UTHSC-Houston Fall 2012 Applicants

vintagepeony · Apr 20, 2012

stacymonique- I read on previous threads that UTH weighed your CT score pretty heavily in evaluating your application for admission. I thought my score was pretty good, but it appears that it wasn't good enough to get me accepted. In hindsight, I think it was speculation by previous candidates trying to figure out what the heck UTH considers in determining someone's suitability for nursing school. This process has been like pulling off a band-aid very slowly and ripping out every hair along the way! :crying2: I never received a transcript evaluation, no letters, no emails, still have the yellow triangle and 2 holds. What does all this mean and what is my status? Who knows????? Walking to the mailbox feels like I'm 'walking the plank.' I expect to find my official rejection letter, but it hasn't shown up yet. Maybe UTH doesn't think I'm worthy enough of the paper it's written on to even send me a courtesy 'flush' letter. I will probably apply again for the spring 2013 semester, but right now I'm still licking my wounds and feeling sorry for myself. Rejection, of any type, is tough.

stacymonique · Apr 20, 2012

Krique39 - I have only taken my HESI once and I know UT allows you 2 chances so I am safe in that department.

vintagepeony - I completely empathize because I felt the same way until I received my actual rejection letter and that brought me so much closure. To me, not knowing anything is worse than bad news because you can't move forward and you can't reformulate your game plan. Is there a possibility that you are waitlisted and that is why they are keeping you in limbo? Maybe you will be one of those poor souls that get accepted at the last minute and have to go through all the feelings of rejection plus tons of anxiety trying to get everything done in a fraction of the time everyone else had. Anyway, I know it hurts but think about it...it may only be a 5 month setback. Depending on how much time you have spent to get to this point that may not be that big of a deal in terms of the bigger picture. AND, you always have the option of applying for the accelerated summer program where the applicant pool is smaller and your chances might be better. I know this whole process is frustrating. I have to deal with the fact that I could have applied to UT's GSBS and gotten in easily and had a PhD by the time I might be getting another BS in nursing (or no BS in nursing if I never get in!), but I have to remember that I chose what I chose for a reason. I am sure you have a reason too, so try to look forward and see that you probably still have the same opportunities now that you did before. I always try to look at life in terms of this example: One day I was driving on the highway and another car cut me off and I had to slam on my breaks. I was frustrated because it slowed me down when there was somewhere I really wanted to be at a specific time and I didn't have the patience for the stupid behavior of someone else keeping me from being where I wanted to be when I wanted to be there. I changed lanes and passed the car. A couple miles down the road I saw an accident...a big wreck, it had just happened, it was in the lane that I had been in, if I had been there a fraction of a minute sooner it would have been me in that wreck, but it wasn't because another car cut me off and slowed me down. The point is, you never know what waits for you down the road. A setback can mean that you get there late or you swerve to take another path, but that might be what saves you.

peche312 · Apr 20, 2012

Has anyone who hasn't heard anything yet had any luck contacting the school and getting an answer via e-mail or phone? I too have no changes, e-mail, letter, holds..... Nothing. I agree with stacymonique, it is worse not knowing anything at all.

megablack · Apr 20, 2012

No luck getting a hold of anyone. No changes, no emails, no letters in the mail...just that green dot staring into my very soul. left a message with everyone I could get to on Wednesday, no replies. I took the HESI once for an associates program(didn't include many of the sections UT wanted), and I asked if there was a special version I needed to take for the second time. They said to sign up for the second one at a Prometric center, and this is the last one I could take. I really, really hope I didn't get bad information and that I needed to take another version.x

vintagepeony · Apr 20, 2012

i haven't been able to get a hold of anyone either. i've emailed and called numerous times only to be put into a voicemail loop nightmare!! i haven't received a definitive answer regarding my status. i'm assuming that i have been denied admission, but a confirmation of my assumption from the school would give me closure. i understand that they probably have hundreds of denial letters to mail out, but they could at least update the myuth website to reflect one's status; whether admitted or rejected.

stacymonique-thank you so much for your post. i haven't read anything that resonated so deeply and profoundly with me in a long time. i actually printed the post out and will carry it with me and read it in those times when overwhelming frustration and self pity start to consume me. you have a very compassionate and spiritual soul that isn't often seen. i do hope that our paths will cross again one day in the near future.

peche312 · Apr 20, 2012

No luck getting a hold of anyone. No changes, no emails, no letters in the mail...just that green dot staring into my very soul. left a message with everyone I could get to on Wednesday, no replies. I took the HESI once for an associates program(didn't include many of the sections UT wanted), and I asked if there was a special version I needed to take for the second time. They said to sign up for the second one at a Prometric center, and this is the last one I could take. I really, really hope I didn't get bad information and that I needed to take another version.x

You are not alone. :hug: I guess we just have to keep waiting. :confused: I hope you received the correct information about the HESI.

nici0513 · Apr 20, 2012

Hopefully if you have a green dot at least maybe that means you got on the wait-list because I have had a yellow triangle up until today when I got the evil red circle with a line through it (DENIED)! I'm glad I had changed my plans anyways to go to UTA, I start my Patho & Intro to nursing class this Fall with them (they require you to take it BEFORE starting the program) so I'm all set to apply for their Spring '13 start and will apply for TWU in Denton as a back up!

Also, I went back and calculated my GPA just to make sure and I must have calculated it with my 17hrs I'm taking now, because I only had a 3.5 over-all and 4.0 science and my CT was 890, Hesi 94%. That science GPA was only with A&P I&II though. I'm taking Chem & Micro now and will have an A in both as well as in my other pre-reqs too. So, I'll have a much better chance since my GPA will go way up after this semester!

Congratulations to everyone that has gotten accepted & for those of you who didn't, keep your head held high because everyone had fantastic stats and I know everyone has worked very hard to get where you are now! Just apply again and to more than one school, it will happen when the time is right. :hug:

Phanlange_Angie · Apr 22, 2012

I had a question for those already attending UT Spring 2012 or anyone who knows.

What does the schedule look like? and is it probable that would be the same schedule for the Fall 2012?

Im trying to plan my work days based on that since I'll have to work full time but I work 12 hrs night shift and dont wanna go to school after work, then to work again followed by school again (hope that's clear).

But if anyone can tell me I'd be very thankful.

Hemphia · Apr 22, 2012

Phanlange_Angie - That question is going to be better asked on the FB wall. And someone actually answered that question on one of the posts.......

vintagepeony · Apr 22, 2012

Is there anyone else that still doesn't know their status? I have not received any status changes, emails, or letters. I still have a yellow triangle with 2 holds. I have emailed and left messages, but nobody has returned them. Should I assume that I have been denied since I haven't been accepted? It is so frustrating to be in limbo. If there are any previous candidates who read this post and went through this same experience, can you post what your outcome was? Did you finally hear something or did UTH just keep you in limbo indefinitely? Most of me says to let this go, but there is that annoying little voice in my head that is still holding out hope.

Jessbird · Apr 22, 2012

Vintagepeony, I would hang on if I were you. I went through the same situation with another nursing school program. Everybody I knew was receiving admission/denial letters from that program except me! Three weeks later, I received my admission letter. I know how it feels to be kept waiting on something so vital. I never lost hope and I had prepared a backup plan for this August if I hadn't received admission to any of the nursing programs. (having a backup plan and supportive friends/family helped me A LOT) Good luck and stay positive on whichever direction you decide to go on!

vintagepeony · Apr 23, 2012

jessbird, thank you for taking the time to reply. i appreciate it! i'm doing my best to stay positive. i think my impatience is getting the better of me though. i do have a backup plan for august if uth doesn't work out, but it's not ideal. so i'll hold my breath and just hope to hear some good news soon. good luck to you and again, thanks for your response!!:)