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Has anyone had any luck with applying at National University for their nursing program? I applied back in Oct 06 and have been waiting to hear from them. They are supposed to notify in 3 months. I have called and called and written email upon emails with no response really. :banghead: Please, if anyone has applied and received some sort of letter, I would greatly appreciate your reply.

Thanks

Hi everyone! I have a few questions about NU's BSN program and am in the process of reading over the 159 pages about it but hopefully someone can answer my questions sooner...

I am actually in the OC and applying to the LA campus but I couldn't fine much on it but I'm sure the programs are somewhat similar.

I am taking my BioMed Stats at the Costa Mesa location in August and taking my Microbio at a CC this summer to finish my prereqs.

Before I jump into the applying for the program and shelling out a grip of money, I want to know how the BSN program is? I know they are CCNE accredited and Regionally accredited which is perfect.

How are the classes? And clinicals? Is it worth the money?

How long is the application process to get accepted?

My nursing info forum is this weekend so I will get a lot of my questions answered but I would love to hear what many of you have to say about the school.

I heard SD is a lot harder and more competitive to apply for. I got C's in the A&P but A's and B's in the other prereqs. I can't retake the A&P since I passed it. I need A's in the BioMed and Microbio class to get at least a 3.0 GPA in the sciences.

How does NU in SD determine who's in and who's out with respects to their GPA?

THANK YOU SO MUCH IN ADVANCE!!

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Hello Everyone!

I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who has taken the time to answer questions and has given helpful information! I just applied for the October cohort... is anyone else applying for the October cohort as well? Also, congrats to those who made it into the July cohort! :)

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How are the classes? And clinicals? Is it worth the money?

How long is the application process to get accepted?

My nursing info forum is this weekend so I will get a lot of my questions answered but I would love to hear what many of you have to say about the school.

I heard SD is a lot harder and more competitive to apply for. I got C's in the A&P but A's and B's in the other prereqs. I can't retake the A&P since I passed it. I need A's in the BioMed and Microbio class to get at least a 3.0 GPA in the sciences.

How does NU in SD determine who's in and who's out with respects to their GPA?

THANK YOU SO MUCH IN ADVANCE!!

ddvo87- If you check out page 151 of this thread, you'll see the first entry on that page (courtesy of DaleenMarine) gives a good explanation of the ranking system that NU in SD uses. Each applicant is assigned a score out of 100 based on this system and the top 50 are accepted. Typically the cut off is between 80 and 85. Your chances of getting in very depending on the scores of the other applicants. There are people in my cohort (24) who were denied but applied again without retaking classes or the TEAS and were accepted the 2nd time around.

As for the actual program, I'm 6 months in and am really enjoying it. As I've said in some of my previous posts, they aren't lying when they say it's fast paced, so be ready to work hard. Don't expect to cruise through without putting in a lot of effort, a lot of studying, and meeting a lot of high expectations. For someone like me (previous bachelor's and not a ton of money), this program is perfect because it's quick and reputable. It is definitely a lot of money, but 23 months of no work is better than 4 years of no work, so I'd recommend it to anyone who is willing to buckle down and do the work.

I'm not sure how different it is up in LA, but I'd imagine it's somewhat similar.

Good luck to you!

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ddvo87- If you check out page 151 of this thread, you'll see the first entry on that page (courtesy of DaleenMarine) gives a good explanation of the ranking system that NU in SD uses. Each applicant is assigned a score out of 100 based on this system and the top 50 are accepted. Typically the cut off is between 80 and 85. Your chances of getting in very depending on the scores of the other applicants. There are people in my cohort (24) who were denied but applied again without retaking classes or the TEAS and were accepted the 2nd time around.

As for the actual program, I'm 6 months in and am really enjoying it. As I've said in some of my previous posts, they aren't lying when they say it's fast paced, so be ready to work hard. Don't expect to cruise through without putting in a lot of effort, a lot of studying, and meeting a lot of high expectations. For someone like me (previous bachelor's and not a ton of money), this program is perfect because it's quick and reputable. It is definitely a lot of money, but 23 months of no work is better than 4 years of no work, so I'd recommend it to anyone who is willing to buckle down and do the work.

I'm not sure how different it is up in LA, but I'd imagine it's somewhat similar.

Good luck to you!

THANK YOU!

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Hey everyone!

Big Question: I go to school at CSULB and a Kinesiology major. I took Intro to Stats (Psy 210) which is a required class for Kinesiotherapy majors. I read the syllabus for the Intro to Stats and the description to BioStats and they seem VERY similar. I talked to one of the admissions over at NU in Costa Mesa and she said that I could possibly submit a petition for substituting the class.

We used SPSS, ANOVA, Hypothesis testing, Probability and sampling, T-test for related and independent samples.

Are those some of the subjects you are all learning? If so then the class I took at CSULB is similar to BioMeds.

Here is what the course description on my CSULB syllabus vs the one on the NU site.

1) How to think critically about empirical and other ways of knowing the natural and social worlds.

2) How to use technology to analyze data – calculator, computer and software programs such as SPSS.

3) Understanding the rationale behind the various statistical procedures

4) Describing data sets using appropriate descriptive statistics.

5) Understanding the appropriate uses and interpretations of inferential statistical methods.

6) The appropriate uses and interpretation of correlational and regression analyses.

7) The protocols and customs of presenting and interpreting research results and statistical analyses.

8) The limitations of the various statistical procedures.

and here is NU's course description:

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:

1. Define and appropriately use the terminology of research.

2. Determine the appropriate statistical procedures for specified data sets and research designs.

3. Demonstrate commonly used descriptive and inferential statistical procedures using computer software where appropriate.

4. Describe the advantages and limitations of statistics in analyzing and interpreting data

COURSE CONTENT:

1. Univariate statistics

2. Bevariate statistics.

3. Probability sampling.

4. Hypothesis testing.

5. ANOVA, simple linear regression

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Hey DDvo87,

I petitioned a sociology course that I felt was awfully similar to one of the required sociology courses at NU. The descriptions sounded very similar but they denied me. I would go ahead and try to petition anyway cause it doesn't hurt to. If they do accept it then you save money. Just send your detailed description of the similarities to your adviser and they should be able to submit it for a petition. Good luck!

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Hey DDvo87,

I petitioned a sociology course that I felt was awfully similar to one of the required sociology courses at NU. The descriptions sounded very similar but they denied me. I would go ahead and try to petition anyway cause it doesn't hurt to. If they do accept it then you save money. Just send your detailed description of the similarities to your adviser and they should be able to submit it for a petition. Good luck!

Did you apply at the SD campus? Did they also ask for your transcript along with the syllabus of the class you petitioned for?

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I applied to the SD campus when i petitioned. I had already given them my transcript before I petitioned. I also did send my adviser the syllabus of the course as well as the case I presented.

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Specializes in ER psych.

DDvo87,

you may as well try to petition, just know that you're going to get denied. One reason, and it rhymes with honey.

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DDvo87,

you may as well try to petition, just know that you're going to get denied. One reason, and it rhymes with honey.

If they won't accept it you can CLEP out of the class. I CLEPed out of Sociology and Psychology. You can take it at NU too, I believe their are weekly testing dates available. $75 is way better than $1400!

Good luck! :)

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Specializes in ER psych.

I'm not sure of CLEPing out of NSG 322. I asked the advisor about that very thing, and she said that specific class could not be CLEPed out of because it was a requirement class.

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I hope they approve it. It'll make my summer and fall schedule soooo much easier. I talked to one of the admissions lady and she said that someone from CSUF took a similar class and petitioned and they ok'ed it. Admissions was actually the one who told me to send in the syllabus so she can submit it to the board.

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