CSULA Fall 2021

11 minutes ago, NurseSKA said:

Thanks! What did you include in your appeal? This is the first school I've heard of that has an appeal process so I'm very curious ? 

So I didn’t actually appeal. I literally just emailed ------------------- and was like what’s the deal? Because I had insane stats so I really didn’t understand why I wasn’t accepted. I just told her my stats and asked her what was wrong with my app? She didn’t even give me a reason, just said “We re-evaluated the application and you will receive an acceptance letter soon,” which I did the next day via email. Still frustrating tho. I’m actually not sure of the appeal process. I think you just explain why you should be accepted into the program. If you are denied, there will be a link on the email explaining the process to appeal. Before doing that though, I would simply call or email first to avoid the stress of appealing for nothing LOL. 

1 hour ago, ninja1968 said:

So I didn’t actually appeal. I literally just emailed ------------------- and was like what’s the deal? Because I had insane stats so I really didn’t understand why I wasn’t accepted. I just told her my stats and asked her what was wrong with my app? She didn’t even give me a reason, just said “We re-evaluated the application and you will receive an acceptance letter soon,” which I did the next day via email. Still frustrating tho. I’m actually not sure of the appeal process. I think you just explain why you should be accepted into the program. If you are denied, there will be a link on the email explaining the process to appeal. Before doing that though, I would simply call or email first to avoid the stress of appealing for nothing LOL. 

What would be the best thing to add in an appeal? Like would that mean saying why your a great candidate and explain your stats or what exactly do they ask your appeal to be

28 minutes ago, NurseDude20 said:

What would be the best thing to add in an appeal? Like would that mean saying why your a great candidate and explain your stats or what exactly do they ask your appeal to be

Like I mentioned above, I did not appeal so I don’t really know. I just know it gave me the option to do it. I just emailed (MODERATOR EDIT OF INITIALS) my stats and asked why I was not admitted and it worked LOL. But I wouldn’t worry about appealing before you even get denied! Think positive thoughts!! YOU WILL BE ADMITTED. Put it out there LOL 

20 minutes ago, ninja1968 said:

Like I mentioned above, I did not appeal so I don’t really know. I just know it gave me the option to do it. I just emailed (MODERATOR EDIT OF INITIALS) my stats and asked why I was not admitted and it worked LOL. But I wouldn’t worry about appealing before you even get denied! Think positive thoughts!! YOU WILL BE ADMITTED. Put it out there LOL 

Yes that’s right thank you so much for giving this info.. btw do you get an email of your an alternate or it’s just a denial letter. Also around what time frame they send out emails and all? If u recall 

2 hours ago, NurseDude20 said:

Yes that’s right thank you so much for giving this info.. btw do you get an email of your an alternate or it’s just a denial letter. Also around what time frame they send out emails and all? If u recall 

No, they don’t email you if you are an alternate. They tell you you’ve been admitted later on once enough people deny their spot. I believe we received emails March 12th 2020. 

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14 minutes ago, ninja1968 said:

No, they don’t email you if you are an alternate. They tell you you’ve been admitted later on once enough people deny their spot. I believe we received emails March 12th 2020. 

Sorry! 

Oh okay. Man it’s just gonna be a long waiting game then. The worst part ?

For the nursingCAS, does anybody know when to send in transcripts by? Do we send in the trascripts with fall 2020 grades or without it? I'm still in progress with my fall 2020 grades and I'm just worried my fall 2020 grades won't be finalized and sent in before January.

24 minutes ago, icandoit said:

For the nursingCAS, does anybody know when to send in transcripts by? Do we send in the trascripts with fall 2020 grades or without it? I'm still in progress with my fall 2020 grades and I'm just worried my fall 2020 grades won't be finalized and sent in before January.

It should be with Fall 2020 grades. 

Hello, 

Just to clarify, It's okay that our transcripts do not get verified by NursingCAS by January 8th as long as we submit our application on that date? (sorry, I'm kinda confused LOL)

It says: "NursingCAS will upload the official transcript(s) with the date received and then they will verify courses taken. The Patricia A. Chin School of Nursing recognizes the “verified date” as the date the transcript was received. Transcripts verified after the Patricia A. Chin School of Nursing submission date are considered as long as the application was submitted by the due date and time. Official transcripts must be received by NursingCAS no later than January 31, 2021 to be considered for FALL 2021 admission."

https://www.calstatela.edu/sites/default/files/groups/Patricia A. Chin School of Nursing/PDF/must_read_information_for_applicants_bsn_trad.pdf

Does anyone know why CSULA and CSULB are so competitive to get into? Is is that the programs are actually really good or there’s just a ton of people that want to be a nursing major so its causing impaction? 

1 hour ago, mishie101 said:

Does anyone know why CSULA and CSULB are so competitive to get into? Is is that the programs are actually really good or there’s just a ton of people that want to be a nursing major so its causing impaction? 

Cal State LA’s nursing program only accepts 70 students per year in the fall, when normally 1500 people apply (maybe it will be less for this cohort with covid and whatnot). If you do the math that is only 4.6% of applicants who get chosen. At CSULB they chose 80 students twice per year, 80 for fall, 80 for Spring, so 160 per year. On average I think 1000 per semester (or 2000 per year) apply, (something like that I forgot the exact number)... So that averages to 8% of applications who get accepted per semester. I guess what you’re asking is WHY so many people apply.

Southern California is impacted and all nursing schools over here are hard to get into. CSULA and CSULB are extremely great schools with an amazing reputation. You will find a job anywhere with those degrees. Also you would have your BSN and not an ADN by the end of the program. CSU’s in general are extremely impacted for nursing since they have amazing financial aid and extremely cheap tuition. Without aid, CSULA’s BSN program in total is about 20,000$. Long Beach is even cheaper since it’s 1 semester less, so there it’s like 17,000-18,000$ without aid! BUT with financial aid it could be much much less, or even free! (I know many people who didn’t have to pay anything this semester and actually just got money back from FAFSA). This year I only qualified for a 2300$ grant and I took out some subsidized loans for the rest, but next year I probably will have it free because my income dropped quite a bit since covid. Im guessing on my end, after grants and everything I’ll probably only owe 10,000$ in subsidized loans which is not bad at all! Not a lot of people wanna be 100,000-200,000$ in debt by going to West Coast University, or Mount Saint Mary’s. UC’s are typically “better” schools simply because of the reputation. However at the UC’s, tuition is double the cost of CSU’s tuition, and the UC’s pre-reqs to get into the nursing program there are the equivalent of a doctor’s pre-reqs! If I’m going to do all of that work I better become a doctor not a nurse LOL. Additionally, UC’s have an even worse acceptance rate that CSU’s do believe it or not. I hope that kind of answers the question as to why so many people wanna go to CSU’s. In short: MONEY! LOL.