I'm currently on my journey to applying to CSUFullerton's ELMSN program for 2012. Has anyone taken the TEAS yet? Have you already attended their info session?
I was taking prereqs for a good year or so after I graduated from undergrad. But I've been working for about a year to save up money and such.
I'm currently trying to get back into school-mode: taking a chem class (b/c CSUF won't take the previous chem class i took) and public speaking this semester. Planning on taking the TEAS in October and maybe again in December if I don't do so well.
If anyone currently in the program can give some advice or if you're looking to apply for 2012, sound off here!!
I was lucky to get offered admission but I have decided to accept an Accelerated BSN place instead - CSUF has a great reputation and I loved the faculty there.
So hang in there - one more space has opened up now so someone will be getting good news soon
Since my commute is a little far, I am looking for an apartment around the CSUF and was wondering if anyone is interested in sharing an apartment? So far the price ranges from $650-800 per person, for a 2 bedroom apartment.
For those of you that have accepted your acceptance. Has there been anymore correspondance from the nursing department or the school itself? When are we supposed to get our official acceptance letters from the school? I'm just getting paranoid because nothing "official" is happening. I check my titan online almost everyday.
I also have another question, when you click on the student center at the bottom it has an area for "application status" and when you click on that it gives you an option of "accept/decline" "waitlist option," do we have to click any of those? Just wondering..Thank you!
I received an official acceptance letter along with a checklist, if any paperwork was needed from you, from the university about two weeks ago. You should receive a letter or email Stephanie.
@hkwak002 - yeah, you should've received an official acceptance letter in the mail. Also, check your titan email frequently, because Stephanie has been sending out medical forms, CPR information and other things we need.
I didn't do anything with the "application status."
When you graduate from this program, CSUF EL-MSN, do you end up as a generalist MSN or is there a specialty to it? Or is this a Clinical nurse leader program?
For those of you that applied to EL-MSN programs, did you also apply to ABSN programs? What specialties do you want to go in to? I'm only thinking of ABSN programs, because I don't think it would increase my chances of getting a job after graduation with the EL-MSN degree without any experience. What made you choose the EL-MSN over ABSN? Also what were your undergrad degrees in?
@trix_010509 - hopefully this has already been answered for you! But you should've filed your fafsa and gotten your financial aid package recently right? I just recently accepted a portion of mine. Kind of stinks that it's dependent upon your last years information when i was working a lot, but once im' in school, i won't be working at all!
@applered - There isn't a specialty, per se. You get your RN license and you get your MSN. The emphasis/concentration though is on "leadership" and the faculty explained it as preparing you to be an RN but in positions of more responsibility, etc.
@EhKim86 - for me, most of the ABSN programs were private schools with significantly more costly tuition. Also, this is just from what I heard from my friends who are already nurses, but there's been a general trend of hiring has been RN's with bachelor degrees (as opposed to an AA or LVN) and there's a trend NOW of hiring RN's with masters degrees. I figured, if i was going back for another degree, it may as well be my master's since I already have my BA (not in nursing, btw. I was a political science major in undergra). with that said, i know that the sooner you get out of schoool, you will most likely be able to find a job - so it's really up to you! but that's just my two cents :)
I can't seem to find any pharmacy that is offering the flu shot yet. I have tried walgreens, CVS, Rite Aid, etc. and they have told me that they wont be receiving it until mid August. Where are you guys getting it from?????
@trix - I emailed west about that same issue and he said that we will have till the end of September to upload that since the vaccine won't be available till August/September.
Anyone know if you can drop out after getting the RN license? Would that be in the spring of the 2nd year? Any graduates from the program can talk about the quality of it, where do you do rotations, organization, faculty/stuff helpfulness, costs, etc? I see now for 2013 they are requiring the HESI exam. What's that? Is it like the TEAS?
Dragonfly53
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Hang in there and don't lose hope
I was lucky to get offered admission but I have decided to accept an Accelerated BSN place instead - CSUF has a great reputation and I loved the faculty there.
So hang in there - one more space has opened up now so someone will be getting good news soon
Good luck everyone!