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@slaybee, information about quarterly tuition and fees is available on the CSUEB website. It occasionally changes and what you pay may be dependant on how much aid you apply for and receive. I would recommend that you find this information, apply for...

Hi again Paisleybird, At the Concord campus, our schedule was typically Mon-Thurs with the exception of a possible Friday simulation lab or Fri/Sat clinical. The Fri/Sat clinical schedule only applied to a few possible rotations in the second year. I...

Paisleybird, I'd be happy to answer any questions you have as long as they do not violate our program policy. The same rules apply via private online message. Let's keep our discussion public. There isn't anything I would tell you privately that I wo...

I would love to answer this question for you and for other potential CSUEB nursing students, but according to our student handbook, we can "not discuss or post any information about faculty, peers, patients, family members, or any clinical facility o...

@luckyduck'17 and @rawritsyuri I was in the same boat a couple years back and chose CSUEB because SFSU was implementing a new curriculum and I heard that they had removed the preceptorship. This will now be the 3rd year of the curriculum, so the kink...

I think it depends on you. You would have a job and a commute, so you'd have to be really good at time management. A lot of my classmates work more than 10 hours a week or have other heavy commitments. They have to become really good at getting thing...

It really depends on you and what else you have on your plate. The people who didn't work and didn't have other heavy commitments seemed to have an advantage. The folks who had a long commute, small children, a job, or any combination of the three de...

Yeah, the 5 week thing is intense. They do tend to pair the harder classes with the less challenging ones, so it's not the same level of intensity for every class. Each professor decides how many tests and assignments to assign, so it won't always be...

For patho and pharm, they are 10 weeks each. They are doable, but very challenging and time consuming. I did well in them, but I wasn't working and gave my life to those classes. As for the pace, in the second year of the program (level 2), the 10-we...

Jnnlm, one important thing to consider about commuting to CSUEB is that in the second year (level 2) of the nursing program, many the of clinical rotations will require that you go to the hospital the day beforehand to prep on the patient(s) for the ...

ajohn2015, I probably spent about $2000 during the orientation for books and other fees, but I bought the most expensive bundle of textbooks that the school offered. Many of the current students I talked with at orientation said they recommended buyi...

Hi Jnnlm, I'm not very familiar with the program at SJSU, but as a current nursing student at CSUEB, I'd be happy to answer any questions you or anyone else has about the program from a student's perspective. I found the nursing administration staff ...

Hi Nanonano87, I am in the CSUEB program now, and having come from the semester system, it definitely feels more fast-paced, but I like it. After the second month, I am usually ready for the class to be over. In semesters, there is another whole mont...

I'm sure they'll contact everyone very soon with an orientation date. I would wait (without sacrificing your standing at potential backup options) until your acceptance to do BLS, background check, physical, and drug screen, but you can start on the...

@katekrave - I messaged a user that I know got into our program who is a veteran and asked if he or she could shed light on your question. Based on last year's thread, it sounds like CSUEB gives heavy priority to veterans who meet the minimum require...

Thanks bayareanurse05! So, the new program essentially gives you an extra clinical rotation in the unit type of your choice, but just not with one nurse? As long as it doesn't hurt your employment prospects, that sounds like a potential win. It certa...

@LVNpanda824 - I realized I didn't fully answer your question. All correspondence was via email initially, as it was a conditional acceptance that depended on them verifying that we had met all requirements (courses in progress, background check and ...

I don't know why they removed it, but I had heard from a former student that even when they still technically had it in the curriculum, that her capstone (preceptorship) never actually occurred. She said she contacted the preceptor a few times and ne...

They definitely cut the preceptorship out. They also removed Pharmacology and Pathophysiology as seperate classes and integrated the content into the curriculum. I was accepted to SFSU last year and chose another program due to the lack of a precept...

Last year, the earliest people were hearing back was the very end of May. Depending on where people were on the lists, they continued to hear back well into the summer as accepted students declined their spots. I remember how difficult it was to wait...

Definitely make sure to file your Intent to Enroll by the deadline. It should be fine to submit more than one to different universities until you hear back and make your decision, as those deadlines usually come up before you hear from all of your sc...

I chose Concord, as it's a semester shorter. I passed up a couple of quality accelerated programs to stay local, so I'm all for doing whatever I can to speed this thing along without sacrificing essentials (pathophysiology, pharmacology, senior prec...

Looks like we're going to be classmates! I chose CSUEB. I'm so relieved to finally know where I'm going. Congrats everyone! And to those who didn't get in or are waiting to hear, I've got my fingers crossed for ya!

I'm deciding between CSUEB BSN and Oregon Health and Sciences University ABSN. OHSU is a really good school and only 15 months long, but I don't want to work in Portland, I want to work here. It's going to be a tough decision.