UCF 2013 Accelerated BSN

[Nursowiczka2b]

Hello everyone. I'm new to allnurses.com and I just wanted to say congrats to those who got into the 2012 UCF nursing program this summer.

I am a prenursing student at UCF as I am still working on a few prerequisites before I apply to CON.

Seeing you all on here, all going through the things I'll be going through next spring makes me feel better about this whole process.

Good luck to everyone!!! Strap in! It's going to be one kind of a ride from what I've heard.

Is there anyone out there who is planning on applying to accelerated program (ABSN) that starts in summer 2013? I'm starting this thread in hopes of finding many of you who wouldn't mind going through this somewhat stressful process together! :)

I am very excited and hopeful that I'll be accepted next year. I already have a bachelor's degree in finance and investments so my #1 choice is the accelerated route, however I will also apply to the basic program as a back up option, which will start in the fall of 2013.

Anyone has taken TEAS yet? I took it in spring semester and scored 82. My overall GPA is 3.90 and prerequisite GPA 4.0 so far. I still have 4 prerequisites to complete. Should I retake the TEAS? I heard that scoring 90 or above makes you really competitive.

Thanks for all of your responses.

Best of luck!!!

[DAK385]

INTERVIEW EMAILS ARE GOING OUT!!!! I just got mine :)

[Nursowiczka2b]

Haha. Mrsbacktoschool, I did the same thing. My heart stopped for a second when I saw "invitation to...." I was in the fitting room. I'm shopping for my interview outfit. Lol

One minute I'm positive, another I wanna cry. Lol

Ughhh. Come one CON. HURRY ALREADY.

Have fun camping. :)

[Nursowiczka2b]

OMG. I GOT INVITED. WOOOHOOOO.

Go check your emails people. :)

[DAK385]

Congrats!!!

OMG. I GOT INVITED. WOOOHOOOO.

Go check your emails people. :)

[ucfsn14]

Got an invite! Yay!!!!!!!!!

[alisano.tru]

Hooray! Congratulations everyone! I got mine as well!

[jcmm]

Congratulations! I did, too! :)

[Nursowiczka2b]

Congrats everyone...

Who's still waiting?

[ucfsn14]

It's interesting that there are 4 interview times to chose from and they will be in groups of 4-6.. at most that means that only 24 people are interviewing? I must be reading something wrong..

[DAK385]

I was wondering the same thing. They must have multiple interview groups going on at once. I'm dying to know how many people got interviews.

It's interesting that there are 4 interview times to chose from and they will be in groups of 4-6.. at most that means that only 24 people are interviewing? I must be reading something wrong..

[alisano.tru]

When I went and saw an advisor last semester, I'm pretty certain I heard that if you make it to the interview, as long as you can answer a question and be genuine, you are in.

Granted they might have multiple interview rooms going at once with, say, 2 interviewers per room. BUT from my understanding, I feel like the committee just really wants to get to know who they are accepting in their program and making sure it's a good fit.

[ucfsn14]

That's exciting to hear! When I went to the last information session, they said that you get scores for grades, TEAS, pre-reqs, and interviews and they total that number up to determine who gets in. I asked which one was weighted more (the grades or the interview) and they weren't allowed to discuss that. So I guess we wont really know until the whole process is over!