<p>I posted this in the CA college forum, but I guess not many people go to that one. So let's try again!</p>
<p>I'll be a senior this coming year and I'm set on becoming a nurse. Sadly, the majority of the schools I would have considered don't have nursing programs! UCLA and UCI are the only UC's, and the CSU's and private schools I've heard are pretty waitlisted. UCLA is definitely my first choice and UCI my second. But the schools being so new (UCLA's was just brought back recently) I can't find many stats regarding acceptances. Anyone have any info or facing the same problem?</p>
<p>Don’t know if you’re interested in state schools but San Francisco State University also has a accredited nursing program. Also, in-state tuition is pretty good. The thing about getting a BSN in nursing is that you’re usually getting that instead of an AA in nursing (which would also qualify you to take the NCLEX) b/c eventually you want to go for your Masters in something. So, by going to a cheaper four year school and then getting certified you can then not harp too much about going to graduate school for the higher degree. For myself, instead of doing Economics, I’ve decided to go into nursing. I attend SF State, my eventual goal is to be a CRNA (certified registered nurse anesthetist) which requires 2 years of graduate school. I figure I would do the state school, that way I don’t have too much debt going into graduate school. Not that it’s a big thing since a CRNA gets entry level salary of $100,000. Not that money is super important-lol. It just makes those student loans a little easier to swallow.</p>
<p>Thanks for that site, a lot of good info on there. Good luck in your nursing career! And yes, I’m planning on getting my masters. I’m either going to be a Certified Nurse Midwife or a Clinical Nurse Specialist. Did it take you long to get into the nursing program at sf state? I’m nervous about committing to a school next year that doesn’t immediately accept freshman into their nursing program and then taking 6+ years to get my BSN because of a waitlist.</p>
<p>Do nursing at a CSU. The pre-reqs are whole lot ezier. For UCI and UCLA you have to go through the same pre-reqs as any other pre-med. So you might as well become a doctor if you gonna go through that. And its not even worth it. Most nurses come from CSU’s anyway. </p>
<p>At the end of the day, no one really cares where you got your degree either as long as you pass NCLEX and get your nursing license. Even nurses with only their A.A. degree are successful.</p>
<p>iTransfer, are you a nursing student at a CSU? Or do you know of any? And if so, how long did/is it taking them to get their degree? I don’t care much about hard vs. easy classes, what I’m looking for is a BSN degree in four years. The CSU’s nursing programs seem to be pretty impacted and they accept freshman as pre-nursing while UC accepts freshman directly into their nursing school. Do you know of any CSU’s that tend to have a faster graduation rate?</p>
<p>No I am not a nursing major but thought about it. I am becoming a doctor instead. But a big majority of my friends at my community college plan to do nursing. I advise going to a CSU only because for the UC’s you have to go through g-chem/o-chem on top of that like 2 1/2 years of bio during the first few years. I’m just saying, if you gonna go through that you might as well go for doctor because you have taken all the pre-reqs already. I also don’t advise it because those will probably be the toughest weeder classes at the UC’s. Most of the students in those classes will probably be pre-health and you are going to have to go through the tough competition. You could be a CSU student and bypass through all that and concentrate on nursing classes more. I believe most CSU programs require only microbiology,human anat, human physio, and 1 semester of basic chem. </p>
<p>But I would still apply to both tho. Nursing major is very impacted even applying for just a associates is even impacted. The community college near me has a 2 year waitlist already just for their A.S. nursing program.</p>
<p>As long as i get accepted, I’m going to u of connecticut for nursing. 100% of their nursing students have a job at graduation. that sounds pretty great to me. ive looked at california schools, but i dont like all the budget cuts and i dont think school would be so great with those issues. everyone i know in college in california complains of it</p>
<p>Well seeing as how I live in California and already applied to all my colleges, thanks for your lovely optimism. And almost all nursing schools have a high job @ graduation rate because there’s a national shortage of nurses.</p>