SFSU ELM-A Spring 2018

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San Francisco State University ELM-A Spring 2018

Hi everyone! I've been obsessively stalking all of the other SF State ELM-A topics but I haven't seen one for Spring 2018 yet. I hope we can share information as we try to survive this process together!

Some information I got from the online info session:

ADMISSION STATS: Every year 65-115 applications are received, 24 are ultimately admitted

COST: The ELM-A program costs a total of $65-66,000 (not subsidized by state funding, only federal loans available). The non-accelerated 3 year Entry level MSN in Fall semester is a total cost of $24,000.

LENGTH: 2 years, (6 semesters) no Summer breaks. Last 2 semesters are graduate-level courses.

DEADLINE: Cal State Apply: Aug. 31, NursingCAS: Sept. 17

LOR: 3, one must address health-related experience

EMPHASES: emphases do not affect your admission (no quotas for any of the specialties)

Adult gerontology, pediatrics, women's health, community/public health. Also Nursing Administration and Public Health Nursing.

INTERVIEW: Group format interview sometime in October (not 100% on this). I've heard that it is VERY brief.

GRE: Analytical Writing score of 4+ (only writing score is considered)

A little myself: Semi recent grad - English major from small liberal arts college, 1.5 years of experience volunteering at a women's health clinic as a health educator, also a volunteer hospital birth doula for 1 year. I have never worked professionally in a health field other than through volunteer work, which may disadvantage me. I speak Spanish fluently and live in the Bay Area. Undergrad GPA: 3.81, Prerequisite GPA: 3.85. Still waiting to hear about GRE Analytical Writing. I am hoping to apply for a women's health specialty or Public Health. I should really decide by now!

Please post about yourself and any questions or answers you might have! Hope to hear from you all ?

Was your "informal school of nursing response" logging onto gateway and accepting?

I received two "informal letters". The first came Tuesday around 1ish and th second Wednesday around 5am. I applied for community health. Hopes that helps! I think as long as you accept the invitation through the student portal you should be good í ½í±

I received two "informal letters". The first came Tuesday around 1ish and th second Wednesday around 5am. I applied for community health. Hopes that helps! I think as long as you accept the invitation through the student portal you should be good ������

Thank you so much, I'll sleep better tonight as that's closer to my experience :) I somehow just didn't get the first one I guess. I'll call them Monday morning to make sure all is in order.

irishgirl0821,

It is so hard to say with all the unknown variables, but if I were you I would bring my car and start out with the SO in San Jose; you can always look for other options if that's not working. Cal Train and BART should be fine to get you to class, but every time I've asked about clinicals they have stressed that they will be all over the place, so I think you will probably end up needing a car. As far a place to live, San Jose is so far! But the bay area is SO expensive. Would you be living with them rent-free? If so I would try it out, but I don't know your financial situation. If you're planning to stay in the bay area after graduation you'll be making enough money to pay off your loans easily, including $20-30k spent on rent and maybe it does make sense just to invest that money so that you can focus on excelling in school without having 3-4 hours a day eaten up by your commute! But either way, if your relationship with them is such that you could stay with them for a while and see how it goes, while getting a sense for the area and keeping your ears open for possible shared living situations, that seems pretty ideal. I could also see possibly having them as your home-base, and then all the money you're saving by staying with them you could use if once in a while you have a clinical out in Fairfield or something, you could just rent a cheap room out there for a couple months...

Is anyone still waiting for a response?

I too was accepted for the public health focus! What do you think the orientation will focus on? Those that live in the area, do you have cars? Or will you be relying on BART? I have so many questions about what to bring etc.

What were your stats?

Hi Mandanursepanda,

I was unsure if I would get into SFSU, so I applied broadly. I think I applied to at least 12 schools. I think it might have been my healthcare experience that gave me a significntant boost as well as the interview and letters of recs, and my essay. SFSU is my top choice given the BSN/MSN, affordability, familairity with the area (in some regards) and ability to foucs in public health.

In my undergrad years, I was initially pre-med and got low/average grades. I switched from Bio (graduated from a university on the east-coast in 2015 that foucses in social justice and service in Philadelphia) and I studied public health/allied health and had at least 400+ hours in medical service-learning courses that partnered with my course requirements (hospice care, assistant in medical homes for nonverbal and special needs childrens, innmate tutoring and outreach, assisisted in living facilitiy care, quality of life coordinator, activities volunteer for residents that had spinal injuries/illnesses etc, ER volunteer, pediatrics and tele volunteer). I also worked in medical offices/hospitals during college and did research and case studies in the ER and did immersion trips during my breaks.

When I graduated, my overall gpa just hit about 3.0 I did a year of volunteer service with Americorps/Jesuit Volunteer Corps with clients that are of lower-income/homeless and identify as having mental health disabilites and or AIDS/HIV and worked in legal/healthcare law/disability law as a housing case manager in San Jose, CA.

After I completed my year of volunteer service, I enrolled in extra courses to boost my GPA and took some courses that SFSU required that I didn't have. I also earned a CNA in CA. I moved back to NJ to be with my family because taking classes at a CC was cheaper during the time and it was easier to find a job and I didnt have to pay as much rent as I did when I was living with my so and his family in San Jose. I was hired in the ER I used to volunteer in as a Patient care tech and have over about 800 hours in direct-patient care now.

My overall post-bac GPA is/has been a 4.0 and I've taken at least 40+ credits. During my last 60 units in my alma mater, I had around a 3.5, possibly? I can't remember. I also had a 4.0 for GRE writing portion and I think 150 for V&Q GRE scores and intermediate bilingual abilities.

I was an average student and struggled first-two years of college, but recieved A's and a few B's during my JR/SR years and all A's durning my working/post-bac years. I also re-took classes and took more advanced classes that I didn't do or take in my freshman/sophmore year to show that I'm capable.

I hope you get off the waiting list. Thankfully SFSU focuses on holistic care/experiences, which I think is benifical for applicants.

I got denied from a state school in NJ and I was sad for a while but there are a lot of other ELMSN programs that also have great programs and focus in public health areas. Some of the other schools I applied to were

Uni San Diego, Pacific Lutheran, Ross, Regis, Seton Hall, Rutgers, Thomas State Edision, Creighton, Marquette and Saint Louis University. I also think Emory has a MSN program that is highly regarded as well.

Hi Yawp,

I was just looking into the campus housing options. Definitely expensive. I would have to pay for rent with my so and his family, about $400.00 a month, but that's a steal elsewhere. Only thing i'm worried about is crowding with his family and due to religous and cultural practices, I can't live in the same room/area with my SO. I would have to live with extended family and there's about 5+ members living in a 3 bedroom condo. So definite questions I have with being able to study and working and commuting. But your advice is helpful and brings up some questions and ideas I can explore.

Has anyone else admitted not yet heard from Graduate Admissions? I received the S.O.N. email w/ my offer on Thurs and clicked the link @ the bottom and entered the info it was asking for. After entering the info, it said to be on the lookout for instructions from Grad. Admissions on how to formally accept. It looks like some folks have already heard from Grad. Admissions, I haven't. I called them today and was told that my response hasn't yet been entered into the system. This has me a little worried. Anyone else in the same position?

No I'm having the opposite problem :/ I got the grad letter and accepted in Gateway- I can even see in Gateway where it says I am now matriculated in the program. The grad admissions letter specifically says "congratulations nursing program is competitive and you were admitted," and when I talk to them (grad admissions) on the phone they say they don't admit people who haven't first been admitted to a specific department/program. But the nursing department front office tells me that my letter just says I'm admitted to the university not the department (that's not what it says), and that decisions have not been made yet (scary but also clearly not completely informed). Ugh, I'm a wreck. Hopefully we can at least console ourselves that it's not that they made a mistake sending us our acceptance letters, it's just that it's all happening piecemeal.

Can you tell me whether on the SoN email there is a deadline for whatever they're asking you to do? Because I'm nervous that, assuming I'm accepted, I have no access to that email and can't respond?

Did you login to your gate-way account?

I got an e-mail like this after the Nursing dept acceptance e-mail.

Congratulations! You have been admitted to the Nursing (Accelerated Entry Level Nursing) program which is among the most competitive in the California State University system.

To officially accept your offer of admission, you must:

login to your Student Center at San Francisco State University - SF State Global Login

click application status (on left of screen)

click Student Center button

Under "Admissions" click the Accept hyperlink

Watch the How to Video here:

Your formal admission letter and campus information will be mailed to you shortly.

We look forward to seeing you on campus!

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