List of CA State schools that are easier to get into

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I realize the changes but can people rattle off schools that are part of the 23 CA state schools that accept second degree Bachelors and are easier to get into?

Most schools will not take 2nd degree Bachelor students. You may qualify for a Masters program. I applied for a GMSN program and got in the first time and this is with A's and B's and a C in Stats. The programs are the same except after you take your Boards you start working on your masters but you can take a leave of absence or go part time while you work as an RN. A little more expensive ( cheaper than private) but it gives you another option.

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Most schools will not take 2nd degree Bachelor students. You may qualify for a Masters program. I applied for a GMSN program and got in the first time and this is with A's and B's and a C in Stats. The programs are the same except after you take your Boards you start working on your masters but you can take a leave of absence or go part time while you work as an RN. A little more expensive ( cheaper than private) but it gives you another option.

You're scaring me! Most programs won't take a second degree student? So my only option is masters program? Noway!!! I don't want to spend anymore money. Help! I still owe my first degree.:stone:crying2:

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You're scaring me! Most programs won't take a second degree student? So my only option is masters program? Noway!!! I don't want to spend anymore money. Help! I still owe my first degree.:stone:crying2:

Thats what I was told by a faculty member (who was on the application committee) about 3 years ago when I was getting ready to apply. Im assuming its the same due to budget cuts at CSUs ( some schools are cutting back on tranfer students too so its really bad). I tried the community colleges but everyone is doing lottery and at one school I applied 6 times and still my name wasnt pulled. Thats why I chose the GMSN ( or MEPN) program. I still owe on my first degree too so I feel your pain. I hope that I can find a job when I take boards next years and just go to school part time or take a leave of absence until I can afford to pay out of pocket for school.

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You were lucky to get into the masters program. I think I'm just going to hold on in the nursing program. I don't want to get in anymore debt.

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I had to do LVN route and I'm still paying on student loans from my Bachelors degree. You have to do what you have to do in order to get accepted into nursing school. Next semester I will apply to the LVN-RN bridge program. Yes, I was turned down also for 2nd degree bachelors in Nursing.

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Most schools will not take 2nd degree Bachelor students.

No that is not true. All the state schools I have been in contact with accept 2nd degree Bachelors. However you apply along with the other undergrads. Unless something has changed in the last couple weeks with all the dam budget cuts

You may qualify for a Masters program. I applied for a GMSN program and got in the first time and this is with A's and B's and a C in Stats. The programs are the same except after you take your Boards you start working on your masters but you can take a leave of absence or go part time while you work as an RN. A little more expensive ( cheaper than private) but it gives you another option.

Yeah that was my original plan but they are also supper competitive. Most of them require hospital experience as well. Where did you go for your masters?

You're scaring me! Most programs won't take a second degree student? So my only option is masters program? Noway!!! I don't want to spend anymore money. Help! I still owe my first degree.:stone:crying2:

No worries. I have not come across this at all and I have been doing lots of research.

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Actually, yes, I'm finding that most schools in California (State) will NOT accept 2nd bachelors. I was told specifically by a state school. I'm unsure about other states, but in California it's apparent. Some schools aren't accepting students outside the county. This is a scary thing, but this is what I'm finding out. Now private college can be a different story, I'm unsure what's going around in the private sector.

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Actually, yes, I'm finding that most schools in California (State) will NOT accept 2nd bachelors. I was told specifically by a state school.

The schools I spoke to do accept second degree Bachelors. I spoke to SFSU, Humboldt, Chico, and Long Beach. These are only the ones I spoke to. I have yet to come across a state school that does NOT accept 2nd degree students. UNLESS all this is new because of the budget cuts.

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SJSU doesn't, CSUMB doesn't CSU Hayward doesn't, and a few others that I can't remember. Someone else told me that Sonoma State doesn't either, that one I've heard of, but unsure because I didn't speak to anybody from there. Can someone shed some light?

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just curious what does 2nd bachelors mean? does it mean that if you already have a bachelor you can't get into lets say the BSN-RN program?

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it is only in ca where new grads cannot get jobs. in most other states it is not a problem.

i have to respectfully disagree. i have many nursing friends all over the country that are having just as hard of a time getting a job as i am.

i had a friend that went to sfsu and she was a second degree student. they have some special branch that takes second degree students, but i don't think they aren't necessarily "easy to get into" . they have 4 supplemental criteria that they like to you have (i.e. volunteer work, working with other culture or fluency in another language) i think it's called the sfsu/canada program or something like that. try looking that up.

good luck!

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SJSU doesn't, CSUMB doesn't CSU Hayward doesn't, and a few others that I can't remember. Someone else told me that Sonoma State doesn't either, that one I've heard of, but unsure because I didn't speak to anybody from there. Can someone shed some light?

Actually CSUEB, formerly known as CSU Hayward, certainly does accept second degree BSN applicants. CSUMB is a moot point because they don't even have a nursing program. SJSU is the only state school I know of (that is me personally) that doesn't accept 2nd degree BSN students. I blocked out SJSU a long time ago when I found out they don't accept 2nd degree BSN students so I had forgotten about them.

Sonoma State may not but they have a direct entry MSN that does not require the GRE and it is only 18 months. I would apply to that over a 2 year 2nd degree BSN. Their direct entry MSN seems very comparable to the ABSN programs out there except in the end you end up with a MSN over a BSN and it is a lot cheaper.

I can't remember which state school it was but I came across a state school that said with the new budget cuts they are ONLY accepting 2nd degree BSN students and current students at their school for the Spring 2009 semester. It was quite the opposite of the other schools that are not accepting any transfer students at all BSN or not for Spring.

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