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The assigned reading was always too much for me. I can't read hundreds of pages of textbooks. I pulled the majority of my information from the PowerPoints and then would look back at any reading I thought I needed more clarification on, specifically what was listed on exam blueprints. The further into to this program I have gotten, the more disappointing it has been. Recycled lectures and instructors that don't seem to know what content is actually being covered in them. Then the whole having to find your own preceptor has been a major pain in the *** as well. You get what you pay for. This is an affordable program, and ultimately it will give me what I need to take the exam for my license. Not trying to rain on anyone's parade, just hoping to manage expectations a little. This is probably how a lot of these programs are. Ultimately it is up to you to do the learning necessary to be successful. Good luck.

I think it took about 2 months. I applied in August and was notified in October. I did not have psych inpatient experience. Primarily ER and some med/surg.

Just wrapping up the first year of this program. Advanced Health Assessment has been the most difficult class in my opinion. In addition to the 4 exams throughout the semester you have shadow health modules, derm for primary care, apea, and 2 pass/fail head to toe assessments. It's just a lot to do and can feel very overwhelming. Other courses are a lot of discussion boards and writing papers per APA 7. Tedious, but manageable. Some names I recommend are Robert's (may be "Huff" now), Herman's, Nickels-Nelson, Miller, Murley, Garrett Also, I highly recommend setting up a discord where classmates can discuss and help each other out with questions. This has been very helpful.

Currently in my second semester with UT Tyler. Overall I think the program is good. I wish the courses focused more on psych specific content, but I guess that happens in later courses. Patho, pharm, and advanced health assessment cover a lot of content that is more relevant for FNP students. But I get it, we need to have a foundational knowledge of all that stuff as well. Some students complain about disorganization and material being tested that wasn't covered in lecture. Which is true to some extent, but I think you'll deal with that in any program. I'm full time which is 9 credit hours per semester and cost has been between 4-5k per semester. I've been fortunate to get some grant and scholarship money to help cover costs.

Thanks for all the input Shoshanna, you have been very helpful.

I'm full time, looks like I should finish one semester ahead of the part time students.

I haven't really studied with anyone, but I think some others have met up on zoom to review for tests.

4 test over the lectures, APEA quiz banks final, and doing the quiz banks assignments amounts to a test grade. Have to have test average of 80 to pass the course. Requires a lot of studying. The course is split between 2 teachers and they teach/write tests differently. They upload power points with voice overs, listen to those. Sometimes during the zoom office hours they will mention content to focus on. Just got to put in the work and stick with it. Someone started a discord that the class uses to share ideas about what's helping or if they have questions about anything. That has been very useful.

The test in patho are all scheduled on Monday and you have a 4 hour window to take the test, but it shuts off at noon whether you're done or not. I think you have 90 minutes to take the test from the time you start. 50 questions per test. Test require having proctorU to monitor for cheating. I know they worked with some people for scheduling conflicts to take their test. Other courses just have assignment due dates. The zoom meetings are usually recorded, so if you can't make it you can at least watch it later. Test reviews are not recorded, but you can schedule an individual review.

I'm wrapping up my first semester with UT Tyler. Overall the program seems good. Patho is a lot of studying, but that's to be expected. Translation science 1 is evidence based practice and doing rapid critical appraisal of a quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods study. Health policy and population has a group project with 4 parts making a power point of a priority health disparity. There's a policy brief paper you have to write and some discussion boards. I'm eager to get to the psych specific courses.

That does sound pretty terrible. I've known some people who went to UTA for FNP and the workload sounded tedious, so I didn't bother applying. I did my BSN through Texas Tech. Overall the program was pretty straightforward, mostly just wrote papers. I remembered the process of getting enrolled and set up on the computer was painful though, that was in 2016. I'd be interested to know who you decide to go with, good luck!

I'll probably go with UT Tyler because the campus is much closer than El Paso. Do you not like the program at UT Arlington?

Just got my acceptance email from UT Tyler and have a interview with UTEP next week for the Spring 2023 semester. I would appreciate input from anyone that has experience with either of these programs. Thanks

I received an email a day after the status changed on the website.

That's rough, waiting sucks. At least I know that I was not accepted. My application status changed on July 5th to "reject". Never even got to interview. I sent a letter inquiring if there was anything particularly unappealing about my application and was told that my goals and objectives did not appear to match the program. So I'm thinking my letter of intent sucked. Oh well, just keep swimming.