Comments on: Which College Would Fit My Criteria If I Want To Pursue A Bs In Nursing In California?

By: teknique

teknique — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:38:11 +0000

You have pretty good stats and good enough for all 4 of those schools.
I’m not sure if UC Davis offers a nursing degree for undergraduate, or at least I’ve never heard of it. I know that UC Davis has just received 100 million dollars to start a separate professional school, the 6th for UC Davis, specifically for nursing (Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing). I believe they’ll enroll students starting from Fall Quarter 2008, but those students should already have a 2/4 year degree with the pre-requisites for nursing school completed. Here is a website with some more information: http://advisingservices.ucdavis.edu/advi…
Good luck!

By: Jay (Ja-ja-ja-j UNIT!!)

Jay (Ja-ja-ja-j UNIT!!) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:51:31 +0000

USF I believe is considered to have the best nursing program here in CA but the school is private and really expensive but is located in the Bay Area.
Out of that list of colleges i suggest Berkerly would be the best choice and also the hardest one to get into
Next I would say its Davis and they have a huge Davis Medical Hospital in Sacramento and then I would go with Irvine.
I think you have a really good shot at getting into Berkerley depending on your SAT scores. Also you should probably be a shoe-in for Davis and Irvine and any other UC besides UCLA.

By: Bottom Contributor

Bottom Contributor — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:45:56 +0000

My ex-gf is a nurse. She graduated from Samuel Merritt/St. Mary’s college. The truth is that it is meaningless where you graduate from. Nursing is on the boom and will give you a job wherever you go. It would be MOST adviseable for you to go to a University close to where you believe you’ll want to work. Why? Because you can do internships in the nearby hospitals to get a job.
Honestly, saying you graduated from Davis or Berkeley is just a pride thing, not a salary thing.
EDiT: Another thing I forgot is to tell you not to go to State school because there is such a demand it may take you 4 years just to get to nursing school. This happened to a friend of mine. I suggest you go to a private university if you can afford it.