I was reading previous forums and they've accepted students with HESI scores of 81% and average GPA so keep your head up, 83% it's still pretty amazing! And OMG no way about the letter heads! I'm not sure how my professors sent in my letters of recommendation, but now I'm hoping they sent it with the letter head LOL. When I took the HESI, I took it without the critical thinking portion, so I'm actually taking that tomorrow. How was it for you?