UTHSC Houston applicants: What's the difference between Traditional & Accelerated BSN

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Okay, I've been looking through their website and I'm a little bit confused. This is where I'm at:https://nursing.uth.edu/prospstudent/applresources/infosession.htm

So the Accelerated BSN program is 15 months long, with consecutive semesters.

The Traditional BSN program is 16 months long, with consecutive semesters.

So do the Traditional BSN program students get their summers off, whereas the Accelerated BSN students don't?

If not, aren't the two programs essentially identical to one another? That is, just one month's difference in time between the two programs?

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Hi, I'm starting the traditional BSN program this semester. We don't have summer off. The summer semester is 12 weeks long vs. a normal 16 week semester. The traditional BSN program is 16 months total.

The traditional program starts in either the spring or fall semester, while the accelerated starts in the summer. So the accelerated program goes through 2 summer semesters, and since those semesters are shorter, I guess that's what makes it "accelerated." :)

To compare...

Traditional: https://nursing.uth.edu/prospstudent/bsn/tradbsn/bsn-curriculum.htm

Accelerated: https://nursing.uth.edu/prospstudent/bsn/bacc2/bacc2-curriculum.htm

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Oh okay! So there's really not that much difference, right?

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Oh okay! So there's really not that much difference, right?

I guess not! I don't think I'd want to do the accelerated program, myself. The first semester of the program is supposed to be one of the more difficult ones, so I'd rather do it during a regular 16 wk semester. I've heard that the second semester is easier, so I'm glad I'll be doing that one over the summer instead of a harder one. :)

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Fascinating. I'll definitely look into the traditional program. It seems that the admissions requirements for both the accelerated and traditional programs are identical, so that's good.

I looked up the prerequisites, and for in-state schools you need courses like Texas Government. I did my BA from out-of-state, so ugh... more irrelevant prerequisites!

I do have one other question: For the HESI exam, when you go to register for it, can you list all the nursing schools you want to apply to on there? (Sorta like the score reports for SAT and GRE) Or can you only list one program?

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Fascinating. I'll definitely look into the traditional program. It seems that the admissions requirements for both the accelerated and traditional programs are identical, so that's good.

I looked up the prerequisites, and for in-state schools you need courses like Texas Government. I did my BA from out-of-state, so ugh... more irrelevant prerequisites!

I do have one other question: For the HESI exam, when you go to register for it, can you list all the nursing schools you want to apply to on there? (Sorta like the score reports for SAT and GRE) Or can you only list one program?

lol yeah TX is kinda weird like that -- make sure your history credits transfer too (if you've taken history already)! The govt classes were easy As, but it was definitely a pain having to take a bunch of classes that were, like you said, irrelevant. :) I took a couple credits out of state (A&PII, micro, and nutrition) and those transferred without problems, but it might be harder to transfer other credits.

I think you can only select one school at a time (I don't remember exactly though, so I might be wrong) but after you take the HESI, you can definitely request to have your scores sent to additional schools. There might be an additional fee. I'm not completely sure because I only submitted my scores to UT, so you should probably check on the Evolve website.

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