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I got in too. I can't wait to meet everyone in the fall!

congratulations to everyone that got into SD, stanislaus, SF, and chico. I'm sure you'll get into sac state's and have a tough decision to make. I only applied to sac state and the wait is killing me! lol

@xaireel thank you for taking the time to answer our questions; I really appreciate it! :) I my plan is if I get into the program I'll request the first two weeks off and see how it goes.

@xaireel do you think its possible to work while in the nursing program? Did you have a part time job while in the program?

@ahimsa_L if you live in the sacramento area I would tell you to consider UC Davis Medical Center. They accept all people that want to volunteer at the hospital the only catch is that there is a 4 month waiting period after you apply to get in, since so many people want to volunteer at the hospital now. You will def. get the experience you want.

it's almost April... one more month of waiting!

I attended sac state; I am a transfer student from a local community college. Overall, I think Sac State has a relaxed atmosphere. The first couple weeks of school all of the clubs and greek frats/sororities set up booths and if you want to get involved you could join one of them. There are always events going on during the week and the weekends. It's not difficult to find a place to live if you are moving into Sacramento. There are a lot of apartments near Sac State and close by. Some of the nursing students even live together. The majority of the people at Sac Sac are in their twenties so I don't think you will have a problem finding people your age. (that is if you are in your 20s) I've never really had the "college experience" either; my family is local to the area so I live with them.

They email they send you when they have received your application will not state how many points you have. I think we find out how many points we have when they send us the admission decision in april/may. Its going to be a long wait, but at least February is almost over! :) The email they send looks like: We received your Fall 2014 Supplemental Nursing Application! In the weeks ahead, please check your email frequently for important messages regarding your application. We will notify you of your admission decision by email before registration opens in late April/ early May (tentative).

True you never know what could happen if you mail it out. At least if you turn it in yourself, you for sure know that it got there. I got my email recently saying they got my application; it takes about a week for her to email everyone.

I turned everything in a package and dropped it off to their office too. Good luck on your teas. I'm looking at 79 or 83 points. We'll see how it goes though. Good luck to all of us :) I was wondering if anyone has received an email saying that they have got his/her application. I turned mine in a couple of days ago and haven't received an email.

I'm applying to Sac State for fall 2014 too. I turned in my application a couple days ago. the wait feels like forever.

Honestly it depends on what your GPA and scores are. If you are looking at more state schools you must have a high nursing GPA and high teas test score. I know the average for Sacramento State is 3.8 GPA and 87% on the TEAS. A lot of people apply to the state and community college programs in California; however, since the private schools cost much more, they get less applicants and some are not as competitive. Also, many of the community colleges in California use a lottery system to select their applicants. For instance, at my local community college 900 people apply per semester to the RN program, and the program uses a lottery to select 30 qualified applicants. Personally, this coming semester I plan to apply to the four programs in my community, and depending on the results I will apply to more schools. Ten schools sounds good enough to me as long as you select schools where you are a competitive applicant. For the CNA license I would suggest looking at community colleges, since the cost is the least there. Here is a a list of CNA programs in California that may be helpful to you: http://www.cdph.ca.gov/services/training/Documents/CNATrainingPrograms.pdf

I felt the same way when I took the teas practice test online, but I took the actual test a couple days ago I did significantly better. Don't get discouraged by scores that you get on your practice tests. On the online practice tests I got a 78 and 82. I reviewed everything that they told me I needed to improve on until I could not study anymore and I did better.

If you want a masters, I would suggest considering Samuel Merritt University. It is a two year program, in which the first year you get your RN license, and the second year (depending on which program you apply to) complete the case management portion or the nurse practitioner portion. They also have an accelerated program for second bachelors where you just get you RN. They have campus locations in San Fransisco, Oakland, and Sacramento. Also, you could consider looking at the California State schools many of them allow second bachelors to apply to their traditional nursing program. For instance, Sac State allows second bachelors to apply to their traditional program. Also, San Francisco State has an entry level MSN program. You can further research California's RN programs at: Board of Registered Nursing - RN Programs