Chloexo

Just try to relax and enjoy your free time now. You have a lot of info thrown at you and a lot of adjustments to make during first semester, I think that's what makes it hard. Just go into it with an open mind and ready to work hard! That's really all you can do to prepare, cause it probably won't be anything like you imagined. Or at least that's what it was like for me. Good luck!

Don't worry, no one will expect you to know Spanish in the program. After you're admitted, it doesn't matter what you had on your application. I know a few of my classmates got the opportunity to speak Spanish during clinicals, but it's definitely not something you'll need. I have a Spanish minor, and I haven't used it yet. Kudos on studying the medical vocab, that's something I've been meaning to do.

Thanks, everyone, for the feedback. I think this will help me to look at it differently. I'm fully prepared to come to class having read and studied all of the material for the day, I just got frustrated when my professors weren't bringing the same level of commitment. As the reality shock wears off, I'll develop my own study plan. (Also, the clinical days are where I learn the most!) Thanks again! I'm feeling a lot more optimistic about the rest of my schooling.

I need some advice / feedback from my fellow students... I'm in my first semester of nursing school. Although I am still glad that I am pursuing a BSN I'm incredibly disappointed with the curriculum and program. Class time has turned out to be a total joke, with professors simply reading off of powerpoint slides and then letting us out early- I learn absolutely nothing. The administration his implimented ATI testing every semester, and in studying for my ATI exams I've become more and more frustrated and angry about all of the stuff that I could be learning! I know that a lot of the material is self-taught- I'm fine with that, I was prepared to work my butt of this semester. But this is just ridiculous... It's hard enough as it is to manage work, self, and school without having to teach myself how to learn everything I should be! Has anyone else felt this way? And how have your feelings changed as you've advancing through to later semesters? I'm hoping that this will all start to fall into place for me, but right now I just feel lost and like I'm not learning!

The two programs I know of are at San Francisco State University (part of the CSU system) and University of San Francisco (private). SFSU is pretty impacted and therefore difficult to get in to. Applications are accepted once a year, in November. USF is a four year program, you're accepted as a Freshman and do your prereq's as a nursing student.