nursing school at UTHSC in San Antonio

girlfromtx · Sep 16, 2004

Well I planned on going there, I was going to UTSA at the time... didn't get in, but luckily I made somewhere else. The message through the grapevine was that you needed at LEAST a 3.6... but you know about rumors. :rolleyes:

kea6783 · Sep 18, 2004

Hello, I'm looking into UTSA Nursing also. So far it is the ONLY program that I have found that require two semesters of Chemistry. I think that says a lot about the program, that's just me. If I get accepted, I would be starting Fall 05. I hear good things, but haven't gotten out there to visit yet. Keep in touch- tell me what you decide!

Oh and the GPA thing... I went to an orientation at TWU in Houston, and was told not to apply if your GPA wasn't 3.6. Maybe I'm wierd, but that is so appealing to me.

Thurman · Nov 22, 2004

Hello, I'm looking into UTSA Nursing also. So far it is the ONLY program that I have found that require two semesters of Chemistry. I think that says a lot about the program, that's just me. If I get accepted, I would be starting Fall 05. I hear good things, but haven't gotten out there to visit yet. Keep in touch- tell me what you decide!
Oh and the GPA thing... I went to an orientation at TWU in Houston, and was told not to apply if your GPA wasn't 3.6. Maybe I'm wierd, but that is so appealing to me.

That last thing you said about people having to apply to have children. I just had my second one!!:chuckle

kea6783 · Dec 8, 2005

hey, I'm going to try to bump this in hopes of getting more information on this school from alumns!!!

I'm so confused about this school.. I hear more mediocre reviews than good..

If anyone has any info, please let me know!

TXAshley · Dec 16, 2005

You do need about a 3.6 to get into UTHSCSA, and that's all you need. That's really the only program you found that required two semesters of chem? I thought all nursing schools did, at least all the ones I applied to did and I applied to about 5. When I applied to them you needed a 3.55 to get in, and let me tell you, they do not give a crap where that GPA came from. I have a previous Bio degree from a UT-Austin so my GPA is ok, but not a 3.55..... well I just finished my first semester of nursing school with all As.... a woman in my nursing class FAILED EVERY SINGLE class she was taking but had reapplied to UTHSCSA and was accepted based on the fact that her prereq GPA was so good. I really think they need to re-evaluate how they accept people and maybe look at some other things other than pre-req GPA b/c I kind of wonder how many students they accept are like this woman....sure they have a great pre-req GPA but as soon as they are a step up in nursing school they can't handle it.

A older friend of mine has her MSN from them. She hated the time she spent there. I guess there was too much "politics" for her taste.

miranda819, BSN · Dec 21, 2005

I plan on trying to get into UTHSC in Fall 2007. I spoke with a cousin of mine that attened UTHSC for a semester. She said all you need is a high GPA to get in, but the classes are tough and require a ton of study time.

My big concern is getting in. UTHSC and Incarnate Word are the only schools in SA that offer a BSN, and that's my goal.

Hope that helps a little.

Miranda

Lori_RN_BSN, BSN, RN · Jan 9, 2006

I'm currently going into my last semester at uthscsa. I heard the first semseter students they accepted are really competitive about grades. It seems the closer I am to graduating the school is accepting more Type A personalities. When I got accepted for Fall 04 my gpa was a 3.6 but heard the cut off was 3.5. A friend of mine told me they are also starting to interview the applicant before getting accepted. I'm not sure if this is true. One thing I will tell you is that nursing school is hard but it's possible. Their program is known to like to filter ppl out of the program. I'm feel so lucky to have gotten so far. I think if it's meant for you to be a nurse if will happen no matter what. Don't ever give up! When you get accepted contact me and maybe I could see what I could help you with. I've been mentoring since 2nd semester for 1st semseter students and have mentored those same students and now there in 3rd semester. TIME FLIES!! by the time you know it it's over. Another thing about the school their philosophy is that you become an independent learner. They want you to seek the answer and teach yourself pretty much. I had some really good clinical instructors but others just aren't any help. They will tell you to look it up and later it comes out in your evaluation that you weren't prepared bc you didn't know the answer. The scariest thing about nursing school was midterm evaluations and having satisfactory careplans. If you don't pass clinicals you fail the course. It does not matter if you have an A in the lecture part if your instructor fails you. The thing I would do every semester is find out who the good instructors were and get a group of ppl to carpool and request a hospital with instructor. OH another thing you are only allowed to fail one course after the second time you fail you are automatically kicked out. The worst thing is that they put it on your record so it could be harder for you to get accepted anywhere else. If you fail a course you could only take that one class next semester so you are left behind graduating a semester later. A good friend of mine this past semester didn't pass a class by like 4 points and didn't pass. Now she won't be able to graduate with me in May 2006. It's sad when that happens but maybe sometimes it's good for you so you could know it even more the second time around. Any ?s just ask.

Lori

vegetarian_goddess · Jan 14, 2006

I too have heard that they put a lot of weight on one's GPA. I just submitted my application for their RN-BSN fall 2006 program... but I also applied to 4 other schools.

stpauligirl · Jan 14, 2006

I too have heard that they put a lot of weight on one's GPA. I just submitted my application for their RN-BSN fall 2006 program... but I also applied to 4 other schools.

I will be ready to apply to their program next spring for fall 2007.

Good luck and I hope that you will be admitted. Keep us updated how it's going. I am currently a student at SAC and will also apply at their 2 year program. GPA is everything!

labcat01, BSN, RN · Jan 15, 2006

I don't understand how their GPA cutoff is so high? Not to say anything disparaging about nursing or med school BUT you can get into their medical school with a 2.9 GPR....how is that fair?

TXAshley · Jan 19, 2006

I did not know they accepted some med students there with such a low GPA. I thought you AT LEAST had to have a 3.0 for med schools to even glance at your application. The thing is though that with med school applications there is so much more that goes into it than with nursing school (at least for UTHSCSA). For med school they also take into account MCAT scores (which if they are great can make up for a not so great GPA), a personal reflection, interview, and any volunterring/research/interships that med school applicants may have done. So maybe they just had a weak GPA, but great MCAT score, interview, and tons of experience and research. Another thing is that med schools are really picky about where people take their prereqs from unlike nursing school. When you are talking four years of very difficult classes at a hard university of course the GPA will be lower. The thing I never understood was entry into PA school. I had several friends at UT-Austin applying to PA school with bio degrees, and the GPA cutoff for that was incredibly high. You had to take the same classes as somebody applying to med school but yet you could get into med school with a lower GPA.