I'm from Texas. I will apply to San Jose State fall 2009 -BSN.
On the SJSU website, they mention about the minimum GPA 2.5 and "all repeated courses to improve the scored are excluded".
My GPA is 2.8 right now, and I now that it's hard to get in there. But my English was not really good back then when I took Sociology, History, Government.... that why i got all C's. Most of my Math and Biology are As.
Would anyone please give me some advise please?? I would appreciate very much.
Sorry for the bump guys but I am feeling really stressed out. As you know, admission has become highly competitive, so being stressed out makes complete sense. Anyway, I am currently at sjsu and I have completed all of the pre-reqs except for physiology, which I am currently taking. Assuming I have a 4.0 in all the coursework and a 81% on the TEAS (1 attempt), do you think I still have a chance of getting in? My impaction score is around 11.xx. Thanks for your help!
Damn...are you serious so you live outside of santa clara, they won't even look at you? That's hell of discrimination...I didn't apply for fall 2010 because I didn't want to take their writing/english/math placement test.
I don't think that's true for the nursing major.. just for many other majors. The nursing major has its own qualifications. A girl I know lives in Dublin and was accepted last year with a 3.2 prerequisite GPA. I know they are saying no to 2nd bachelors, but I don't think they are rejecting anyone from nursing because of where they live.
I don't think SJSU has supplemental criteria, but she probably had a high TEAS. SJSU accepts like 200 people per year so they're a little less competitive than other schools, I think.
I don't believe SJSU turns away people from other counties, but those in Santa Clara County are definitely the priority. The nursing program roughly accepts 70 students each semester.
Nissan350z, I believe you have a pretty good impaction score, but I think you should aim for a TEAS score of 90+. You can only repeat the TEAS test once so might as well try to get a higher score.
I did my first clinical at VMC last semester and we experienced a lot, thanks to my clinical instructor. It was tough and sometimes frustrating due to the whole computerizing-the-system thing, but I'm thankful I got through it.
If you read the following links about the current process, you will see what defines a local applicant and what doesn't. It is advised that both Local and Non-Local had other colleges as a back up option, as SJSU is in a critical state with admitting transfers. Hope this helps.
Just wanted to add that this is where I went to school a few yrs back and I felt well prepared for nursing. Definitely heavy on the theory vs clinical but I learned more clinical on the job anyway. I did try to do my clinicals at various places to see what/where I liked but that was right before this whole time of it being hard to find a job. I was even offered a bonus when I got my first job:) Good luck to all trying to get in.
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Sorry for the bump guys but I am feeling really stressed out. As you know, admission has become highly competitive, so being stressed out makes complete sense. Anyway, I am currently at sjsu and I have completed all of the pre-reqs except for physiology, which I am currently taking. Assuming I have a 4.0 in all the coursework and a 81% on the TEAS (1 attempt), do you think I still have a chance of getting in? My impaction score is around 11.xx. Thanks for your help!