Considering a move to CA

Since the house in CA is available anytime you want it, make sure your husband has a job and you are accepted into nursing school before you make the move. If it's meant to be, you will both find something.

If you're speaking of San Francisco, then, I believe the only accelerated ABSN program in this area is Samuel Merritt. I do not think they will transfer courses as it is a cohort and it is accelerated. Nursing is also very very hard to find jobs in San Francisco unless you have networking.

Jobs for both teachers and nurses are hard to come by in the Bay Area right now. Teachers are seeing a lot of pink slips, and new grad nurses are searching for a year or so for new jobs. I don't know of any aBSN programs other than SMU, which doesn't have a very good reputation in the area among nurses. You'll need to establish residency in CA, as in, take prereqs in CA, if you want to attend one of the CSUs, as they're not taking out of state students right now. Only some are taking second bacc students, but I know that our program probably has 1/3-1/2 second bacc students. The acceptance rate for most CSUs and even community colleges right now is about 10%. Private universities may be accepting out of state students, but you'll need to contact them to find out for sure and to find out how that impacts your chances.

Thanks so much for the info, especially RunBabyRun. Yikes.

Are CCs as bad? I was thinking maybe if I move in the summer if it would be smarter to do ASN to make up for out of state costs and then transfer into BSN later. Just trying to figure out the fastest and best way to become a nurse :-/

Are CCs as bad? I was thinking maybe if I move in the summer if it would be smarter to do ASN to make up for out of state costs and then transfer into BSN later. Just trying to figure out the fastest and best way to become a nurse :-/

The community colleges here accept ADN students on a lottery system (there may be exceptions, but every CC I've seen does this). So that means it could happen on the first cycle, or it could take 5. I'm not sure if being from out of state impacts your chances of getting in, but I'm sure if you look at websites and contact schools, you can get the answers you need. I applied to 10 programs when I applied (I attend a CSU). Apply EVERYWHERE to which you can feasibly commute. Also consider the traffic here, bridge tolls, and parking, depending on where you'd be attending.

I would wait to move until you have an acceptance letter, or until your husband finds work (or both!), as the cost of living, housing aside, is pretty high.