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?

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?

A second degree Bachelors is those of us that already have a Bachelors and want to go into nursing. There are accelerated programs where someone with a Bachelors in any discipline (mine was in French) can get a BSN in any where from 12 to 18 months.

But someone with a Bachelors can also apply to a regular BSN program but it takes a little longer. It is usually the last 2 years of a traditional BSN.

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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 was speaking from what I know of recent friends that graduated. One in Hawaii and one in New Orleans and they had absolutely no problem getting jobs. I guess it depends on which state you are in. I know CA is one of the worst. Of course we are one of the worst states for unemployment and currently CA unemployment is at 12.1% where the national average is 9.7%.

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!

SFSU has 2 cohorts, one on the SFSU campus and one on the Canada College campus. Both cohorts are traditional BSN programs and both accept second degree students. When you apply to SFSU you can only apply to one of the programs. Each one accepts 40 students and the combined number of applicants is between both cohorts is between 1200 and 1500. That means students have a 5 to 6.5 % chance of getting in and that is the reason for the second language requirement, volunteer experience, and the other stuff. They have to weed out people somehow when they have a huge number of applicants that have a 4.0.

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