Sacramento colleges.. Advice needed

[Taylor1432]

I will not be able to apply to any ADN programs until spring '16 and it is pretty scary to hear about the wait times. Although I know that I will probably be waiting for awhile, I'm hopeful that some people do get in quickly!

I will be applying to American River, Sacramento City and Sierra once I am done with those pre reqs and will apply to sac state once I finish those, if I'm still waiting.

I have a family and I am trying to get a realistic time frame of when I might get accepted. So please take a second to answer! :) ... HOW LONG DID IT TAKE TO GET ACCEPTED INTO A SACRAMENTO PROGRAM ONCE YOU WERE ABLE TO APPLY?

Also, I have finished the pre reqs for sac city's LVN program and would be able to apply this spring, if I wanted to. This might be a faster road to becoming an RN. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON GOING THE BRIDGE ROUTE?

thanks for taking the time to read my post :)

[RunBabyRN]

Any chance of getting into Sac State? You'll need a BSN to get a hospital job in Sac. If your heart isn't in the hospital, you may be OK with your LVN or ADN.

A lot of people do the bridge route when there are long waits for ADN or their GPA is working against them for ADN programs. You can also look into LVN-BSN bridge programs so you're not spending the time and money on two bridge programs.

[akulahawkRN, ADN, RN, EMT-P]

It took me a long time to get in, however most of the cohort that I graduated with were accepted their first or second time so the only had to wait may be a year or so to get in. It is possible to find jobs, but your best bet to get a job is to get a BSN. Many of the ads that I've seen say "BSN preferred."

My advice is simple: apply everywhere and that includes Sac State. If you're done with all your Gen Ed, with either program you'll just have to finish the core coursework and maybe a couple UDGE for the BSN. The LVN program at Sac City is very good. If you go that route, make sure you have all your prerequisites completed so that you can graduate through the career mobility program with an ADN.

If you do become an LVN first, understand that there's no LVN to BSN program at Sac State that isn't their traditional program. They do have a 30-unit non-degree option but that will severely limit your career options because while you will have earned your RN license, you won't graduate from an accredited program - no degree.

[RN_stucky621]

There are plenty of RN jobs for new grads with associates but I doubt you'll be able to stay in the sacramento area. Also, try San Joaquin Delta in Stockton which has an awesome program and plenty of hospitals around the area that hire (especially the new correctionals hospital) and it's only an hour away form sac!

Doing the RN-BSN is more advisable than doing an LVN-RN program as akul said. You have the option to do your whole BSN training online as an RN and it really doesn't cost a whole lot (did my RN-BSN for about $9000 online at Ohio University)