CSU Los Angeles School of Nursing (CSULA Fall 2012)

[gaspu8myc00kie]

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.

Does anyone know which is true? 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~

[Sirena80]

Haha! I think he meant it goes until 4 or 5 pm. I think it starts at 8 or 9.

Kosmic- Since you did this last year, when did you hear about all the health and background stuff? How about classes? Don't we have to register for classes way before orientation? I have been assuming they would send us some kind of admission packet, but it's been more than 2 weeks already and I still don't have the hard copy of my acceptance letter.

[kosmic2003]

This year the SoN decided to send emails instead of mailing acceptance letters. As for the health and background check, we will get it some time during July. The SoN will give us a sheet of paper(in our packet) with the list of health requirements that needs to be cleared by the doctor before you start the 2nd quarter of classes. Also, we will be registering for classes on orientation day.

[Sirena80]

Oh I see. Cool. When we register for our classes, is it at the university orientation or the nursing orientation? Will they tell us which classes to register for? I'm assuming it probably isn't a good idea to take any additional general ed classes in the first quarter. Sorry I have so many questions, you seem to be the only person I know who has some insight into the process! Thank you!

[kosmic2003]

hahaha no problem. They will give you a list of classes you need to register for and you will register for classes at home once the orientation is done.

[Mallampati]

Do you guys know if we will have clinicals during the first semester?

[caligirl21]

hahaha no problem. They will give you a list of classes you need to register for and you will register for classes at home once the orientation is done.

So I am confused, are we really expected to register for classes the NIGHT before they start?? How are we supposed to plan our schedules (like people who have to arrange childcare for example) if we don't know when our classes will be? And what about people who are registering for general ed classes earlier, they won't know if the classes will overlap or not! That just doesn't seem like an efficient system at all :/

[kosmic2003]

You will be taking 11-12 units during the first semester of the nursing program. I doubt you will want to overwhelm yourself with all the GE classes.

@bellesca clinicals will start 2nd quarter. 1st quarter classes are our foundation on how to operate in a clinical setting.

[Priaz]

dang kosmic, you sure know a lot about this. I still have 4 more GEs to finish, and i can't a lot of the classes i want at CCs. What should i do?

[TheLil1]

No clinical on the first qt

i believe it is all fundamentals =D

basic before practice =D

[kosmic2003]

Azhan, i think you should take your ge classes on quarters when we do not have much nursing courses. I think during summer we take two classes, that should be a good time to take 1 or 2 of your ge classes

[Priaz]

ahh. good to know. Thanks kosmic

[kosmic2003]

Any responses from the SoN yet?