CSM VS CCSF Nursing FALL 2016 Program

[Adaaaa]

Hi everyone! I finally join this wonderful website after researching for couple of years on nursing program. After 3 years of applying and getting rejected from Bay Area BSN nursing program (SF State, USF, Turlock state, Dominican University, etc..) I finally apply for College of San Mateo and City college San Francisco for their ADN program for Fall 2016. I got accepted to CCSF and made it to the top 90 applicant for CSM. I was wondering which would be a better option to attend. I would love to hear anyone perspective on each program. I did my research on CSM and it seems to have some negative view but i want to hear from someone with actual experience. Thanks! :)

[Julia88]

Hey again Ada! Stumbled upon your post while doing some research too. I got my acceptance for CSM and I think I'll accept it so I can attend their orientation and compare it with CCSF.

[vmrn387]

Hello, I am finishing up my last year in the College of San Mateo program and I would like to say that I am very pleased with the nursing education that I have received over the past 2 years. While there have been some changes during my time in the program, CSM is very well known at the clinical agencies we do our rotations in. The curriculum is intense being that there is an exam every 2-3 weeks and you must obtain a 75% cumulatively on the 3 exams to stay in the program. Each course is 8 weeks (i.e. fundamentals, pediatrics, psych, maternity, and 3 classes of med surg) just makes everything a little intense learning a vast amount of information in a very short period of time.

There has been a lot of people reviewing and saying that they're not satisfied with how the program is being ran, difficulty in clinical placement, schedules changing etc. Those are problems all across the board at any nursing school that you go to and no school is perfect. Nursing is a profession that teaches you to be flexible. At the end of the two years, the school prepares you and prepares you well to be eligible to sit for the NCLEX-RN examination. Another gripe that I hear people talk about is not having an official "preceptorship" at CSM. Keep in mind that we are an associates degree program and while some schools may offer it, we don't and talking to employers, it doesn't really make our graduates more marketable or hurt us either. A lot of our students go on to 4 year institutions and obtain a BSN where they do their preceptorship. Hope that you go and check out our beautiful campus and see what our program has to offer. :) Congratulations on getting in!