to wait until Monday for her reply. 

If I got accepted for sure, I can't wait to move to California from ATL, because this is the only nursing program I applied this year. 

I can update my stats once it's confirmed on Monday if anyone wants. ??

 

 

Same thing happened to me. I got a letter saying I was admitted for Spring 22. Then, I got two recall emails and finally an email saying I was actually admitted and sorry for the confusion. Very confusing. I really hope I actually got in because I already told my friends and family the news.

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2 minutes ago, mango_girl said:

Same thing happened to me. I got a letter saying I was admitted for Spring 22. Then, I got two recall emails and finally an email saying I was actually admitted and sorry for the confusion. Very confusing. I really hope I actually got in because I already told my friends and family the news.

This is also what happened to me! How is it possible that this happened to a lot of us?! I'm so confused. I have no idea if I am in or not.

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Is there an FB page ?

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My guess is that they sent the recall email to the students who were accepted for the Spring 2022 term? It sounds like a technical mistake on their end. Many people on the forum who were accepted to Spring had that issue (this is just a guess, I could be completely wrong). 

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3 hours ago, Akomaja said:

This is also what happened to me! How is it possible that this happened to a lot of us?! I'm so confused. I have no idea if I am in or not.

Same thing happened to me. I’m assuming we got in since she sent the email clarifying we did get admitted.

3 hours ago, mango_girl said:

Same thing happened to me. I got a letter saying I was admitted for Spring 22. Then, I got two recall emails and finally an email saying I was actually admitted and sorry for the confusion. Very confusing. I really hope I actually got in because I already told my friends and family the news.

Same. I already told my friends + family. Hoping we did in fact get in.

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11 hours ago, Cidcidcid said:

Same thing happened to me. I’m assuming we got in since she sent the email clarifying we did get admitted.

Same. I already told my friends + family. Hoping we did in fact get in.

Same here! The same thing happened to me. I was also accepted into the Spring cohort. Did everyone email her to clarify? 

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On 6/8/2021 at 10:32 AM, raethehug said:

Hi! I'm a current student. I'm not sure what happened with the prior student. Let me highlight the good and bad that's CURRENT:

Good:

1. They REALLY care about getting us our clinical hours. Other schools (according to friends in those programs and the faculty at CSUN) have had to cancel their clinicals due to covid. Now, this might no longer be a concern for the incoming cohort, but why take a chance? Some schools have made it so their students can no longer sit for the NCLEX on time due to making up hours. Our faculty has really pushed to keep us in the hospitals and we are on track for sitting for the NCLEX.

2. The staff, for the most part, seems to really care about getting you through the program and often works with you if you're struggling. Miss a sim lab because of an important obligation? Staff will meet 1:1 to make sure you make up those hours. Start crying in a simulation because you made an error? Staff will meet with you after to calm your fears and point you in the direction of how to work on any gaps in knowledge you may have.

3. Besides one clinical placement, the sites are fantastic. The one bad placement was due to being one of the only hospitals willing to keep students on the floors during the Covid peak.

4. The NCLEX pass rate. The last cohort had a 99% first pass rate and the one person who didn't pass, passed the second try.

The bad:

1. The program is so accelerated, especially over the Summer semester, that we often are teaching ourselves. For instance, we are reading the chapters and doing presentations instead of the professors always lecturing. This might be a covid thing, I'm not sure. 

2. It is disorganized. We are often unsure of what is exactly is happening right up until the day before the semester starts. Does this totally suck for type A people? YES. Is it unique to CSUN? NO. I got into a Masters in addition to CSUN and that program was much worse in their disorganization and communication and I gladly accepted my spot at CSUN over that school. Regardless, it is incredibly frustrating and you have to learn to be flexible or you go crazy (which a lot of us are).

3. We have to find our own preceptors for our last semester. It's stressful but if you make connections throughout your clinical placements, it'll be much easier to reach back out to that nurse during your last semester. 

4. They make you think you have to buy your books/supplies through a bundle but you can find much cheaper ways to access everything you need. 

Overall, I am glad I chose this program. It's intense and can be frustrating, but you do move through quickly and things fall into place.

Hello! Can you tell me more about how the schedule itself is like at CSUN such as the first term? Will we have clinical in the first term already, or is it just theory? And how many days of the week do you usually go to clinical? And how long are they (are they 12 or 8 hour shifts)? Thank you!

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