CSULA Fall 2013 Basic BSN hopeful

AnxiousAntsy · May 2, 2013

@Lwang, just call them ASAP and tell them that you decline. I'm sure many students have been in your situation and accepted early b/c they send out acceptance letters early. And if they ask you for a reason why you want to decline, just tell them that you just found out that their program isn't certified by the National League of Nursing. Thats what I would do. You are about to make someone on the wait list at Rio Hondo really happy.

AnxiousAntsy · May 2, 2013

@Lwang, if you happen to drop my cslua nursing office again, can you ask them about the cutoff for the fall 2013 class? I'm sure everyone is dying to know.

Lwang13 · May 2, 2013

I did ask it, but the lady said she won't know the score until she got 60 acceptance letters :unsure: , which I think make sense. When I ask her about my rank, she couldn't tell either. Only by receiving enough students(60), can she know the cutoff score. And I think it might be the same situation as last year, the letters are sent by serval "waves"-7 days per wave, until she got 60 students.

AnxiousAntsy · May 2, 2013

Gotcha. Thanks. :)

Lwang13 · May 2, 2013

hello all hopefuls!
I am currently a basic BSN student at CSULA. I remember being in your shoes last year. Waiting was horrible, but be patient. They will get to you all eventually. I totally understand you guys are all freaking out. Check your spam mail. It could be in there. It was for me last year. Best of luck to you all!
-Azhan

Hi, Azhan, how the schedule looks like in the generic BSN program? How many years and how many quarters do we need to finish? Units? How about the fees? Without financial aid?sorry for so many questions, but I've got to prepare. Waiting for your reply. Thank you so much.

AnxiousAntsy · May 3, 2013

@Azhan.. are there any nursing classes a student can take over the summer so one can finish sooner than 3 years?

steph_b22 · May 3, 2013

I am on the waiting list as well. I had 22 points

nessa6191 · May 3, 2013

I am on the waiting list as well. I had 22 points

@steph when did you receive your letter?

peachdove903 · May 3, 2013

hello! how do you find out how many points you have?

nessa6191 · May 4, 2013

@peachdove: on the application, they explain how the points are given to each student. they give different points depending on your overall gpa, prerequisites gpa and teas scores. They give bonus points for volunteering and working in a healthcare setting.

peachdove903 · May 4, 2013

Thanks @nessa6191!

Priaz · May 6, 2013

@Lwang: 1st quarter starts heavy and gets heavier as you progress throughout school. My first quarter i had one lecture wednesday night and 2 lectures on thursday. The units and times are a little different than it is for the rest of the school. Most lectures are 3 units. Labs are 1-2 units. Being that the lecture classes are only 3 units, you might want to consider taking some additional 1 unit classes on the side, because you need 12 units to be considered a full time student, and even with all the nursing classes, the units don't add up to 12. Plus, most likely your GPA will start plummeting, so the 1 unit classes will help boost your gpa. Fees are standard for undergraduates, 2000 something a quarter. I don't have financial aid either, so i know how you feel. Since CSULA is on the quarter system, it'll take about 10 quarters to finish. You get next summer off, but no more summers after that.

@anxiousantsy: No, unfortunately. You cannot take nursing classes at another school and then transfer over. The program is 3 years. But if you are a transfer, i would recommend you use one of your summers (this summer or next summer) to get your upper division classes out of the way. Those are required for transfers and current students. It won't be as easy to get the classes because of the nursing school class times being different than the university class times.

hope this helped. I know it's a lot, but i hope this eased your anxiety a bit.