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Think positive! You did great, and you should be proud of yourself. There are hundreds of other students that didn't even make it to the communications exercise. I completely thought I failed my interview and did so poorly that I had no chance to get in. I was wrong. I was accepted into the program and graduated from it. I'm sure you will be too. You don't have much longer to wait to find out.

You fall under the traditional BSN program as do pre-nursing undergraduates and transfer students. You undergo the same selection process as the others that take the traditional BSN route. That means you have to be invited to the communications exercise in order to be considered for the program. It is the final step in the application process. Only those that have been invited to the communications exercise will actually be considered for admission into the program.

Thank you. As for the NCLEX, the program prepares you well. I took it five weeks after graduating and passed in 85. At first you will hate the exams, but those are what will prepare you for the licensure exam. As for the communications exercise they will separate everyone into groups and ask each person one question. They aren't difficult questions so I wouldn't really worry about practicing for those. They may be a something as simple as how would you define integrity. There is also a written exercise. This one is important. Essentially, you must be able to quickly articulate and write a few paragraphs regarding the information given in the video. I believe they give you 10 minutes to write.

I recently graduated from the BSN program at CSULB. I'm from cohort 0823T In order for you to be considered for the program, you must receive an invite to the communication exercise. If you did not receive an email inviting you, you are not being considered for the program. The only people that will be waitlisted are the people that didn't make the cut after the communications exercise. They typically invite 120 candidates to the communications exercise of those approximately 80 candidates will be sent acceptance letters. Of the remaining 40 some will be waitlisted, and the rest will be rejected. They send out the invites to the communications exercise all at once.

They usually invite 120 students to the exercise and of those 80 will be invited to the program. Hope this helps.

Actually their recommended drug book is awful. Use lexicomp during preplanning or get the Davis drug guide. The Davis Drug Guide is far superior in my opinion.

Save your money on the books. I rarely used them. You will use the drug book, but NANDAs and everything else you will most likely find online or in journal articles or UpToDate. As for GWAR, get it over with. It is easy and you will need it for GERN 400 second semester.

Some classes will have their clinicals on Monday which means they will have to pre-plan on Sunday. This happened to me both in 1st and 3rd semester. As for each semester, it really kind of varies and I imagine it would also vary depending on whether or not you're in the semester or trimester program. For example during the Summer, I had class Mondays and Wednesdays, pre planning Monday, and clinical/ lab Tuesdays and Thursdays. There are semesters you can count on four days including pre planning and others where you may only spend three days a week at campus and clinical sites. It is possible to commute. We have a few students that do.

No, Nutrition 132 is no longer required or part of the curriculum. I'm currently a fourth semester student and will have graduated before you begin fall semester. Good luck in the program.