Cleveland State nursing? or stick with Tri-C?

[snowy5]

I was originally set to attend this fall at Tri-c.. however-I've had a really messed up past few months, missed the "respond in 48 hrs" orientation email and orientation itself. I was knocked out of my placement, understandably.

Now I'm looking at spring placement and I'm only getting half answers about it so I don't even know what I can plan on. They might send me to East campus- which I can not do.

Also with all of this non-accreditation talk, it makes me kind of nervous if I should even attend there at all.

I know nothing about CSU's nursing school.. is there a wait list there too? Is it a better option, do you think?

[ruby1989]

I can't really say I know much about all this non-accreditation thing going on at Tri-C. Most of the pre-nursing students that I know from my pre-req classes didn't seem too concerned about it, though. Basically, Tri-C will have to pay extra money and hire/fire some people so that the majority of professors hold a master's or higher. At least that's what I've heard from other people, but it could be mere speculation so take it with a grain of salt.

With CSU maybe I can be of more help. I start the basic BSN track there this fall. There is no wait list. They accept 80 people a year and it begins every fall semester. Two weeks after I sent in my application (which included basic information as well as a resume, and two letters of recommendation) I received a phone call about scheduling for an interview.

They were interviewing people for one week and had about maybe 12-15 time slots open. It was a group interview with 8 other people. They asked us five questions and we each had an opportunity to answer them. Do not be the last person to answer the questions! Be assertive!

Anyway, 1 month and 1 week after the interview I received my acceptance letter in the mail. If you do not get in you will still be notified through the mail. You have to reapply each year.

As for the difficulty of getting in- I can only say what I had going for me, which didn't seem like much compared to other people. I had no experience in a health-care related field (many of the people I interviewed with worked at hospitals). My overall GPA was about a 3.4. In my pre-reqs I had one B and the rest were A's. I do hold a bachelors degree in an unrelated field, so I don't know if that was positive or if that factor is just neutral. I know two fellow classmates that didn't get in and one of those classmates knows of someone else that applied twice. This person had health-care experience and a very good GPA. In other words, I can't say for certain what they look for. Maybe I just kicked butt at the interview part.

I can't tell you what option to consider, but I hoped I helped. Good look :)