CSUSM ABSN Summer 2013 Temecula campus

nicky1820 · Aug 2, 2013

Hi,

I just have a question. Where did you guys took you four main science classes. I'm having a hard time enrolling because when is my time to enroll they are full. I'm getting frustrated.

_firefly, BSN, RN, EMT-B · Aug 2, 2013

Nicky, there are a lot of community colleges in Southern California. The classes will transfer and they are your least expensive option. I would start with trying to enroll in every single one that you can possibly drive to until you get confirmed admission to one or more courses that you need. You can use this site to help compare class equivalency which might help: Welcome to ASSIST Extension or Open University options are also available at most schools: state, UC, and private. They are more expensive, but that may also make them easier to get into if you are in a hurry.

Then, for any classes you can't get registered for, show up and 'crash' them. Keep showing up as many times as they let you and talk to the professor via email and in person before and during class. So many people change plans or stop showing up that there is almost always an opening somewhere. I went through this with other classes 20 months ago and I couldn't believe how negative the teachers were about my chances of getting in when I emailed them. Yet I got into every single one (six different classes) and in many cases I even got into the same classes at multiple schools and had to drop some. So it really just comes down to research and persistence in most cases. No class ever ends with full enrollment, so a case can always be made that there will be an opening if you can just stay long enough.

gc1010 · Aug 4, 2013

Finishing this program in one week. It had been fun at times and at others complete misery. After psych I jokingly created the disorder SAD, school affective disorder. You will probably feel like dropping out every semester. It is not because it is actually hard but the volume of work makes you just not want to do it. These leads to a sort of ambivalence to the work and you will go through periods where you would rather take a loss than complete that last damn care plan. But that is just the bad. The folks you will meet will be awesome. You will never bond more with classmate than in this program. Study your ATI now because at the end you will need to pass a comprehensive exam with a 77.3, which seems low but you will spend hours, perhaps days on practice exams to ensure you make that level. The scrubs and polo are horrible and if anyone is size large guy you can have mine because you will not want to wear them again.

juelz · Aug 13, 2013

Hi guys! First of all, congrats to those who got accepted! I just finished my first semester and it was pretty easy! We had a total of 3 classes which met twice a wk except for the last one, which met only once a week. The ppl in my cohort (cohort 16) are all super friendly and nice. Staff seems pretty nice as well. The only downfall is that the administrative staff takes FOREVER to get back to students. Our cohort didn't receive our FA till about 3 weeks ago!

Aside from that, it's pretty intense but easy and doable. It will seem extremely overwhelming at first in regards to how much everything costs from vaccinations, scrubs, books, tuition, materials and the list goes on! My advice is just get, do, and buy everything all at the beginning and get it over with.

Good luck future cohorts!!!