RachMayJ

Both last semester and this semester my classes have been 3 days a week. :) Thats including the upper division general education classes I'm also taking. I think there were a few people who had to do 4 days a week last semester. It depends on the lab schedules.

That's frustrating. Yeah, as far as I know, it's the national percentile. And he didn't know what academic renewal is? That's so strange. That is definitely frustrating. That would make me worry too. Like you said, it's super important. I'm assuming he's gonna have to have it all figured out really soon. The hardest part is waiting! Well, nursing school is harder lol :)

Yeah, there's a new guy. James? Jim? Something like that. He just took over for M.L. From what I've heard, he doesn't really know the ropes yet. M.L. still works at CSULA. I shoot her an email whenever I have a question. I'm sorry. That must be so frustrating. It was frustrating for us too last year because it was the first year they used NursingCAS, and nobody knew what was going on either. Anyway, maybe I, or someone in my cohort, could answer some of your questions?

I'm in the 2016 cohort! I will be happy to answer any questions you guys have. So far my experience has been good! First semester I did my clinicals at Cedars Sinai, and this semester I'm at White Memorial. I'm learning a lot! The administrative side of things can be disorganized. I'm assuming that's partly due to the Quarter-Semester conversion. The professors are awesome. As far as the campus and social scene, there's not much, but you will form a close bond with people in your nursing cohort and spend a lot of time studying/carpooling with them. The program can get overwhelming, but the first semester isn't too bad. I'd say the two biggest advantages of CSULA are the proximity to great hospitals and the knowledgeable professors. (Parts of the campus are old and run down, but they will be renovating the nursing labs soon!) Like I said, I will try to answer any specific questions to the best of my ability. Last year I had a bunch of questions about schedules, hospitals, orientation, etc., and it was hard to get answers. Anyway, good luck to you all! And a special good luck to my brother who is also applying. Hehe.

As long as you take your teas in time to make the deadline, you're good. I took mine in December right before the app was due. I wouldn't recommend that lol cuz I didn't have a chance to retake them, but you can take them up until the last minute as long as you have enough to time to get your results. You're allowed to have classes in progress in spring. The only pre-reqs you can have in progress are micro and stats. As long as your writing comp class isn't your required English or critical thinking class, you should be fine.

When I applied, I was in the same boat as you! I was taking phys until mid December. It was a time crunch for me to be able to get my transcripts in time, but it worked out fine :) our deadline was January 11. I'm not sure what it will be this year. I assume it will be similar. First you apply to the university in October. Then you apply to the school of nursing. I think the nursing app opens in Nov. (don't quote me on that lol). The application is electronic. They use a third party website called NursingCAS. When the app goes live, there will be instructions. If you have questions, you can ask those of us in the 2016 class. We were the first year to use that system. Good luck :)

This sounds very familiar....like it came from the 2016 thread 😂

I just declined my spot. It was so hard to do even though I have a spot in another program! haha. Good luck to you all!!!! :)

yay! congrats. :)

Did you get your pre-reqs approved by the diff. departments at CSUSB? Seems like you would get in for sure :)

Thanks. :) I wouldn't worry too much! Mail delivery can be unpredictable! And some of us are giving up our spots! :)

I got mine with my Thursday morning mail :)

I got my acceptance letter in the mail today too! Feels great :) I already committed to LA. That was my first choice. So I will be declining my spot. Good luck guys! :)

Csula, right?! :)

I think they post a list on campus first? Anyone a current student?