Worries of a Senior Student

[jullia]

Hi, I'm a high school senior student and I just layely realized that I want to be a Nurse. And because I was undeclared for a while, I didn't took any AP classes that would be a lot more helpful for prereqs.

I live in Long Beach and applied for CSULB. However it scares me because Nursing program in CSULB is impacted. I also applied for CSUF and UCI. UCI scares me a lot too because my SAT score is average score and UCI seems to look at SAT scores more than any requirements. I scored 1420 for my SAT. All of my classes are regular and honors. I don't take the most rigorous classes. Do you think a university would most likely accept me? Because to be honest, I am really scared. However my decision is firm. I want to be a Nurse.

[Sav768]

Generally, most programs require that the apply to their nursing program in your second year. So you would be admitted as pre nursing. Therefore, you have the chance to due well in your nursing prereqs before applying to the actual program.

[willowita, ADN, RN]

Nursing is impacted at pretty much all California campuses. So don't worry about CSU Long Beach! Like the other poster stated, most programs require you take all the prereqs after you start college and then apply to the nursing program afterward. So it's okay if you haven't taken AP classes. You'll start at the beginning just like everyone else trying to get into nursing. My advice is just to make sure you apply to universities that have RN programs and get straight As in the prereqs.