USF 2014 applicants?

Mia83 · Dec 16, 2013

If you have a AA degree and transfer to USF for BSN nursing are we required to take the Teas as well ? Any help will be great. Thanks

BOWESA · Dec 17, 2013

It is not required to take the TEAS for USF.

missind33 · Dec 20, 2013

I am planning on applying to USF too. I already have my pre-reqs done and I am planning on applying to both the ABSN and regular BSN tracks.

SILVACH24 · Jan 6, 2014

No one has really talked about their GPA, and I don't remember any professor mentioning an average. You can call the pre-nursing advisor who might have that information. I know only about 25% of applicants were accepted last summer.
I'm doing the accelerated program, and honestly its moving too fast for me, but I'm surviving. Now that it's winter break I'm using the Kaplan program they made us buy to practice and review. Only a nursing student would be studying over vacation!
I like it a lot. I wish I had gotten into the VA system, but they assign us based on zip codes, and some Tampa people have to drive all the way to Sarasota. You need a good car: I put 5,000 miles on it in 3 months!!! But I live far from campus, and they have a clinical site one mile from my house, but I can't attend that site because it's for regular BSNs, not ABSNs. So, instead of driving two miles roundtrip to clinical, I drive 80 miles roundtrip. So they are not flexible or commuter friendly (I complain about it in all my student surveys.) But it's only one year, and it's so worth it to get a BSN in one year rather than going to a local community college for two years, and then needing to do an ASN-BSN since no hospitals here will hire ASN's.
We've also been warned that the Tampa area is saturated with nurses and nursing schools, so I hope you plan to move after graduation. My hospital recently received 400+ applications for 17 nurse resident jobs. I can't even get a PCT/CNA job around here. I'm planning to move to upstate NY after graduation, but am open to other suggestions.

Hi, I noticed u said hospitals won't hire s nurse with an ASN? Where did you get that info from? I'm curious because my team leads wife works at Lakeland regional and in her class for training on the job, only 2 nurses had BSN and the rest had ASN. This worries me because I'm going for my ASN at HCC I will be applying in April

missind33 · Jan 6, 2014

My mother is an eye doctor and a lot of patients who are nurses now tell her it's hard to find a job as an asn and go for their bsn.

SILVACH24 · Jan 6, 2014

My mother is an eye doctor and a lot of patients who are nurses now tell her it's hard to find a job as an asn and go for their bsn.

O wow ok Thank you for the feed back. Ill be looking into USF program in this case

BOWESA · Jan 12, 2014

Has anyone applied to the Upper division BSN program yet? I've been waiting on the admissions office to accept me to the school but it's taking foreverrr :bored: . Hopefully they accept me by this week !

Just_keep_swimming · Jan 12, 2014

What's the difference between BSN & upper level BSN? I'm having issues understanding their website.

missind33 · Jan 12, 2014

I've been having issues applying as well. The admissions office lost my application fee! I hope I can turn everything in on time!

BOWESA · Jan 12, 2014

Lower division BSN is for those who have there Bachelors field in a degree other than nursing while Upper division BSN is for those who have their AA degree along with the required prereqs to get into the program. Also lower division I believe only takes a year to complete while upper division takes two years.

BOWESA · Jan 12, 2014

That happened to me... well sort of! They canceled my application for no reason so I had to repay the amount and submit the application again. I'm really nervous!

Just_keep_swimming · Jan 13, 2014

Oh ok! Thank you ? I will be applying to upper division then. I'm trying to finish up another college's app before starting this one.