CSULB Fall 2012 BSN

DarkBluePhoenix · Jan 29, 2012

Sorry for my rant. I haven't worked in a few days and this waiting period is taking a toll on my mental health. Just ignore my side rants :)

Victor 3397 · Jan 30, 2012

Just wondering if anyone knows how many people will be accepted in the program. I know it was 90 (i think) fall 2011, but when I went to the info session I heard it was being reduced because of the budget cuts.

DarkBluePhoenix · Jan 30, 2012

How typical

Spiffyness · Jan 30, 2012

Did they say how many people they are going to accept for Fall 2012?

Letting 2nd degree seekers apply to the undergraduate program, decreasing the amount of people accepted, oh how I love CSULB!

DarkBluePhoenix · Jan 30, 2012

Exactly, I hope that everyone applied to more than one program. 2012 is sucking the big one this year (so far...ugh it could only get worse!!!)

SF_RescueNinja · Jan 31, 2012

Just called the Nursing Department and the lady was actually very helpful. Of course she gave me the run around with how many are going to be accepted (between 85-90). She did let me know that since it's open to 2nd bacc. students, they've received 100+ alone and expecting to see it quadruple! So that's not even including non-bacc. applicants! Whaaaaa.

Spiffyness · Jan 31, 2012

I'm surprised the lady that answered your call was helpful! I never want to call another nursing school again after my experience. And wow, so 400-500 undergrad applicants + ~400 2nd bacc. students all for 90 spots? That's scary. Still about 2 weeks left of the application cycle and that's when they probably get the majority of applications. I wonder when they will post the statistics of the people who got in for Spring 2012.

DarkBluePhoenix · Jan 31, 2012

All I can say is WOW

CluelessNursingGuy · Jan 31, 2012

They accepted 2nd degree seekers last semester for Spring 2012 as well! And based on the CSULB Spring 2012 thread, the number of applicants didn't change greatly and the averages stayed consistent with past semesters. I expect the number of applicants to increase for Fall 2012, but those projected numbers seem very exaggerated to me, sorry.

Spiffyness · Jan 31, 2012

They seem exaggerated to me too. I was just predicting the total by taking the general number of how many undergraduate students apply to the Fall semester programs plus what the previous poster said about there being quadruple the amount of 2nd degree seeker applicants. But we'll never know :)

lucyc66 · Jan 31, 2012

I don't know you guys... we're obviously as informed as any other applicant, possibly even more since we spend time in these forums. And if we're just finding out now that would-be MSN applicants can apply to our program, chances are that not too many people know about it, right?

And if they didn't know this back in november when university apps were due, then they probably didn't even bother applying because they would have known that the MSN program had been cancelled for the semester. So even if they learn about it now at the same time we are, they're too late unless they're already CSULB students.

I could be totally off, but i'm trying to think of anything that will keep me from postponing nursing school until next January. I'm keeping my hopes up until i get an official 'No.'

Which brings me to my next question, if I took my TEAS at CSULB i don't have to send them anything, right?

lucyc66 · Jan 31, 2012

I feel really stupid for asking this, but are we allowed to send in a handwritten application? I ask because the website gives us two options, and one of those is a fill-in where you can type up your app.