Anyone Applying to Spring 2014 Texas Tech 2nd Degree BSN

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Anyone applying to Texas Tech's program, specifically the 2nd degree Austin program? What is your work experience? What prereqs have you taken/still need? Volunteering? GPA? Heard anything interesting lately about the program? Let's get to chatting!

Well I live in Houston so I'd go with Austin because it's way much closer lol

I don't know anything about El Paso campus but I've heard for the Austin campus that the TTU nursing students do clinicals individually instead of a group, which is way better. I'll ask the El Paso interviewers if they do so as well.

I'm worried that what if El Paso accepts and Austin takes their time in choosing to admit me or not hehe

@jennytmuw

If you get accepted to both.. which will you choose?? This is so nerve wrecking!

Does anyone know how many applied to either El Paso or Austin?

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El Paso is the same.You do clinicals in a group of 4-5 if you're in the traditional program, but clinicals are done individually in the second-degree pathway. Supposedly, clinicals are going to be at UMC (no guarantees), which is the only level one trauma center in the area. The city itself is nice, but primarily a Hispanic community. Which isn't a bad thing, I just feel that it would hinder me during clinicals. I took my CNA course in El Paso and had a difficult time during clinicals because all my patients only spoke Spanish and I couldn't verbally communicate with them. I had to learn a few phrases to survive and learn.. I hope it's not the same at UMC, and if so, I hope they would help non Spanish speaking students with the language barrier. I'm going to ask during the interview how clinicals are going to be and what type of patients we will see. With El Paso being so close to Juarez, I hope students would get the chance to see a lot of third world pathology that one wouldn't normally see in places like Austin or Lubbock.

From the sounds of the email for the interview invitation, it seems like we would get an acceptance/rejection letter after Austin's interview invite, but way before Austin's acceptance letters are sent out.. That makes me worried for you. I hope that El Paso would allow a long period of time for us to either accept or decline the acceptance offer so you have a chance to know about Austin.

If we both get accepted into El Paso and you decide to stay, let me know!! I live in New Mexico now, so I'll have to rent a place in El Paso. Students during last year's cohort had ended up rooming together, which I'm sure would save a crap ton of money. I would love to do the same and get roommates who are in the same program as I am, so let me know if you're interested! (I'm getting so ahead of myself lol it's just coming up so quickly and I like to plan ahead)

Again, good luck!!

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How interesting!!

I'd most definitely be interested in having roommates that are in the same program :) It's good to plan ahead hehe

Okay we will see!

Good luck to you as well :)

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For those of you that had posted your stats.. when you guys say cumulative, do you mean just for the prerequisites? Or of all your grades for your bachelors degree? I'm freaking out since my cumulative for all the classes I've taken is so low, but the classes for the prerequisites are better.

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@lilochik- I was curious about this too, considering the application calculated a pre-requisite GPA for us. I'm going to go out on a limb and say that the committee looks for a 3.0 or above in your first baccalaureate, but is most interested in your pre-requisite GPA, especially the sciences. I could be wrong, but this is just my guess.

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I received an interview for el paso as well! I have mine in tuesday morning! I currently live in el paso! Good luck!!

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Hi @stacienicole

Let me know how the interview goes @lilochik and @stacienicole!! Ya'll will do great! (: I'm heading over yonder tomorrow ^.^

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Thank you Kaseyroo!!

EP applicants! I had my interview today and it went fine. There were 5 ladies that asked questions that were really geared on seeing whether or not I was a good fit for the program. I also asked multiple questions to see if their program was a good fit for me.. All the ladies will be the class instructors, so get to know them! Then there was an essay portion that really just wanted to make sure you were computer literate, so make sure you take the time to read over the directions before you begin your essay.

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I was super nervous at my interview lol I had a hard time to think of questions to ask them...what should I have asked?

Well, we will know next week :)

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@jennytmuw I was nervous too! I asked them stuff about clinicals but I didn't really have a ton of questions on what to ask them either!!

Y'all let me know if you get in or not!! Best of luck to everyone! :))

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Hello! I applied to Austin for the Spring 2014 year...does anyone know when we will find out if we will get an interview?

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@aqua2303- Based off of what I've read from previous threads, I have a hunch it will be this Friday!

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