Just thought I'd toss out a friendly note that Mt. SAC (city of Walnut) has finally REOPENED applications to their ADN program starting SPRING 2014. Those that apply right now up until the last date which I think is somewhere in October will be applying for spring of 2014, and so on. It was closed for about a year to a year and a half due to switching acceptance systems from Lottery-based to Multi-Criteria Screening. The main reason for the closure was to ensure that every person left on the lottery system had gotten into the program before switching to the new one (makes it fair on part of those that have been waiting).
The multi-criteria screening is basically like the point system. You get a certain number of points based on your core requisite GPA, overall GPA, hospital experience, any degrees, and so on. Some of your points come from your core-requisite GPA (anatomy, physiology, and microbiology) which is 40 points, then next is your score on the HESI test which is a max of 30, and then your overall GPA/if you hold a bachelors which is another 10 each. There are a couple others but they give less than 10 points. You can google the Mt. SAC ADN program and look at the specifics yourself and how many points you have.
Some quick notes:
They accept 60 students every semester (fall and spring) but they can accept up to 90 depending on the budget (but of course in these days, it'll most likely stay at 60). There is a 4 day mandatory orientation, ALL day (no lie...) prior to the start of the semester where all accepted students AND alternates must attend. If you need clarity on anything, call the nursing department and they'd definitely give you more of a heads up than I have done.
So yeah, good luck to you all and hopefully last long enough for you guys to see me in third/fourth semester
Congrats! I haven't heard anything about any collabs but you should check out the rn-bsn program at csuf it seems like it's not as impacted as the other bsn programs at their campus. That's definitely the school I'm considering after we graduate from mt sac!
Thanks :). I was looking into csuf but don't you need to be a csuf student for at least a year to be eligible to apply?
I got the email too :) My appointment is May 1st. Does anyone know if Mt Sac has a collaborative track with any CSU?
Mt SAC does offer a type of collaboration with CSUF....I cant find the link but the program is called "jumpstart" do google search "nursing jumpstart csuf" and its the first link. This is new for Mt SAC and is probably why information is still not available on MT SAC webpage, however, my friend who is currently in the program mentioned it to me, so it is real, also he mentioned that there is an opportunity to get a guaranteed 2 yr contracted job after successful completion of MT SAC ADN program and licensing. What he told me is that this is based off GPA, classes taken, 3 letters of recs. and a panel interview with 8 interviewers. If anyone else has any info on these please chime in.
Mt SAC does offer a type of collaboration with CSUF....I cant find the link but the program is called "jumpstart" do google search "nursing jumpstart csuf" and its the first link. This is new for Mt SAC and is probably why information is still not available on MT SAC webpage, however, my friend who is currently in the program mentioned it to me, so it is real, also he mentioned that there is an opportunity to get a guaranteed 2 yr contracted job after successful completion of MT SAC ADN program and licensing. What he told me is that this is based off GPA, classes taken, 3 letters of recs. and a panel interview with 8 interviewers. If anyone else has any info on these please chime in.
Thank you!!! I'm going to try to find out more about it :)
If you receive the email telling you to make an appt. with a counselor, does it mean you are in? How many of these emails were sent out? Thanks, and good luck to everyone!
If you receive the email telling you to make an appt. with a counselor, does it mean you are in? How many of these emails were sent out? Thanks, and good luck to everyone!
I believe you are in as long as your official transcripts/documents are verified! Did you make an appt already? If so when is yours?
As long as your paperwork is in order your good to go! Congrats and good luck to those that are candidates and for those that didn't pass the initial screening don't let this stop you from reaching your goals.
I understand they are just verifying official transcripts, but do they want to verify other paperworks such as volunteer hours? Also did they let you know if you got in Fall 2014 or Spring 2015?
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Thanks :). I was looking into csuf but don't you need to be a csuf student for at least a year to be eligible to apply?