Tasp72

Hello all. I am part of the new 4th semester group starting this August and graduating in December. For those that did not get in, never give up. If this is something you really want, keep applying. Think of it this way, you will EVENTUALLY get a shot. It is just a matter of time. For the alternates, don't give up hope. I was an alternate for my second try getting into the program. I did not hear I got in until 3 weeks before school started. For those who got accepted, congratulations. However, now the real work begins. This program is tough. I have seen many fall nearly every semester. Take it serious. Study hard and don't give up. This program will be your life. You will be stressed. You will want to quit. But you have to push through it. Best word of advice: Ask questions and go to skills labs. Everyone in this program wants to see you succeed. Feel free to stop one of us walking down the halls and pick our brains. Come into one of the labs and introduce yourself. Most of the new 2nd, 3rd, and 4th semester students have ZERO problems talking to you, giving advice, and showing a skill or two. Anyways, see you all in August. Enjoy your summer vacation. You will need it.

I start Spring 2017 as well! We begin our journey next week!!!!1111 So excited lol

I hope more end up leaving the program. I am currently alternate #3. No more high priority list. I heard my chances are good but ya never know. Fingers crossed!

bro, I hear you. But don't think you have nothing to offer. You have HEART. While that cannot be measured, it is an attribute that cannot be ignored. Let's face it, there are a ton of RNs and PAs in the system that just care about the money. All they care about is passing go and collecting 200 dollars. But not us. We GIVE A **** about the patients. We care. We want to be there when the patient feels like there is no one else, like there is no one else to care....WE will be there. Hell man, I honestly had no idea how much RNs get paid for until 2 weeks ago. Why? Because I didn't care. I wanna help people. Plain and simple. I am going to sound like Shia Labeouf for a minute but FIGHT for your dream. Don't let ANYONE tell you otherwise. Keep fighting until your heart stops. If it is your dream, fight for it.

Bro, I know exactly what you are talking about. An RN saved my life and made me realize that I was ment to be in nursing. I am currently working on getting into a prelicensure to BSN program. Just focus on your non science and science GPAs and get into an ADN program. Once you do that, do well in those classes. Then, you shouldn't have a problem getting into fnp program. Good luck!

UPDATE: Thank you all for the advice. I was able to go to my CSU orientation and asked the lady a million questions. I feel better going there but ran into another problem. For the Prelicensure program, I will need to raise my TEAs score a little to make the average on acceptance. (Overall average GPA is around 3.81 with a TEAs score of 81 while I am at a 3.4 with a TEAs score of 74). I plan to retake the TEAs and apply for the prelicensure program in December while I contemplate where I am going to retake Anatomy to get my GPA up a little (The only C that I have. Killing my overall GPA and science GPA). I freaked out awhile ago but a few friends were able to encourage me, stating that they are sure someone in the program has at least 1 C. They told me to focus on getting a better TEAs score. Any advice or encouragement is welcome. Thanks everyone!

Thanks for the advice, Mongo. My area has a pretty decent hiring rate of ADNs. While the ultimate goal is to become an RN, many hospitals in California are now converting to hiring just BSN RNs. However, hospitals such as my hometown urgent care actually have programs that provides funding for ADNs that pursue their BSNs within 2 years. While I would love to work on my ADN first, I cannot do that until next year. Right now, I am looking for people who have been in the position of starting the pre-licensure to BSN track and then suddenly stopping to obtain their ADN and seeing if the time spent in the pre-licensure track was accumulative to the existing ADN to BSN track. While I have yet to speak to my CSU until my appointment on July 15th to "make a plan", I wanted to obtain the viewpoint and advice of nurses who MIGHT have been in similar situations (keeping in mind random variables such as specific class requirements) and ask if stopping in the middle of the track was, for lack of a better term, "worth it". I just want to know if I am allocating my resources well and what better place than a website full of RNs. Oh, I am not a vet.

Hello everyone, my name is Daniel. Before my car accident, I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life. I was a 26 year old punk wasting his life until that day when the RN that fixed me up made me realized what I have always wanted to do with my life. I am now 31 and recently graduated with my A.A in Health Sciences. Without a doubt in my mind, I WILL be an RN. But I have a problem. I applied in my city's only RN program and did not get in (lottery based). Stuck without being able to apply until next year, I decided to work on my Pre-licensure to BSN at CSU Stanislaus. However, during this summer I am taking a Medical Terminology course taught by a PA and she explained that I cannot even start my BSN program classes until I get accepted in THEIR RN program, which would not be until next year. For the next year I will just be doing my upper division courses. Problem is that I only have a 5 semesters left of financial aid and I fear that I will have a rough time if after one year at my CSU, I apply to the RN program at my community college again and get accepted. This would give me only 3 semesters left of financial aid while working on my ADN. Basically, I want advise on the best route and answers to these questions. 1. If I enroll and get accepted to work on my ADN, would that make my upper division courses at my CSU for the 2015-2016 useless or would I still need them anyways once I am finished? I plan to get my bachelor's regardless. Just do not want to waste my time on classes that MIGHT become obsolete if get accepted to work on my ADN and then go back to my CSU through the ADN to BSN route. 2. I heard that the ADN to BSN pathway is a 1 year and 1/2. Wouldn't that make things easier since there is less time being invested? Should I just take a year off of school and work, saving up money, so I can reapply again the following year to preserve financial aid? I really would not like this path but if it will benefit me in the end then what choice do I have? 3. Should I just forget getting an ADN at my community college, apply to the program at my CSU and hope I get in so I can start my bachelor's program? The only issue I have with this is that my community college is 5 mins away from my home while my CSU is an hour drive. I do not have the most reliable car but I will do what I must to keep pushing my education. Any advice would be amazing! Thank you.