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Direct Entry MSN Programs in California

Hi, I am about to graduate from UCLA this June with a BA in Anthropology. I am planning on applying to a few direct-entry/entry-level MSN programs in the California Bay Area including SF State, UCSF, USF, and Samuel Merritt. My top choice is definitely UCSF's program with the Adult-Gerontology Nurse Practitioner or the Adult Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist. I have also heard many great things about USF's CNL program, yet I'm not sure becoming a clinical nurse leader is the way I want to go.

I have a reasonably competitive GPA, however I'm worried about my lack of experience. This fall I will be finishing up my prerequisites at a community college and also finishing my training to be a phlebotomist. I plan to apply to USF in Early 2016 and the rest of these schools in the fall of '16, in the meantime I will work as a phlebotomist and try to gain as much healthcare experience as possible.

As the application process is coming up, I would love some advice from current and previous applicants and students who applied to these schools, so I can get a better picture of the experience. Any advice would be much appreciated!

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    Hello and welcome to AN.

    There are many threads already posted on Direct Entry programs and they are located in the Student Nurse Practitioner Forum and the Post-Graduate Nursing Student Forum. There are specific threads for applicants of the UCSF MEPN which is one of your target programs.

    Also use the search function on the site to get to the threads you like.

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    Welcome to allnurses.com

    We moved your thread to the Student NP forum for the best response.

    Good luck and we hope you enjoy the site.

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