Baylor @ Houston VS UTHSC-H

Nitecap · Jun 2, 2006

I plan on applying to both schools in the near future and would like to hear opinions about each school's program. I have weighed the obvious pros and cons with each school (i.e., curriculum, clinical locations, etc) but would like to get opinions regarding student life, clinical situations you've encountered, and the stuff they don't tell you before entering the program. Please feel free to PM me if you do not feel comfortable divulging information so pubicly! Thanks!

Both schools are extremely solid and offer solid education and experience. I goto baylor but and friends with many at UT. We share a few clinical sites including Methodist and St. Lukes General OR. To set them both apart and compare Ill do my best again reiterating that both are great programs ranked in the top 10 yet of course I will be bias toward Baylor since that is where I go.

Baylor Didactic is crammed together more. We have class 5 days a week with few breaks. Vs UT that has course only 3days a week with more time to study. Whos is better who knows. UT draws it out longer, Baylor hits you all at once, Baylor graduates a few months sooner.

Being associated with a Med school most of the Baylor science classes are taught by phd professors in that respective field. We take real gross anatomy. We take the same Anatomy and Neuroscience classes as the med students do. I can not speak up for UT but I know for sure they dont have gross labs for their students.

Clinical sites for both are comparable. Baylor with 6months at Bentaub a level one trauma center that does high volume. I believe Baylor has slightly stronger OB experiene. Bentaub delivers about 650-700 babies per month most getting regional anesthesia. This equates to hundreds of spinals and epidurals. We do over 3months of straight OB. Also betaub is as academic as they come so you can do many different blocks in the general OR's. Baylor also has 2 months of CV anesthesia at the Methodist Debakey Heart center which is rank number 17 (US News and World report) in CV surgery. Not many programs offer you straight Cardiothoracic for that long. Baylor also recently signes a contract with TX childrens hospital with is the number 6 childrens hospital in the nation. It will def. make out clinical phase more rounded being PEDS was the only area we we didnt get an over abundance of the cases we needed. Balyor also rotates thru the DeBakey VA which is the largest VA hospital in the nation.

UT spends alot of time at MD Anderson seeing a variety of different things many times Cancer related. IT is the Number 2 cancer center in the nation and an excellent clinical site. I believe they spend a good bit of time at Hermann (level I trauma ) and Hermann childrens as well as LBJ too. They also go to Lubaque(msp) to do some OB rotations I believe though please correct me if I an mistaken.

I know the UT students have a little more study time than we do. Again class 5 days a week is alot compared with 2-3 days a week. Also UT eases their students into the OR starting only a few days a week and eventually increasing that. Baylor starts off 5days a week for the start along with week night call and 25hr weekend call every once in a while. I know several UT students that are still able to work a few shifts a week thru the entire first year of the their program. On the other hand it is very rare that a Baylor student works any during any part of the 2.5yr program.

Again both programs are strong and we are all friends and get along. Love my UT peeps, but I just felt baylor was the place for me. Interview with both programs and hopefully you will get offers from both. You then can choose the place that you think fits you best as far as what you want out of a program. You cant

ready4crna? · Jun 6, 2006

Nitecap-

I am EXTREMLY interested in the Baylor program. I will be applying in July and was hoping you might be able to give me a better idea of a successful candidate. I have the grades, experience, and hopefully the GRE's for it. (I take them the end of June.) But anything you could tell me would help alot!

ORaddict · Jun 7, 2006

Nitecap,

Is it true that the Baylor program only has 12 slots for CRNAs? In light of the myriad of applicants each year, you really must have blown them away with your grades, research/publications, etc. Any advice for a student just entering nursing school in spring 2007? What can I do to improve my chances of getting into the Baylor program? Anyone else reading this post: any and all input would be greatly appreciated!!

Becca

UCDSICURN · Jun 8, 2006

Per Baylor's website, they only have 12 slots....

Nitecap · Jun 8, 2006

Good GPA, solid GRE, good experience, good interviewing skills.

roosevelt127 · Jun 9, 2006

I'm planning to apply to Baylor next year (07) and am also interested in people's experiences/opionions related to the school. I was also concerned about the fact that they only offer 12 positions. I had about a 3.4 overall undergrad GPA and about a 3.9 nursing school GPA. I'll be retaking refresher/prereq. sciences over the next year and will be striving for As in all classes (I'm taking O chem, gen chem, physics, stats, biochem). I noticed that Baylor doesn't actually list any particular REQUIRED sciences but with so few spots I'd imagine you need As in all the above classes???

Nitecap · Jun 9, 2006

I'm planning to apply to Baylor next year (07) and am also interested in people's experiences/opionions related to the school. I was also concerned about the fact that they only offer 12 positions. I had about a 3.4 overall undergrad GPA and about a 3.9 nursing school GPA. I'll be retaking refresher/prereq. sciences over the next year and will be striving for As in all classes (I'm taking O chem, gen chem, physics, stats, biochem). I noticed that Baylor doesn't actually list any particular REQUIRED sciences but with so few spots I'd imagine you need As in all the above classes???

Of course do well but with so many peeps applying for so few spots I believe its up in the air when you get there. I have seen those with 4.0 GPA and 1500 GRE not get in and peeps with 3.2 GPA and 1050 get in. Good luck.