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That I don't know, but my guess is no since it depends on the hospital and you get what they give you. Not all of us will be at the same hospital, so some of us could be on MWF or SatSunMon based on what I read. I don't think you can negotiate with them from what I understand.

I feel so stupid for not noticing that those classes are spread out now into 5 semesters. I actually just looked right now to see if I could enroll in those classes in this Summer just to get them done, unfortunately all the sections are filled. Guess I'll just power down and learn Fundamentals - Skills (done with fundamentals theory last month, at least the basics), a bit of pharm and write some more notecards. I really hope to finish this stuff before July 22nd.

OMG, thanks for letting me now that. I didn't realize that it was switched up this time around. I guess we can save money/time with fewer units, so I can't complain about that. I feel a little bit screwed now since I was really planning on using now to the end of the year to really get things down. Guess I have to up my study schedule then...

1. If you're talking about the 1st semester it's easy since it's joke classes that are not even nursing classes. The only thing I would need to review would be APA formatting for the bioethics and medicine in other cultures classes. I'm slightly considering asking the professors for the list of books that we need to read ahead of time once the Fall schedule is up. 2. 2nd semester is when we begin the real nursing classes and what Monique CNA said was right in that it becomes "challenging" at that part since you have to start getting use to NCLEX-style questions (fyi it's called NGN exam now since they changed it starting this year). She told me to read "Strategies for test taking success" and it should give a good grasp on answer these types of questions. Granted I only read about 300/626 pages of it so far as it was an easy read that could be completed within a week, so I'm planning on doing it again sometime before Spring 2024 over Winter break. Some other things she said was: a) Learn how to use Anki (as it's better than Quizlet). It really takes a solid 3 weeks to learn the nuances to get the most out of this program and the relevant add-on's. b) Learn how to do ABGs (it's easy if you remember basic chemistry, it only takes about 4 minutes if you know your lab values which then brings me to my next point...) c) Learn your lab values. She said it differs slightly between facilities, but if you have a rough sense of what major lab values are such as: Potassium: 3.5 - 5 Triglycerides: F = (35, 135) ; M= (40, 160) RBC: F = (4.2 - 5.4 million) ; M = (4.7 - 6.1 million) Hct: F = (37, 47%) ; M = (42, 52%) WBC: 5,000 - 10,000 INR: Normal = 0.8 - 1.1 ; Warfarin treatment = 2 -3 (antidote Vitamin K) etc. (you get the idea) She said she (like everyone else) learned it through exposure over time, but admits it would have made studying and ADPIE a lot easier if she already knew how to read lab results since most questions on NCLEX/midterms involves what is the priority, so knowing lab numbers helps make it obvious what you should do. d) Know medical terminology (most people have no idea what was happening in the class since they were not familiar with the medical terms and they sound similar or conceptually similar, but not the same. Ex -ostomy vs -otomy OR -phagia vs -phasia vs. -plasia vs. -trophy vs -tropin). e) Know medical abbreviations as nurses in clinicals will talk fast and you will save a lot of time knowing how to write stuff down (ex. Take antibiotics every four hours orally could be written as "Abx q4h PO"; ex. Acute pain related to total hip arthroplasty as evidence by a pain score of 7/10 = "acute pain r/t THA AEB 7/10 pain" for a nursing diagnosis). f) Know common medical equipment as it will help you look less stupid during clinicals. You would only know this if you worked in a hospital as a CNA before or have exposure if you come from a family that works in the medical field. You don't want to point to stretch and call that an ICU bed. g) Med calculations, specifically dimensional analysis and unit conversions. It's a pretty easy concept if you're good with algebra and metric/imperial system. The only parts that might get hard is with reconstitution and tube feeding questions, but if you understand the concept (not the literal calculation) of density and dilution (MiVi = MfVf from g.chem) it makes it a lot easier. She didn't say what percent you had to get on the med calculation exam, but she implied you cannot mess it up or else... h) You do not have to review that much physiology as it will be covered over and over again in class during pathophysiology (but it would make life easier). The important things to know are RAAS system, blood flow through heart, kidney filtration, and some more I don't recall off the top of my head. I did most except immune system since that's a bit hard for me to find a good resource. I) She did warn me about "pharm + patho" and "med-surg" class that it's very very hard (it would be our 3rd and 4th semester class). I'm trying to at least learn the terms and major drug classes beforehand if I can. There were other things she told me I though was laughable at first, but I guess it made sense if you want to have better retention and possibly save a little bit of money. SIDE NOTE: Sorry if it's long, I don't want to spam people with little bits of multiple messages if I can write it all in one shot. Seriously, someone figure out a facebook group thing sometime. I really would do it if I could.

1. Nursing classes (starting 2nd semester) is only 1 day a week all day. Clinicals range between 2-3 days a week depending on the semester and can be any day during the week (ie. one semester it could be Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, then next semester it could be something else). Just to be clear it does not vary within the semester, but vary between semesters and yes it can sometimes be on weekends as well if you're unlucky. 2. I'm planning on keeping my part-time job as I've already talked to someone that went through this program already and she said it's manageable as long as you plan ahead and make sacrifices (ie. she sounded like she only worked her part-time job, went to school/clinicals, and only saw her friends during vacation/breaks). She didn't do a CNA job and she just kept bartending for two nights. 3. She also told me several things to study ahead for, so I'm planning on just powering through as many topics before the semester starts. She doesn't have any of her old material though, unfortunately, but the advice she gave was detailed enough to get me started.

"Conditionally admitted" just means that you still need to pass the background check like you didn't kill someone, larceny, etc. , vaccinations are all up-to-date, and you have health insurance prior to entering in the fall. All this info will be sent out around the end of May according to the counselor.

You have to click on the option of "Accept or Decline" and once you do that another tab should open up that will allow you to pay. If that doesn't pop up you should be able to click on the pay option on that same screen after you clicked on student portal that should allow you to pay (but that too also leads to another pop up, so you might have some blocker on your browser. Just use another browser in that case like internet explore or something). I've been in contact with Krysti Langeloh all this time since the beginning of April to see the status of application and she's been very helpful.

They roll out admissions in batches starting from the top (just like in previous cohorts), so after about 2 weeks those that do not pay for the intent to enroll are removed and they go down the list. Just give it a few more weeks.

Counselor said there's a delay between the website and the email that will be sent to your personal email address. She doesn't know when it will be sent out, but guessed it was about 1-2 weeks from now.

Hey guys, I'm see it at the bottom as well as "admitted" and just accepted. Make sure you go to the website: https://my.CSUSM.edu/ and click on "Student Center". At the bottom you'll see the status (thanks hbdope). Points: 49 TEAS: 93.3% (84.6% R, 100% M, 93.2% S, 97% E&L) Pre-req GPA: 3.96 (for future cohorts yes they do look at the entire transcript and will automatically take any courses with the highest grade in that category as long as it's CSU transferable, for my case ochem was used in place for the general chem class) Last 60 units: 3.97 *Make sure you pay for enrollment deposit ($150) under the category "Extended Learning (EL) Enrollment Deposit - Fall" within 2 weeks since I heard they will move onto the next person if they don't hear from you. *I just talked to the counselor a few minutes ago and she said they will contact everyone that accepted and paid the deposit sometime at the end of May for our background check. Until then nothing else needs to be done. I was wondering if anyone would be willing to setup a facebook group page just like previous cohorts? I just don't know how to do it, but it would be great if something like that happened sometime before the Fall semester starts. I'm going to get a head start on learning/reviewing some stuff before classes begin. Again congrats to everyone so far and see you in the fall.

Yes, it goes to your personal email address (but it might drop into your spam folder by accident). The subject line was "ABSN Evaluation Worksheet". They attach it to the email as a .PDF and the body of the email says: Dear Applicant, Thank you for your application to the California State University San Marcos. We have completed an evaluation of your transcripts and have attached the Evaluation Worksheet for you to review. Admissions decision letters will be sent separately. Please make sure to monitor your inbox as well as your junk email to ensure you receive any and all time sensitive information. If you have not done so already, please send official transcripts ASAP using the instructions found here. Should you have questions about your evaluation, please do not hesitate to contact your assigned advisor here. To request a correction to your evaluation worksheet please submit the Correction Request Form. Sincerely, Your Extended Learning Staff California State University San Marcos 333 S. Twin Oaks Valley Road San Marcos, California 92096 Office: 760-750-4020

Oh, guess our year is pretty fast then and last year was horrible. Unless this means our cohort is small this year then...

I would contact them as soon as possible because the first time I submitted it they said "0 points" for everything (including the TEAS score that I have already have completed as 0) because if one thing is missing (which was my last prereq that I was doing at the time when I submitted my app) then the whole point sheet is counted as 0. This could mean that there's something missing in your app, so you might want to just clarify with a counselor.

I got my eval about 3 weeks after I submitted it, but I sent all my stuff way early before Christmas last year. I'm assuming it's going to be a bit longer since they have a flood of applicants and I have heard from previous cohorts it took about 6-7 weeks if you submitted it closer to the deadline.

I asked one of the counselors and she said first round of acceptances should be somewhere in mid (or late April). Afterwards they slowly start sending them out in batches thereafter until the cohort is filled.