CSUS Sacramento State Fall 2018

[bruin2014]

Effective Fall 2018, Sac State is changing their Selection Criteria for Admissions into the BSN program. I've created this thread for those folks that are planning on applying Fall 2018 to ask questions, share their thoughts, etc. I'm interested to know if the changes make it easier or harder to get accepted. I myself was planning on applying Fall 2018 but may decide to apply Spring 2018 if it's "easier" before the new changes are put into effect.

The selection criteria changes include NEW:

 Admission Point Assignments

 Minimum Admission Point Total

 Minimum Science GPA

 Adjusted Nursing GPA

 Standard Units

 Repeat Policy

 TEAS Points

 Optional Criteria Points

See info here:

http://www.csus.edu/hhs/nrs/programs/undergraduate/traditional/fall%202018%20admission%20criteria%20change%20docs/ei_nurs_5-10-17.pdf

[Shmooptydoop]

Your point totals are higher than the average accepted applicant in each category for the program for every semester since it's inception, including the massively spiked recent Spring '18, and you're worried about not getting in? Lol okay

[FutureRN_93]

I think I can feel entitled to being worried.

I don't understand the shade

[Shmooptydoop]

No, you're right; my comment was a bit rude. I guess I just see people coming in to these threads with very high point scores/competitiveness and stating their concerns about admission and it seems a little hokey to me; like it's a little bit of a humble brag that's being played off as genuine concern. That may not be what you're doing at all and I apologize for insinuating it, but it's just hard to take it as sincere when all statistics for the program indicate you'd be on the top end of the admission bell curve in all semesters up to this date.

[FutureRN_93]

I see where you are coming from but I'm definitely not trying to brag. I am truly concerned about getting in. All of my eggs are in sac state's basket.

And the fact that there is new criteria and we have no statistics to go off of is an uneasy feeling. The new criteria will be bad to some, but good for many (as far as the grade omission)

[Shmooptydoop]

That's fair. I agree that even with a really good score by any metric in previous semesters it's scary to think that it still might not be good enough for the upcoming one simply because we've yet to see how the new criteria will affect applicant eligibility and general point ranges for competitiveness. And especially given this Spring '18. I'm sure there were many people confident they were getting in based on past metrics and they still got shut down by a large margin. I guess I'll just say that I personally believe you are on the comfortable side of the applicant pool and you should feel good about getting accepted this coming fall! I wouldn't waste energy on being worried about it because I think you've set yourself up very nicely.

[FutureRN_93]

That's exactly my point. How many points are you applying with?

[Shmooptydoop]

Adjusted Nursing GPA: 4.0 (50 pts)

Unadjusted: 3.86 (1 repeat)

TEAS: 94.0% (23 pts)

Optional: 100+ hrs healthcare experience (4 pts)

So 77 total.

[Mom.to.3.boys]

I totally know what you mean. I applied with 82 last semester and thought I had nothing to worry about, but it turns out I did. Now that the criteria changed, my points dropped to 74. What's frustrating for me is that this adjusted gpa gives people points for a 4.0 that i have unadjusted. So, people with 74 points will be ranked below me in a tiebreaker, but everyone whose adjusted gpa puts them above 74 points will get in before me.

[Shmooptydoop]

I hear what you're saying and took issue with this change as well. However, I went to one of the new criteria advising sessions to ask about this change and to explain why I thought it was unfair and had my mind changed. Essentially, a LOT of the people with 4.0's had to repeat courses to acquire that GPA. Something that most applicants could accomplish given enough time to tidy up their old courses they didn't take seriously before they realized how competitive they needed to be for this career path. So rather than have a bunch of students wasting time to get their intro. to psychology and english writing courses up from B's to As, they figured just assume anyone who was going to be competitive enough to make it into the program would have corrected those courses if they could and save them the time/money and open up space in those courses for people who haven't actually taken them. Granted, it's still not a perfect system, but I can see the logic behind their decision.

[Mom.to.3.boys]

I totally see there logic. I was one of those students years ago that kept taking classes over. However, after a long break, I have been able to get A's without repeating. I bust my butt to earn the grades, so it's frustrating that some get the points for a 4.0 without the actual 4.0. Last semester I was confident I'd get in and this semester I doubt it will be enough, so I have had to explore many options.

[Reincarnated]

My points total is from 72-80.

72 is guaranteed (includes volunteering). 76 will be my total if I am eligible as a first college grad (neither parents have a degree in the U.S.) and I will have 80 granted that I am able to get bilingual language verification.

[NewNurs2020]

I have an adjusted GPA of 3.78 (35 points)

I am waiting to hear about my TEAS score I took today but hoping over a 90.

Optional- If they count my job as healthcare related which I am not sure they will or not (I am a breastfeeding peer counselor for our WIC clinic.) Then ill have 4 there 4 for first generation college student and idk about economic background but I have 0 EFC on my FAFSA so possibly?

Basically unless I scored extremely high on my TEAS and get all the optional points I am hoping for I wont be competitive. I might as well try though...