What's going on at CSULB? Does anybody find this unusual?

LAAngelsFan · Mar 20, 2006

When did this happen??? I applied for the Basic BSN Program at CSULB, but I know several people who have applied for the Accelerated BSN Program. I can't believe that they would make this huge announcement in the middle of the application process. I'm shocked too! Have you called the department or sent an email?

ChiaLing · Mar 20, 2006

I'm in the process of applying for the Accelerated BSN program at CSULB. Most of my application has already been submitted. They just announced that they will no longer will offer the Accelerated BSN program, but instead a accelerated BSN/MSN program with Clinical Nurse Specialist emphasis. So the program just went from 16 months to 36 months! I don't understand how they could change the program in the middle of application process. Does anybody find this unusual or is this common occurance in nursing education? Anyway, they mentioned that few students will be able to opt out after completing their BSN; however, they have not establish the creteria opting out. Is this a bad sign? Does anybody have any experience or feedback with CSULB? Also, what is a Clinical Nurse Specialist? How are they different from NP? I'm so confused and shocked.:uhoh21: Please help!

I had a nightmare of a time applying to CSULB's acc. BSN program last year.

(You are talking about CSU Long Beach, right?)

I had to contact so many people and jump through so many hoops getting old course syllabi and old course descriptions to establish course equivalency (can somebody tell me WHY a standard general and organic chemistry course sequence from a UC school is NOT automatically equivalent at CSULB??), and I found that people at CSULB were hard to get a hold of. I visited no less than 3 departments at CSULB and talked to at least 5 different people to try to establish course equivalencies. And then they changed the entrance test requirement, too, after I had already taken the old entrance test. Then they denied my application because I sent "unofficial" evidence that my critical thinking prerequisite was in progress and because I hadn't taken sociology (even though when I applied, I was told that sociology was NOT required, and could be taken concurrently with the BSN courses).

The application process was so FRUSTRATING because they were (1) disorganized; (2) inconsistent; and (3) they changed the admission requirements midway through the application process, after I had already sent in my materials. :nono:

I'm sorry if you're caught up in their application process right now. Having been through it myself, I'm not surprised that they're changing their program all of a sudden. I would be very surprised if they actually establish criteria for opting out the BSN within a reasonable time frame.

If it makes you feel any better, I did not have any problems with other schools I applied to - only CSULB was a nightmare.

Good luck to you.