Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston Pacesetter BSN - Fall 2025

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Members are discussing the application process and acceptance criteria for a nursing program. Some members are sharing their stats and experiences with rejection despite high GPAs and HESI scores, while others are asking about the program's schedule and NCLEX pass rates. Additionally, there is a group invite for accepted students to join a study group.

Hello! I'm a pre-nursing student hoping to start in the UTHealth Cizik Pacesetter program for Fall 2025. I'm starting this thread to connect with other pre-nursing students aiming for the program, as well as current students who might be able to answer our questions. If you're comfortable, please feel free to share your stats, questions, comments, or any concerns. We're all in this together, and hopefully, we'll be celebrating our acceptance together!

You can call them and ask. Did you take all your prerequisite? The GPA for admission varies around 3.5-4.0

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Yeah I have a bachelor in biology and the only pre requisite I am missing human growth and development class which I was allowed to complete it before the semester started if I got in. 

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hosine samimi said:

Yeah I have a bachelor in biology and the only pre requisite I am missing human growth and development class which I was allowed to complete it before the semester started if I got in. 

Very suprising, when did you submit your application if you don't mind me asking, and also, are you sure that you had all minimum 48 prerequisite credits and the required science courses before applying? I have seen in previous application cycles that even a missing Lab credit for one of the science courses could warrant rejection... Well I believe Spring 2026 application window is open, you should probably reapply after making sure all your credits will be completed in the Fall.

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hosine samimi said:

I just got my rejection letter and I have a 3.8 overall GPA and 3.9 science GPA with 92 HESI score! Really confused on why I got rejected. 

Definitely sufficient stats based on what I have seen in other application cycles...

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I applied two weeks before the deadline! No im not missing any prerequisite or science course as I was a biology major in college aiming for PA school, so I got all of my science classes and all pre requisites except that one course. I even met with an advisor from ut health nursing school  before I submitted my application who went over all of my transcripts and confirmed that I'm all set and I'm only missing one class which won't impact my application. She actually said that my transcripts look very good and I have a great GPA.

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hosine samimi said:

 She actually said that my transcripts look very good and I have a great GPA.

I doubt many people went as far as to see an advisor and if they said all good then there probably is something they have missed... I literally just saw user "Riah" on this same thread who said they had a 3.2 GPA and had overall ~85 on the TEAS with a 94 on the Science Section... Very strange for you to be rejected based on their stats unless ultimately test scores had greater weight... Definitely call/email and ask on what criteria were you rejected.

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Hi everyone! I'm a current J1 at Cizik and thought I'd pop in here if you guys have any questions!

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Boom said:

Hi everyone! I'm a current J1 at Cizik and thought I'd pop in here if you guys have any questions!

Have they given you a schedule for all 4 semesters, I am considering Cizik as an alternate Nursing program to do in the future, but wantd to know how rigorous/busy it will get, as I have heard they sometimes have school for all days of the week...  

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Ezmath Adil said:

Have they given you a schedule for all 4 semesters, I am considering Cizik as an alternate Nursing program to do in the future, but wantd to know how rigorous/busy it will get, as I have heard they sometimes have school for all days of the week...

Not for all 4 semesters per se but we have a general idea of how it's supposed to go, same schedule that came from the info sessions but things always change. 
 

As far as difficulty, it is a LOT granted I am in the Summer semester which goes faster than a typical semester. As of right now we have classes every day until our clinicals start next month, then you have more "free time"

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Boom said:

Not for all 4 semesters per say but we have a general idea of how it's supposed to go, same schedule that came from the info sessions but things always change 

Would you say retaining information for the NCLEX is better for this type of a program than a 2 year program  

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Boom said:

Not for all 4 semesters per say but we have a general idea of how it's supposed to go, same schedule that came from the info sessions but things always change 

Whats your schedule been like so far this semster, Also what were your stats for acceptance, and was this your first time applying, if not what was the reason they rejected you the first time?

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lilac purple said:

Would you say retaining information for the NCLEX is better for this type of a program than a 2 year program  

The school has a very high NCLEX pass rate so theyre definitely doing something right 

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