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My best guess is the NOR is just an indication that your application is complete and you are eligible to be reviewed for the job applied for. Best of luck to everybody!

When I interviewed for Palo Alto, the manager mentioned that they're only interviewing for about a week and offers are sent out at the end of the month with the program starting May 14. Not sure if this is the same for the rest of the units or locations.

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I interviewed for the med surg unit in Palo Alto. Had my interview today, hopefully I made a good impression. I think it was my first choice, don't exactly remember. Good luck to everyone else!

I just received an email from the assistant nurse manager to schedule an interview for next week. Didn't receive a phone call, just an email.

Originally from CA but moved out of state to attend an accelerated BSN program out on the east coast. I will be graduating in August and my original plan was to take the NCLEX as soon as possible after graduation so 1) I can start job hunting asap instead of waiting around, 2) take the exam while the knowledge is still fresh in my mind (already have a NCLEX review course scheduled around then), 3) move back to CA asap. I realized that the BRN in CA doesn't allow out of state students to even apply until I am officially done with all my classes. With the manual finger print and transcripts, I fear it may take awhile before CA gives me the ATT for the opportunity to take the exam. So my dilemma..... Should I apply for licensure in my current school's state and then apply to CA by endorsement? Or just move back and deal with the processing time? Any advice or personal experiences would be deeply appreciated!

Hi kn_absn Been awhile since this was last updated but I was wondering if you had any updates on what you decided to do and how your experience was. I'm in a similar situation, studying in another state but my desire is to go back to CA for licensure. Hope you check every once in awhile.

Hi everyone, Noticed this thread hasn't been updated in awhile but I hope that you can help me and update on your experiences kn_absn and RainCityNurse. I'm in a similar situation, getting my education/degree in another state but plan to move home back in CA for licensure. I'm just curious to see how long it took you to get licensed. I have a dilemma of whether or not I should just get licensed in the state I'm in right now and then apply for licensure by endorsement for CA, or just go back to CA and go through the process there. My main goal is to just take the NCLEX and get licensed to practice in CA as quickly as possible. Hope you still check the forums!

Thanks for responding Silverdragon102 with that info. I've been looking around the forums and I've seen it mentioned that it is for california schools only. On the application, it mentions "california non grad" which I guess implies students that are anticipating graduation who wish to take the NCLEX. I guess I'll go back to to drawing board to decide whether or not I should just get licensed in the state I'm in and endorse to CA, or just wait it out in CA for everything to process. Seems like each method will take months........

Thanks for sharing! I'll definitely get on it early. How long did it take to get your ATT after graduation and to sign up for NCLEX?

The schedule at MGH varies between semester to semester. The first semester, you spend a considerable amount of time on campus and in labs to get you familiar with clinical settings. They go through front loading for a few weeks before you start your med-surg rotation. A lot of courses are online/hybrid which is helpful for your schedule. As the program progresses, you spend less time in class room. You get opportunities to make certain connections through your clinical experiences. But to be honest, the market for new grad nurses is very very competitive. A lot of students become PCA's after their first semester and some got those jobs through the connections they made. My advice is to get as much pre nursing health experience as you can get so you have more on your resume to make you stand out after you graduate whether it's working as a PCA or volunteering. I have heard stories of some hired from the program by MGH but I'm not sure how common it is.

I found a similar discussion topic but it was posted awhile back so I'm not sure how current that information is. So my question.... Is it possible to submit the Licensure by Examination Application to the California Board of Nursing prior to graduation? I was just reading through the application process and it seems it could take a lot longer than expected. Currently I'm attending an accelerated BSN program out on the east coast (graduate in august) and plan to move back to CA shortly afterwards. I was planning to take my exam out here but I don't want to extend my stay here longer than I need to. I read that I need my finger print to be part of the application and since I don't live in CA to use the live scan, I need to submit it manually which could take a long time to process (1-2 months). I'd rather take my exam shortly after I graduate and don't want to spend all this extra time waiting for everything to get processed while I wait out on the east coast (in which I may move back to CA earlier and take the exam there). So with that information, is it possible to just submit my application with everything they need besides the graduation verification? My hope is that they can just keep everything on file and update it as my school sends in my final transcript so I can get my ATT quicker. Does anyone have any experience with this? I would appreciate any personal experiences and advice!

Hey Nina, I'm in the program currently (started summer 12') and the schedule isn't very typical of what regular college courses are like. Basically all the classes are chosen for you since there's only one new cohort of students at a time for the ABSN program. Your first semester consists of 4 courses, a mix of online/hybrid/on campus classes. The first few weeks consists of some heavy frontloading where you'll be in class a lot. A typical week consists of one skills lab (4 hrs), 2 clinical site days (psych and med-surg, 7-9 hrs each), one lecture day (4 hrs typically), and a bunch of online class material. Very rarely are you on campus every day of the week once frontloading ends. There are no night classes, usually one saturday class meeting per month for the online ones. Also the class will be split up along the way for the med-surg clinical, one day half the students will be in clinical while the other half have skills lab. Summer is pretty much the same as any other semester. Hope this helps. Let me know if there are any other questions, otherwise good luck to you all.

I was admitted to summer 2012 without credentials as extensive as yours so I'm sure you'll definitely get in. Just started class for the summer semester and so far it's been pretty challenging but a good learning experience. One of the plus sides is having close affiliations with Mass General Hospital so you get clinical experiences there or at one of the other significant hospitals in the Boston area. Cost isn't too bad considering many accelerated programs are in the similar range. Let me know if you got any questions.

Did anyone apply to the OCT 1 deadline and hear back yet? I'm still waiting and getting a bit anxious everyday with no response.

I'm currently completing all the prerequisites that is required for various different accelerated BSN programs but have questions about the difficulty in admissions. I was wondering if anyone had any ideas of what the difficulty level is on getting admitted to a program even if it's one of the easier programs to get into. I was never a good student when I earned my first BA earning a relatively average GPA of about 2.5 which was many years ago. However ever since I started going back to school, my GPA currently excluding everything from my first time going to college is currently now around 3.5-3.8 from taking all the prereqs which consists of relatively 30-40 semester units so far. I was wondering if this helps in the admission process since most of these programs require at least a 3.0 GPA from undergraduate studies. Unfortunately my cumulative GPA including all the horrible grades in the past is barely around the minimum required for these programs. Just want to know what to expect realistically. Appreciate any help! EDIT: I didn't really browse through the threads thoroughly but I found a similar topic just like mine that answers my question. No need to reply unless you really want to. Thanks!