Fall 2009 UT Houston BSN Applicants

[Cailex]

Hey everyone! I applied to UT houston and I'm waiting to hear if I got an interview. Applicants for years in the past started threads that everyone went to and kept everyone updated on information from the school, and it's nice to hear from possible (fingers crossed) other future classmates. If you don't mind, I'd also like to post our application info: GPA (science and overall), NET scores and experience.

My stats:

Overall GPA: 3.93

Science GPA: 3.75 (I think- UT link is down today :wink2:

NET: composite score was 88% (96 percentile)

I'm currently employed as a CNA in a hospital (only have about a month experience so far)

Goodluck and hopefully I get some replies!

Cailex

[shihtzu9]

Has anyone been to their interview for the BSN accelerated program? I had mine today and thought that it went pretty well. I would like to see how others felt about the process. Good luck to those of you who have upcoming interviews!

[javagabby]

No, mine is next week. What kind of things did they ask?

[Se7en14]

I just had my UT -Accelerated interview yesterday. It was roughly 4 hours long since I was the second to the last that they interviewed for the day out of about 15 people. The first hour they gave you a couple questionairres to complete regarding your computer-tech skills, as well as a writing sample topic, and a hypothetical nursing class schedule for the 1st two months of class including assignments and exams on a weekly basis. You also had to write a sample on how you would manage your time for this schedule, and be prepared to discuss it in the actual interview. The actual interview went pretty smoothly although each person only interviewed with 2 faculty staff simultaneously, lasting about 15-20 minutes. Mine was roughly 20-25 minutes total with two faculty BSN's. They asked the usual, regarding your experience from your resume, why you wanted to be a nurse and part of their program, etc... They said that they start sending out acceptance letters for the accelerated BSN around March'ish. Oh and also....I found out that the majority of the BSN-Accel is done via online from your computer at home, and the only time you go the actual campus is for didatics, and lab assesments + clinicals. Interesting huh? Well hope all of you guys' interviews goes well for you, let me know! :)

[javagabby]

That's interesting and encouraging about most of it being online. So what did the schedule look like?

[Cailex]

I checked my mail and I have an interview scheduled for Feb. 4th!! Wish me luck!

[Se7en14]

Nice!!!

Let us know how it goes, and how long the interview took! Best of luck! :heartbeat

Oh by the way, since I am a guy, you think my chances are better?

[Cailex]

Thanks! It starts at 11:30 and said it will last approximately four hours.. but I'll let you know once I complete it.

[Se7en14]

That was the same time for me as well yesterday. Thats good that you are in this first round of interviews as they started interviewing only 2 days ago. They said that these interviews will continue through February, which means we probably won't find out until mid-March or so.

[shihtzu9]

I had my interview for the accelerated program yesterday as well. Se7en14 pretty much covered everything that you need to know to better prepare yourself. The only difference is that I interviewed with only 1 faculty member, not two. I'm not sure if that is a good thing or not?! Se7en14, do you mind telling me who you interviewed with (maybe in a private message)? Can you remember the specific questions that you were asked? Good luck everyone!

[Cailex]

Nice!!!

Let us know how it goes, and how long the interview took! Best of luck! :heartbeat

Oh by the way, since I am a guy, you think my chances are better?

Being a guy definitely can't hurt!!

[javagabby]

Yay! Good luck on the 4th. Mine is the 28th at 11:30. I'll report back to all. Good luck to everyone!

[Se7en14]

@ Shihtzu9:

1. Omg thats crazy you were in my same group. I was the younger looking guy(there was another older guy there interviewing) My name is Daniel btw. I interviewed with 2 ladies, one was older with grey hair, and the other was younger with black, curly hair, her name was Alice Snow I think? Both were BSN faculty members. They asked me questions like 'what would make you a competitive candidate in our program', and ''why the nursing career?', and 'how would you handle the hypothetical class schedule time management wise' that we were given during the writing assessment. But overall, the whole interview with them was rather quick...20-25 mins max. Kinda short huh? I was the second to the last one to interview that day outta 15 candidates, so I dont know if the other interviewed for that long also, or if mine was shorter since I was near the end of the day, I dunno.