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Hey future ELMNers! Congratulations to everyone who has chosen CSULA. I am currently a student from the most recent cohort finishing up my first year in the program. We will be eligible to sit for our NCLEX in Sept. Please ask me any questions you ha...

Good luck to everyone who has gotten their applications together! I wish you all the best of luck. I am currently one of the ELMN students that started last June 2011. It's hard to believe that we will becoming RNs in just a matter of months, and sub...

Hello! I am also in the cohort that started back in June. So far, I have enjoyed the program. You get your RN quickly and the second part of the program depends on your working status. The whole program including RN will take anywhere from 3-4.5 year...

NurseJess, thanks so much for the post! How far along in the FNP track are you and what kind of schedule do you have, part time work and part time school? Please elaborate. Thanks so much in advance!

lilpeapods, just so you know, I had 3 prereqs (nonscience) in progress at the time of the interview :/! I think what matters the most is grades in the science prereqs. I am also getting all of my health clearance stuff completed, do you know if we c...

Congratulations Moto88 and bbdog!!! I'm so happy that we have new additions to the program, I think we are starting to find out who about 1/2 of our cohort is. This is all so exciting, can't wait to meet you guys!

Thanks for the info everyone! :) Do you know about the financial info more specifically? Aka, how much should we honestly be worrying about it before orientation? I did the FAFSA already but I have no idea where to go, will CSULA let me know how much...

CONGRATS to all my fellow future nurses at CSULA! I'm so excited to meet Sam198, RosePetalss, and anyone else I haven't seen on here :). Yayyyyyyyy! I don't know about you guys, but I'm having a hard time finishing my last prereq in anticipation of s...

Thanks so much for the info about transportation! That really helps, especially considering gas is getting crazzzy expensive. I was wondering also about breaks in the program. Between quarters, do we have a week or more? What about Christmas time? I ...

Thank you sooooo much innatchka and bababaowman! I super appreciate the breakdown of a typical schedule and the exact classes we'll be taking. It seems like it is manageable, which is great. I know we will be super busy but it seems like things are o...

Thanks so much bababaowman for the info! If you don't mind me asking, what schedule did you have during the first year? How often were you in school versus clinicals? If you could give me a Mon-Sun idea that would be amazing!

Good luck, I hope you hear back soon from CSULA :). I applied to Western, CSULA, Azusa pacific, and UCLA mecn. I really liked the feel of western and my interviewers, but what got me down was mainly cost and having to move. CSULA's program fit perfec...

Summerslippers, I am going to CSULA this summer :). I sent in my denial letter to Western this week. So far as I know, the FNP program if you go full time at CSULA is 3 years. However, from what I have heard, many people may have varying lengths due ...

summerslippers, I faced the same choice as you did, and chose to look at the curriculum more carefully. I think the two are structured very differently. I know that CSULA emphasizes TONS of clinicals and really gets you in there to get your feet wet....

She also called me, I haven't received a letter or anything written. Congrats!! I'm so excited to meet you, what is your background/what track are you interested in?

Hi all, I just sent in my denial of admission letter to Western. That will open up a spot for someone on the waitlist in the next few days, so keep in mind that denials may come in and spots will for sure open up. :) keep your heads up everyone!

Congrats to you too starbrite! I am very excited to meet you and it looks like we will have an awesome cohort :). I'm planning on doing FNP, but like others here were saying, that could possibly change because only a certain number of spots are avail...

My number 1 tip is to be yourself. She asks a lot of hypothetical questions and I had to think about a few of them. I would use your past experiences to apply to the hypothetical scenarios she gives you. For instance, I worked in a hospital as a care...

i was at the morning session. If I am thinking of the same person, we talked, I remembered you were from Illinois. I was wearing a skirt and a purple blouse and i wore flats :). They better accept you! You were one of the few people talking and we re...

Thank you! I live in LA around 20 mins from CSULA, so I don't have to move :) yayyy!

My interview date was late, ilnurse. It was 2/15 also. I am hoping for all of you and that joke seriously made me crack up!!!

sugarplum, my last name is with a C. Also, I doubt they send them all at once because mine were personalized letters with attachments. They have the name and address of each recipient, so I think they are sending them individually. Hope this helps.

I just checked my email and I was accepted into Fall 2011! I think the email came around 11am, and my last name is early in the alphabet (maybe alphabetical?). I found out I got into CSULA yesterday so I will not be accepting the offer, opening up a ...

Hi everyone! I got an acceptance phone call yesterday! I plan on accepting the offer (1st choice) and am so excited to meet others in the program! My interview was this Monday Mar 7. To everyone still waiting/hasn't gone on an interview, I believe sh...

I know some people on this thread got accepted to Accelerated BSN's like Mt St Mary's and Cal Baptist and UCLA also released their decisions. Just wondering if you guys are still planning on interviewing at CSULA if you applied. I know a lot of us ar...