CSU Los Angeles School of Nursing (CSULA Fall 2012)

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Hello,

I thought I'd make this thread for the new application group... even though it's a bit late since we have to all apply soon!

Anyway! I want to apply for the Fall 2012 term but I had some questions. I am an current CSULA student that transferred to CSULA in Fall 2010. I'm a Psychology major but am applying for Fall 2012 Nursing. I haven't taken my TEAS yet, but I'll be taking that on Friday (!!), so I'm very nervous about that.

That said, this is my first question:

I've been getting mixed info from different people. When I visited the Academic Advising Office last Spring (2011), the adviser told me that as long as I did not graduate from CSULA BEFORE I graduated, I could apply to the SON as a BSN applicant. I called SON to see if I could even apply for the ELM program and they told me that as far as they knew, I could not because I did not have my Bachelor's Degree yet.

So right now, I have approximately 2 quarters left in order to finish my Psychology major, approximately 6~8 classes. Ideally, I could finish by Spring 2012, but depending on my other workloads, I could push it back to Fall 2012. The problem is that I'm not allowed to graduate if I want to go into the basic program so I can't apply for graduation just yet. But IF I don't get into the BSN program, then I have to wait another two quarters after May or June or whenever they send out acceptances in order to officially graduate.

So I went to go and talk to my adviser about graduation and if I should even bother applying for Spring 2012 graduation and she tells me that no, I'm not allowed to apply for a BSN but I can go for the ELM program. :eek:

Does anyone know which is true? :confused: The CSULA advisers tell me that I can't apply for the Basic program but I can apply for ELM while the SON says that I can't apply for ELM because I don't have my Bachelor's degree yet and I should apply for the BSN program. Other graduate schools like APU and UCLA have also told me the same thing - without a Bachelor's, I cannot get apply for the ELM program at their school.

Thank you~

just out of curiosity, has anyone received letters yet?

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I know it must be awful to still be waiting, and I know I don't really have the right to comment on it, but I think we all know by now that the SON doesn't operate on our timeline. I am positive they will be sending more acceptances though. Even if they had sent all the emails, which I doubt, not everyone will accept their spot. I guess what I'm trying to say is it isn't over yet!

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Spiffy:

That is so weird... I feel like you had more than enough points to get in to SD! I got accepted today but we only have until monday to respond... kind of lame. Also, the acceptance email was kind of rude... it talked about how i was accepted then there was a huge paragraph about how they don't have enough clinical spots for all the students they are taking, and by accepting the spot in the program you are agreeing to be ok with the fact that you might not graduate in 5 semesters. Not good. Probably I will not accept for that reason alone.

Yeah I had 77 when I added it up. And wow that doesn't sound good. Why would they accept more students than clinical spots? That means some students will have to take filler classes or something else in order to wait for a next semester to start clinicals. What will your final choice be? A huge part of why I wanted to go to SDSU was because it was 5 semesters, so one shorter than CSULB. But if theres a chance it will take me longer, I would might as well go to CSULB.

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just out of curiosity, has anyone received letters yet?

Didn't hear back from them yet either. I really don't think 24 is the cut off score, that is pretty high..

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I am pretty sure the cut-off is lower than 24. Does anyone know about how many people were taken from the wait-list to be accepted last year? 2? 5? 10?

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i hope not. i getting very worried. My friend got in and i think she said she had 20 points, so i dunno what to think anymore.

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I am a high school senior planning to go to CSULA as pre-nursing put after reading this trend it scared me a little. What would you guys recommend for me since I want to get into the nursing program? Are the prerequisite classes difficult at CSULA? Could I transfer into amother nursing program like at CSULB?

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@ jumpingfish: do not slack off in any of your classes, especially the prereq classes. Many students think the first year of college is a joke, but you can't afford to do that if you're a nursing major. Do your research and do well in your classes.

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@jumpingfish21 After you finish your pre-reqs you can apply to wherever you are eligible to. Unfortunately with the budget cuts going on, your options may be a lot more limited to what we have at this point in time. My recommendation would be to make school your priority. I gave up my social life to study but trust me, once you get an acceptance letter you will know it was well worth it. If you are the type of student who values social life more than academics it might be a challenge to adjust. Being a pre-nursing major is unique in that you have to be pretty much the best of the best to get into a program. Passing with all B's won't really cut it to be honest. I also recommend you volunteer to get some extra points when you apply. :)

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Hello everyone in the same boat,

I spoke with ----- today and asked regarding this matter.

She said that emails were sent out around yesterday and will be done hopefully (she emphasized) by tomorrow or end of tomorrow.

Also, I asked whether acceptance is only received by e-mail first and she said it depends, it could be sent out by e-mail and/or letter first.

And, I asked how many students can be in the program and she said 60.

Lastly, I had to get this out of her but I asked whats the average/lowest score of acceptance and she said "i don't know...i don't know..." but I just said AROUNDDD.. and she said. "maybe 22.., I can't say because whoever doesn't accept the acceptance will bump down the score..meaning if a student with 22 or 23 declined, it might lower to 20~21.

At least that's what I got from her explanation..

As much as its stressful and hard not to think about it, hang on tight.

That's all we can do.

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@buddyxboi

Some people in the waiting list got a call a month or as short as 2 weeks before fall started.

When people don't attend the orientation or get back to them, they get off the list and the people in the waiting list get a call (and if those don't answer) it continues down the waiting list.

I forgot to include in my comment,

*They will send: acceptance, reject and ​ waiting list letters.

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