CSULB BSN Fall 2018

glo_ · Apr 9, 2018

I received an email from CSULB admissions that I'm waitlisted too

So this means we're waitlisted to the school not SON?

Kitkat191, BSN, RN · Apr 10, 2018

Hey guys!! For those of you that I didn't see at the interview, here are some preliminary things you should get done or plan to get done before starting in the Fall!
-Take the GPE. The earlier you do this, the better, just to get it out of the way.
-Save at least $1000. You will have to purchase the ATI bundle which is about $800 not to mention clinical gear, textbooks, SOAR, parking passes, and other expenses. You can find most of the first semester books as online PDFs if you want to save some money or are just into e-books. If you can, buy some things beforehand so you don't have one massive hole in your wallet at once, like stethoscope, shoes for clinical, a WhiteCoat clipboard (very handy for clinical), things like that.
-TAKE PHARM AND PATHO. I can't stress this enough. You will save yourself so much time, stress, and anxiety if you get these classes done beforehand. Bonus points if you take nutrition beforehand too, although I hear its an easy class so it doesn't really matter if you take this first. If you won't be completing patho and pharm by the start of the program, though, at least try to take Nutrition first.
-Start developing healthy habits such as eating breakfast every morning, getting enough sleep, reading to keep your brain up and moving, etc...
-Take the time to have fun because nursing school leaves very little room for anything else. Travel, make memories, break a world record!
Good luck to everyone still awaiting acceptances!!

Will CSU lb even accept patho or pharmacology if you take it over the summer?

superbity · Apr 10, 2018

Is there anyone else here who still hasn't heard back? Checking my email like every 3 minutes. I really thought I'd hear back yesterday since others heard back Thursday/Friday....

kmbxo, BSN, RN · Apr 10, 2018

Will CSU lb even accept patho or pharmacology if you take it over the summer?

i was wondering this too.

nurseeeeeee, BSN, RN · Apr 10, 2018

Is there anyone else here who still hasn't heard back? Checking my email like every 3 minutes. I really thought I'd hear back yesterday since others heard back Thursday/Friday....

I haven't received any email yet... I am post bacc.

superbity · Apr 10, 2018

I'm post bacc as well. Probably this has something to do with it

b1234 · Apr 11, 2018

Does anyone know what happens if we can't make the orientation date?

shinyunggyun · Apr 11, 2018

I asked this question to one of the proctors for the communication exercise. She said if you take them in the summer, you just need to buy another official transcript sometime in the fall semester after the grade for those classes have been posted. and then you just have your school registrar send the transcript to the school of nursing and they will put it in the system for you so that you can continue on in nursing school. I won't be able to take pathophysiology but I am taking pharmacology in the summer.

chubbybunny · Apr 11, 2018

since they are corequisites, they aren't one of those classes that have to be completed during the Spring. Those are only actual prerequisites. You can take patho and pharm over the summer and have Monalisa give you course equivalency. You can always email her to be sure.

nnn266 · Apr 11, 2018

since they are corequisites, they aren't one of those classes that have to be completed during the Spring. Those are only actual prerequisites. You can take patho and pharm over the summer and have Monalisa give you course equivalency. You can always email her to be sure.

So we can take any patho or pharm course over summer? Or is it only the ones they have listed on the nursing website?

superbity · Apr 12, 2018

Finally called in to the SON after waiting a week since everyone else heard back. She told me I'm waitlisted. Really annoying that I had to call them to find this out after waiting anxiously for a week. They seem extremely disorganized.

cf1220s · Apr 12, 2018

i wonder when they will formally send out the emails. i dont want to call lol