I have had to educate the college counselors at my daughter’s high school as to the difference between direct and non direct admit baccalaureate nursing program [BSN]. In California, there are only 3 direct admit BSN programs - UCLA, UC Irvine & San Diego State - all the rest are non direct admit includung all the other Cal State campuses. Cal Sate Mentor application opened Oct. 1 & will close Nov. 30, 2015. UC app can be submitted between Nov. 1 - Nov. 30, 2015. The 3 direct admit school are all extremely competitive. I just spoke with Mark Covin in Recruitment for UCLA Nursing & they will only have 40 placements with 1900 - 2000 apps expected for the class to be admitted fall 2016. Arizona State has a direct admit BSN program with acceptance based on a 3.5 GPA or higher & 1100 CR/math on SAT. Western Undergraduate Exchange [WUE] will give reduced tuition for California residents at Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas & Reno & Univ. of New Mexico but all these programs are nondirect admit.
Here is a link to the California NYCLEX results [RN licensure exam] with results recorded until 2013-2014.