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I think it really depends on the school. My school doesn't have wait list -- it is GPA based, and you just reapply if you don't get in. From the moment I started taking my first pre-req, it took me one year. I took all my pre-reqs in the spring, applied in the summer, found out I made it that winter and started in the Spring.
Yes, it does take forever and it is frustrating but don't give up. I waited 3 years, but it allowed me to work and take all the pre-reqs before entering. It's a blessing in disguise. You really don't want to have to deal with anything except your actual nursing courses...those are enough to worry about.
i love echo heron...wow totally fantastic book intensive care!!!
not just because she's beautiful, just look at the back cover of the first edition hardback (don't judge a book by its cover lol), but really a good read and have given copies of this book to aspiring nurses.
i was tumbled and tossed in nursing schools with mishaps and failings, not all together the nursing school's fault mind you. and i can tell you it was like being on a waiting list too...actually, i would have preferred to have been on a waiting list for three years than be pummeled by the schooling process .lol!
I got in right away, first try. However, I did choose to go to private instead of a cc, they are higher, but I figure I will make that up my first year of nursing. I will be already done with my RN while everyone else is still waiting. I have been told it is stupid to pay more if I can save money by going to another college. But like I said, to me I will be finished in 2 yrs. while others sit on a waiting list waiting to save money. I will be earning. Not saying that is what you are doing. But all the other cheaper colleges have a huge waiting list. And this one doesn't. So I took it! And I am so excited. Do you have any other options?
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So, I just applied to SFSU for a 2nd bach in Nursing and I am GOING crazy.
My friend (who just graduated with a BSN last year) said she would be surprised if I got in on the first round.
How long did it take you?
I know that nursing has now become an attractive profession and more and more people are applying, so it takes longer with wait lists etc. It's funny, though b/c I was reading a couple Echo Heron books and it took her 4 times (and that, I think, was before the "nursing rush").....