Best path to a BSN?

blueskyforever
Mon, 16 Nov 2015 16:28:56 +0000

@rbb244 As you probably already know as a California HS senior, you have 15 days left to submit a UC or Cal State apps for fall 2016 and then the apps all close on Nov. 30, 2015 at 1159 pm -
NO EXCEPTIONS!!! For nursing in CA, there are only 3 direct entry BSN schools - UCLA, UC Irvine & SDSU - all of which are extremely competitive for admission & hundreds of well qualified students are declined. Next, Cal States near where you live, is it the San Fernando Valley/ Santa Clarita area? You have Cal State Northridge & Cal State LA. Cal State Fullerton & Long Beach [all the Cal States except SDSU are nondirect admit] are other possibilites but you would have a longer commute - probably 1.5 - 2.0 hours each way but as you known people in LA do these crazy commutes all the time. CCs near you which have nursing programs - Valley College, Pierce College, Moorpark College, College of the Canyons, Glendale, Pasadena, Citrus. All the private colleges - Azusa Pacific, Cal Lutheran, etc - are nondirect admits. If your intention is to become a RN, try for admission to a 4 year program, but you have the 2 year programs to fall back on & go straight for the RN programs rather than the LVN. After graduation from a 2 yr CC with an associates degree & passing the RN NCLEX that you can do a RN to BSN program at a 4 year school. This option is the most economically feasible way to become an RN.

Here is the link to the NCLEX passing rates of all RN nursing programs in CA: