Western Health Sciences - Direct Entry MSN - Fall 2013

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I am planning on applying this fall for the Direct Entry MSN program. Anyone else?

I agree with you BlueEyes85! I am still hoping for western but thinking of what i will do should I not get accepted. I am deciding whether to reapply next year or apply to community colleges for ADN and work my way up. Some of my prereqs are getting a little old (3 years or so) and i know many schools have time limits on them. Last thing i want to do is have to retake the prereqs :X

Msjules, I'm applying to ADN, post bacc and ELM. All with different application dates. I figure I'll make to an NP no matter what, so whichever way I'm supposed to get there is the way I'll go!

msjules, where are you located? I am in Orange County. I have considered West Coast University. The cost is scary, but no wait lists and getting done in about 2 years would be so nice!

I'm still waiting to hear back from Western Governor's University as well. The Pasadena cohort would start in May and we are supposed to hear something sometime this month. Western is my first choice, followed by and then I just don't know what my plan will be!

Blue - are there any dates that are coming up??

For those of you that may be interested in doing an accelerated bsn program I know that CSU San Marcos has no deadlines, they have rolling applications so if you apply now there might be a chance for the fall or if not for the Spring if you are interested!

Also, there a few other schools with entry MSN programs in CA. It's too late for this year but for those that want to apply next year you should apply to all these schools not just Western. I applied to CSU Fullerton, CSULA, CSU Long Beach, Azusa and USF and next year SFSU will have a class too. Oh and UCLA too. It's looking like my chances for Western are slim but fortunately I was accepted to Fullerton and although it is not an NP program only MSN like BlueEyes said I will get to NP eventually!

My fingers are still crossed for Western though because it is my first choice!

For those of you that may be interested in doing an accelerated bsn program I know that CSU San Marcos has no deadlines, they have rolling applications so if you apply now there might be a chance for the fall or if not for the Spring if you are interested!

That's farther up north, right? Like below the Bay area?

Just joking! It is San Diego! I just looked. They also have a Temecula campus, but I think that might be too far for me depending on the structure of the program.

@ BeesMama: I live in the valley (Woodland Hills) area. There is also a West Coast University out here is Encino but I have heard mixed things about the school so I am really pursuing other options before considering that school.

This year, I applied to UCLA (was not accepted), Western U (still waiting), and CSU Long Beach as well as a few community colleges in my area for the ADN. I could not apply to CSULA because my undergraduate degree will not be conferred until May 2013. A few other schools I looked at required other prerequisite courses that I had not taken at the time nor signed up to take. I will also be appying to CSU San Marcos for ABSN. I would love to apply to other schools, perhaps even out of state but I am really limited to staying in SoCal because of family and a mortgage. At this point, it looks as if I will be getting an ADN (granted I get accepted by at least one of the schools) and then doing an RN-MSN program down the road.

This might be a dumb question but I was wondering if one of you can help me. I am trying to figure out my GPA for the last 60 units. Do schools count the last 60 units of undergraduate degree or last 60 units in general. Most of my classes in the past year have been from community colleges so I am wondering if they count those as part of the last 60 or just the last 60 of my undergraduate degree. Thanks in advance!

This might be a dumb question but I was wondering if one of you can help me. I am trying to figure out my GPA for the last 60 units. Do schools count the last 60 units of undergraduate degree or last 60 units in general. Most of my classes in the past year have been from community colleges so I am wondering if they count those as part of the last 60 or just the last 60 of my undergraduate degree. Thanks in advance!

Some schools calculate based on what you earned before your degree (towards your degree is possibly a better way to say it). Others just calculate based on the last 60 you've taken. I am pretty sure that Western just looks at your last 60.

@ BeesMama: I live in the valley (Woodland Hills) area. There is also a West Coast University out here is Encino but I have heard mixed things about the school so I am really pursuing other options before considering that school.

This year, I applied to UCLA (was not accepted), Western U (still waiting), and CSU Long Beach as well as a few community colleges in my area for the ADN. I could not apply to CSULA because my undergraduate degree will not be conferred until May 2013. A few other schools I looked at required other prerequisite courses that I had not taken at the time nor signed up to take. I will also be appying to CSU San Marcos for ABSN. I would love to apply to other schools, perhaps even out of state but I am really limited to staying in SoCal because of family and a mortgage. At this point, it looks as if I will be getting an ADN (granted I get accepted by at least one of the schools) and then doing an RN-MSN program down the road.

I'm extremely mixed and hesitant about West Coast, too! They earned their WASC accreditation in 2011, so that isn't as worrisome to me anymore. But the cost is just astronomical. And I have heard they are really stingy on what they will allow to transfer over.

I am also restricted to the area. I have two little kids and my husband's job and a mortgage. Often times I feel crazy even attempting to do a career change (I currently work in aerospace). If you went to San Marcos, would you attempt to go to the San Diego campus or the Temecula campus? Temecula is really the only doable one -- but it is still pretty far to consider going to every day for 2 years!

Thanks! I guess it varies with each school

I'm extremely mixed and hesitant about West Coast, too! They earned their WASC accreditation in 2011, so that isn't as worrisome to me anymore. But the cost is just astronomical. And I have heard they are really stingy on what they will allow to transfer over.

I am also restricted to the area. I have two little kids and my husband's job and a mortgage. Often times I feel crazy even attempting to do a career change (I currently work in aerospace). If you went to San Marcos, would you attempt to go to the San Diego campus or the Temecula campus? Temecula is really the only doable one -- but it is still pretty far to consider going to every day for 2 years!

They are extremely stingy with prerequisites. My prerequisites from CSUF weren't allowed to transfer over to their school and they wanted me to take anatomy, physiology, and microbiology all over again! I also went in for an info session and at the end of the session, they were already pressuring me to sign enrollment papers! Two days later, they sent me a class schedule when I haven't even made up my mind about attending yet. After they sent me my class schedule and school id, I felt as if they weren't really there for the students. They just wanted numbers. I mean, I don't expect to enrolled in any classes two days after going into an info session. This just totally overwhelmed me and now they keep emailing me and calling me to come back!

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