I’m starting college in the fall and I’m stuck between two community colleges. My goal was to go to UCLA or UCI with a nursing major but I got rejected, but I wasn’t surprised because everyone said their nursing programs are very selective and the their acceptance rate for nursing is low. So now I’m stuck between two community colleges near me - Los Angeles Valley College (LAVC) or Los Angeles Pierce College (LAPC). Does anyone know which college is better for a nursing major?
I also have another question- Both community colleges have nursing programs where I can apply after I complete my GES and then go for 2 years and get my RN license and then I could transfer to a CSUN and get RN-BSN, so I’ll have both my RN license and BSN in 5-6 years. Or the other option is the go to one community college and then try to transfer to either UCLA or UCI. But I’m really doubtful about option #2 because admission rates for nursing is really low, especially for transfer students. Can someone please give advice I’m lost and I have no one who is knowledgeable about college to give me advice and assistance. Thank you so much, I appreciate it a lot. 
Both schools will have similar classes and equal requirements that feed into CSU’s and UC’s. Remember that only two UC’s offer Nursing, while you have 15 CSU’s (of differing admission difficulty) to select from.
Contact the the Nursing departments at both of the schools you’re considering and ask about their Transfer success rates to BSN programs within the CSU system. Do they have pre-Nursing advising? The strength of their advising should factor in and be part of your decision-making.
It is possible to do your GE’s then transfer directly to a CSU Nursing BSN, saving you one-to two years of school.
Good luck.
Note that, in the CSU system, the basic nursing major is impacted (i.e. more selective than CSU baseline) everywhere, but RN->BSN is not impacted at many CSU campuses. https://www2.calstate.edu/attend/impaction-at-the-csu/Documents/ImpactedProgramsMatrix.pdf
So if you can complete an RN at community college, the admission pathway to an RN->BSN program is less difficult (and you could work as an RN before completing your BSN).