hello, I to am thinking about going into nursing. I live in bakersfield, california. Our community college has a excellent nursing program (adn). I just talked to the nursing director and she said that there is no waiting list because of the current shortage. Also, the community college adn program is far better than our cal state university program. They produce better graduates and i believe that they pass the nclex exam at a 90% rate and our cal state university is currently at 50%. I also talked to another nurse and she said she heard that the cal state students are trying to transfer to the community college because the program is so much better. So if there is a waiting list in ventura try bakersfield its not that far away. Good luck!