Hi guys,
I was wondering if anyone could offer some insight that would help me choose between ASU and SDSU for nursing. The main problem with ASU is that it’s at the Downtown campus which is pretty small. SDSU, on the other hand, would be a more traditional campus. However, I feel like a nursing major could be more successful at ASU because of the campus’s size (nursing student community, lower class sizes, closer relationships with professors). I do want to join a sorority, however, and taking the light rail down to Tempe every time I want to go to a party seems like a lot of work. Sorry this post is kind of all over the place… Really any information you could offer about either campus would be appreciated!
Have you been accepted to both schools? Is there a huge cost difference? What is your home state? If you are leaning towards the ASU program then go with your gut feeling. What I know of the nursing programs, do not expect to have a lot of free time especially if you plan to join a sorority. Make sure you are able to balance your nursing classes with outside activities.
To futurenurse717 - I realize this is an SDSU thread, but Univ of AZ also has a very good nursing program. And lots of school spirit, sororities on campus, etc.
Back to SDSU, Gumbymom, how do u think east coast students fare at SDSU? It’s mostly west coast students but there is a dorm for OOS that I think helps w the transition. Laid back beachy feel to school?
@zoe411: See my response to your PM. Although SDSU is not near beaches (20 mins by car), you get the beachy, laid back vibe at SDSU.
hey there! I’m also planning on going into nursing so I know a bit of what you’re going though. I applied to SDSU because their nursing program is a direct program, which basically means once you’re accepted your senior year of high school, you have a spot reserved for you throughout your four years of college unless you flunk out/change majors…ect. Do you know if ASU has a direct program? If not, it can be a lot more stressful your first two years to keep your grades up in order to get into the actual Nursing school. If I were you, I would chose the school with the direct program, but that’s just me 
@swimchick97 yes, ASU is direct entry! I agree that direct entry is the way to go, which is why I only applied to those kinds of schools haha.I think SDSU is definitely my top choice, but I don’t want to get too excited about it until I get an acceptance letter. The wait is killing me!
to futurenurse, good luck. What r your stats? Was told SDSU only considers GPA and test scores for impacted majors. Mine: GPA = 3.9; act = 29. Not sure if these # will get me into nursing, it’s a waiting game r n.
My CSU gpa is a 4.35 and my sat is 1310/1600. From last year’s threads, I’m guessing that we’ll know around February 26th-ish if we got in or not 
So far awayyyyy
@futurenurse717 I was just looking at ASU nursing. Is it really direct entry? Please tell me if I’m missing something, but it sounds like they review your grades at the end of sophomore year and if you don’t have a 3.75 in your nursing prerequisites, you’re not allowed to continue to the upper division nursing program. Overall GPA needs to be 3.5. I wonder how hard it is to maintain a 3.75 GPA at ASU…
@worldstudent My understanding is that overall you must maintain a 3.5, but you get to pick your top X amount of classed to count towards the minimum 3.75. (Cant really remember but I feel like it’s your top 14 grades or something). Yes this is still direct entry; it’s a lot easier to maintain the minimum GPA than to be competing with all the other students sophomore year! I went to one of their nursing info session things and I’m not too worried about maintaining that GPA, especially with all the nursing guidance, small classes, tight nursing community, etc. Have you been accepted yet?