UTA Spring 2010

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Is anyone out there applying at UTA for the spring? I was wondering, if we are asked to interview, what month would that be? and does anyone know when they send out their final decision? Also, what goes on in the interview? Any tips? pls?

I don't want to be waitlisted either!!!!!!

I am a little nervous too ayeisha because if we find out at the end of september, they will want a response back before I even hear back from TWU in late october, early november. BUT IM STILL EXCITED TO FIND OUT EARLY!

I have a question...

Let's say you are waitlisted at UTA, but accepted at UTMB (or another school). What if you take the spot at UTMB, but then a spot opens up at UTA and they contact you to fill the spot? What are the consequences from UTMB if you tell them you dont want to go there because you want to go to UTA? Are there any consequences, other than the fact that it is a little unprofessional? I know for medical school that once you commit, you commit and that's that. What do you guys think?

well im thinking once you accept, you are put under somewhat of a contract, but thats a good question goopsy because i was wondering the same thing

yah, thanks. That makes sense. I'm not quite sure who to ask to make sure.

Well, My friend who was accepted into nursing school at UTA last spring, said a few people did not show up to orientation (which they had already reserved their spot) and UTA called people off the waitlist to start at school the following Monday, and that some people dropped out of the program the first week (I don't know why they did, maybe bc they got accepted to there 1st choice) and UTA was still getting people off the waitlist. Maybe you should email Justin. What could the consequences be? I cant think of anything...

Hey guys, my guess is that some people who were accepted but apparently may have not passed patho or pharm or any other prereq's that must be completed prior to the start of the semester, therefore may have not be able to start the program. Other assumptions could have been a criminal background. You must pay and submit a background check prior to the start of the program. Another guess is that they simply just went to a different school. I knew some people who went to orientation prior to the start of class but eventually dropped out bc they feel that nursing isn't just for them. You do get to see alot of amazing but sometimes "weird" things as you interact with real-life patients.

As for the question whereas if there is any consequence if you get accepted but decide to leave uta for another school, my guess is that you'll just simply give up your spot for another student. There will be no consequences bc you havent turn in any paperwork or haven't attended the mandatory orientation. If you do go to the orientation but still decide to drop out of the program, Ms. Ashwill will be the one to talk to for that. There will be some paperwork done saying that you want to drop out etc.

so I'm guessing that no one has heard any new news yet? I have been freaking out and going to get the mail everyday at 4 pm since ayeisha told us there was no interview. Originally, Justin said we were going to get letters for an interview this week. Now that there is no interview, do you guys think that we will get letters of acceptance/rejection this week then? I know he said end of September, but does this count? lol. I don't think this is what he meant by end of Sept. but I am getting more and more restless and weirded out every additional day that we wait. We turned in applications by Jun 1; what is taking so long to decide?

no i havent heard news yet and it doesnt look like they are sending out letter this week either. i think they really do mean the end of september...like the week of the 27. it shouldnt take 3 months to figure out who is accepted. and it seems like the longer i wait the more i start to get antsy, because today in one of my classes there was this guy talking to me and he said his friend had a 4.0 last semester and didnt get in....and with interviews being taken out, all thats left is gpa

I wouldn't worry about what he said because a lot of people over-exagerate stuff. Maybe his friend interviewed really poorly. At the sophomore success event, Justin said himself that the cutoff GPA for Fall 2009 was 3.6. For Spring 2009 it was 3.5, and for the Fall 2008, it was 3.7. I wrote it down. He also mentioned that around 450 applied, and out of those 450, about 100 to 150 were not eligible (as in they didnt take the HESI, didn't meet the minimum GPA, etc.). So really, that is 300 to 350 people we are competing against. I am worried, but I have also learned to take everything I have heard with a grain of salt. I do not have a 4.0, but Justin was extremely confident in my application, and he told me, in an advisory session, that I would pretty much get an interview but he couldn't put that on paper because it was not an official statement. And he said if you get an interview, you are pretty much in as long as you show up dressed nice, can speak confidently and coherently, and show up on time. Since there are not having interviews, though, now there is not that initial buffer of people skipping interviews, people not dressing nicely, people not being able to talk coherently, so maybe they will accepting people they might not normally have if they had the interview. I am still confident in my application and feel stongly about it but at the same time just plain freaking out. I just want to know! I think we will find out the week of the 28th as well, but I am just trying to fool myself into thinking it will be before lol. I guess that is just a week and a half away, but seems so long from now. *sigh*

Ive been checking my mail like crazy, Im thinking we will find out next weekend. I feel like they are going to mail out the letter next Thursday or Friday and we should get it by sat of next week! so I'm hoping for sept 25 or 26. I just really hope we all get in! This has been a long process, and I just want to know if I am accepted in nursing school. So I can know what I need to do next Spring if I'm not! I know in the past that they have mailed out the letters towards the end of the week, I'm assuming they do that so people will not be calling the SON asking where the letter is. lol :)

yah I agree, I noticed they have been sent at the end of the week as well. I also think that it will probably be sent out next thurs/fri. That just makes sense to me.

It's a bit nostalgic reading these posts and how it reminded me of how i was in your "shoes".

Just a word of encouragement, if you don't get an acceptance letter, please please don't let that make you give up becoming a nurse. Keep trying, keep motivated, keep working (retake classes to increase gpa then re-apply, etc.) because you WILL eventually be a nurse some day. Look at it as a small bump on the road, but there are plenty of alternatives to reach that dream goal of being a nurse. I know some people who were waitlisted and still got in on time b/c other students may have not met the requirements i stated in my previous post. Others may have taken the ADN route to get their BSN. Whatever you do, don't let a simple letter discourage you. If nursing is your dream, then keep at it and it will eventually come true. Hope to hear some good news soon =).

The Smart Hospital is very fun and valuable to us students. They have ICU, ER, pedi, med/surge, and other rooms with high tech equipments and similar things to what we will see at a hospital setting. And you can take pictures in there too! If you're a facebook type person, you will want to take pictures when doing a foley catheter insertion on a male/female manikin during your jr 1 semester. Or when we give each other bed baths. Some of you will know what i mean.

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