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  1. GPA of avg. nursing applicant?

    Houston area BSN programs have been very competitive this year (usu. 3.75 and above), but it's cyclic. They set the base GPA based on their applicant pool. If they have 500 applicants above 4.8 and...
  2. What are people like?

    I live inside the loop in Houston, and I can say from my experience, that people in the city are not nearly as friendly as those in the 'burbs. My wife and I try to talk to people in the grocery...
  3. so are you guys saying you disagree?
  4. But is there a Nursing association that doesn't participate in partisan politics on some level? For any professional organization to get anywhere, it will have to be politically active, and politics...
  5. :yelclap: Agreed. It's a shame we only have 2 political ideologies to choose from (with any reasonable expectation of winning an election), but it is what it is. And, as lizz points out, Democrat...
  6. UT-H BSN program Fall 2006

    i live in the loop in upper kirby. it's shamefully close, but it will seem far to me, since it's much farther than my commute to
  7. UT-H BSN program Fall 2006

    Me! We should figure out a way to get the UT-H allnurses community together to meet before classes start. Maybe during the
  8. Some good news!!!!!

    well, i have heard that hcc's pharm was a "weed out" class, but i imagine pharm is pharm, and that it will be difficult wherever you go. i'm sure you'll do well though. be sure to make good use of...
  9. Some good news!!!!!

    Congratulations Aussie!! That's fantastic news, and I'm sure you'll do great in the summer pharm class. If you put your mind to it, there's really nothing you can't accomplish. Keep us posted on...
  10. Was all the work worth it?

    aussie, i am so sorry! don't let it discourage you too much (i know this is easier said, but still...). hopefully you will get 'bumped' in from the waiting list, and if not, write letters, make...
  11. PDA becoming a necessity pdq :)

    oh i see...:smackingf i was just visualizing someone doing charts in the palm of their hand... ...just ignore
  12. PDA becoming a necessity pdq :)

    i can see whaere it would be useful in school (if i could ever make myself actually USE one), but in a health care setting, wouldn't it be a violation of the pt.'s privacy? i mean you being able to...
  13. Recount for UTMB

    congratulations that's
  14. Navy- Info needed!!!!

    if you mean you'll be graduating with your BSN, then no, 29 is not too old to join. as far as the crohn's and mitral valve prolapse go, you'd have to ask the medical recruiter. you will certainly have...
  15. TWU-HOUSTON Fall 2006

    good grief! all white? talk about a laundry
  16. Past indiscretions

    i'm not sure if all branches have the same criteria for waivers, but my wife admitted to drug use before she enlisted in the navy, and was given a waiver for smoking marijuana 25 times!! even though...
  17. UT-HSC Fall '06 Applicants

    :yeahthat:
  18. TWU-HOUSTON Fall 2006

    omg hahahahaha!!!! i just realized that i replied to a twu thread!!! i was like "which school? hrm..." HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! DOH! i swear i need to take a break from my homework i guess...i'm fried!:roll...
  19. TWU-HOUSTON Fall 2006

    LAF! whoops! i guess i did leave that part out. ut. i only applied to
  20. TWU-HOUSTON Fall 2006

    i got accepted today, and i will be attending. it was my first choice. so much so, that it was the only school i applied to!! i thought about twu too, since it is an excellent school, but when i...
  21. UT-HSC Fall '06 Applicants

    congrats irene and futurenurse! good luck to everyone else waiting. my fingers are still crossed for
  22. UT-HSC Fall '06 Applicants

    EVERYONE CHECK YOUR MAILBOXES!! i got my acceptance package today! WOOHOO!!! :balloons: :biggringi :lol_hitti :smiley_aa i wish everyone who's waiting the best of
  23. UT-HSC Fall '06 Applicants

    :rotfl: tell me about it!! i guess it could always be worse, huh? [bANANA]banana
  24. UT-HSC Fall '06 Applicants

    i think i was there the 14th. today i went to the ut student health service clinic to get some immunizations taken care of. everyone there was SUPER nice. the whole experience gave me a warm fuzzy...