SFSU/Canada College BSN Applicant Thread, Fall 2009 Cohort

[torasamu]

Hello Everybody,

I thought I would make a thread for those of us who will be applying to the SFSU/Canada College BSN program, fall 2009 cohort. Maybe we could share our stats, frustrations, thoughts about the nursing profession, etc.

As for me, I have two prerequisites left to complete. I am taking one right now, and I will take the last one during spring 2009. I anticipate that I will have about a 3.7 GPA in the prerequisite courses.

I have also met two of the supplementary criteria. With as competitive as it is, I know that it's pretty much a coin toss as to whether I get in or not. I'm just hoping for a little luck.

Good luck to all of you.

[Scooby-Dooby-Doo]

wait, now i'm confused. ok so i kept a copy of the fall 08 application along with past documents too just for reference, but when i saw the section that you have to put in the grades for lecture/lab and total pts., what do we put on there if we have a course in progress? do we put "in progress" or nothing? i emailed the sfsu nursing people last night about this and i didn't get a reply which i was expecting. how can they consider the grades for the course(s) in progress when it's still in progress, won't it have no recorded grade?

sorry for so many questions, i'm just really anxious.

[smileswyou]

Hi Snake,

I just put an asterisk next to the course I had in progress when I applied and wrote, "in progress" next to it; then I had another transcript sent with my final grade. HTH! Good luck!

[Scooby-Dooby-Doo]

alright. i'm going to assume then that you used the prereq GPA for the courses that were finished then and not in progress too?

[smileswyou]

Sorry. Yes, I just calculated my GPA with the finished courses.

[torasamu]

For the course I had in progress at the time, I just wrote "IP" in the grade box.

Just remember to send your transcripts to SFSU as soon as possible after your final grades are posted.

[Scooby-Dooby-Doo]

thanks both of you, this was really helpful.

ok so i'll send a trascript during applicaiton and another right after the fall semester is over. :)

[Scooby-Dooby-Doo]

has anyone been to any of the BSN information sessions?

[Scooby-Dooby-Doo]

ok it's April 1, has anyone gotten any word yet? i didn't apply this year but i will next semester, just curious about everyone else.

[ro'smom]

Not a peep. Getting palpitations every time I check the mail.

[smileswyou]

Nothing yet. I think it will be a couple more weeks before they mail them out. Same here Ro'smom!!:chuckle

[torasamu]

I don't think anybody has heard anything yet. I hope they let us know soon though.

Does anybody have any idea how many people applied this cycle? I haven't bothered calling the department and asking, because I figure I've bugged them enough already.

[torasamu]

Has anyone received a decision yet? I know somebody from another SFSU thread received one. After reading that, I almost had a heart attack while checking my application status.