JackieTL

Thank you for your advice, and that's a good point for doing clinicals in SF. Good luck with your search !

Wow, that's rough trying to find work! Of the few nurses I know, two found work within a month or two from graduating in the bay area, which was very lucky for them. The rest haven't been able to find jobs that doesn't require at least certain amount of experience, so they're just trying to find whatever they can to gain some experience. Also, thanks for your input!

Like I said before, I am willing to relocate but it's just not my preference. I think I am struggling on deciding if applying to very impacted schools is worth a shot or not (in my area), since I know many people who do well in all their prereqs, with experience from volunteering, and etc, still not being able to get into the state program. But, you're right, I think I'll just apply to everything I can. I've been just discouraged by seeing fellow classmates all have had no luck getting into SJSU or SF, so I just wanted to know if it's worth the risk in applying anyway. Thanks for your insight!

Yes, I understand the career field is also impacted and I may have to move, which I am fine with. I only prefer not to. The current focus for me now is if I should apply or not, because I'm currently finishing up my prerequisites.

I live in the Bay Area in California, and I prefer to go to school in the area rather than moving far from home. If I had to, I would move, but I'm just wondering what opinions you guys have on applying to state colleges such as San Francisco or San Jose. Several people I know did not apply to CSUs, but rather, private schools. Both are impacted for the BSN program, but I did hear that there is a better chance you can get accepted in private school program vs. CSUs because it is not as crowded. San Jose State and San Francisco State are my two options for state colleges (they're also closest to home), but I keep hearing how impacted it is. Would the impacted status really impact my chances that severely that I cannot get into the program, or take a long period of time until I do get accepted? Should I just focus on applying to private schools rather than CSUs? Opinions, please! Thank You

Thanks :)

Makes sense, thank you for your input!

Hi everyone, I'm new here, so I apologize if I use this topic/forum incorrectly. I need some advice if you guys can please help me out. I first started community college with the plan of doing the RN-BSN program, but changed it this quarter to just transferring directly to a 4 year college. Because of my switched plans, I now have 6 classes left before applying and transferring: Developmental Psychology, Statistics, Intro to biochem/organic chem 1 & 2 w/ lab, Microbiology w/ lab, and Nutrition w/ lab. Does anyone have any experience with Nutrition or Microbiology? Which is more difficult ? I don't want to overlap the harder class with math + a third class. Also, I am very sad about the classes I've taken I get good grades in all my classes(English, psychs, chem, etc) , but I've gotten 2 Cs in both A&P 1 and A&P 2. I am currently taking A&P 3 (my school divides it into three), and I am afraid that I will get a C again and fail as a pre-nursing/nursing major. After all, I feel A&P is the basis of nursing, and I didn't do well in them. I do feel better with this class because of having it with a better professor. I want to strive my best to do really well in the remainder of my science classes, but I don't know if it's possible - I am feeling negative and discouraged at this point. My GPA is good only based off the fact that I do well in my other classes. Do you guys feel like it's still possible for me to get into a nursing program even though I've received 2 C's? Thanks, Jackie