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Nursing school is terrible, end of story. The school is rather warm at times, but overall decently clean. Most students spend their time on the 2nd floor during "free" time hanging out/studying with friends. The cafe is good until you get tired of it, then it's awful. Luckily as a previous poster mentioned, there's plenty of places within walking distance. I didn't like anything about nursing school, it was terrible (accelerated program). It was overwhelming and if our class (May 2011 woo hoo) hadn't stuck together throughout the entire thing and cheered each other on, we wouldn't have made it. Quite a few ended up on anti-depressants. The sheer stress was mind boggling, but now we feel like anything is easy. UT is ranked higher than TWU if that helps your decision at all. Clinicals are typically assigned in the med center but a few were in outlying hospitals (psych, OB) which made it easier on those of us who live far from campus. Online lectures aren't so bad, as long as they aren't from Quackenbush (snooze fest). At first, one clinical a week seems overwhelming, then in our second semester we had 3 a week which we thought was a lot. By the third semester some of us were doing 5 a week. It's all relative. And our clinicals were 8 hours for psych, 11 for OB, and 12 hours long for each other class. Just take a deep breath and take it one day at a time, and find some good friends to cheer you on during the rough times. Above all, stick together as a class. Sorry if this scares you, but I wish someone had prepared me better for it.

Yep, the trick works. I did it within an hour of taking the exam and got the good pop-up. Just got my results (2 days after taking it) and I passed.

That's my friend and she was notified by email to call HR and set up her interview, as were several of our classmates.

If you spend any extra time at school like I do, due to carpooling, then that bag is perfect. I end up hauling several books and my laptop to school each day I'm there, so I hope your bag works for you!

20 credit hours, or 6 classes, spread out over 12 weeks. Next semester it's 21 credit hours, 4 classes, spread over the fall semester. Granted, this is an accelerated program. I'm tired of studying and just tired so I'm here, lol.

If they require the HESI now, the NET won't work. In my opinion, the HESI was easier than the NET.

I am currently in the Accelerated program and it's INTENSE. It's not all online, I end up going to the school 3 days a week. Now that clinicals are starting it's 3-4 days a week down in the medical center. The traditional program, from what I understand, is one semester longer than the accelerated program. If you are willing to commit every waking hour to school, with maybe an hour or two every WEEK dedicated to just yourself, then you can succeed in the accelerated program. If you procrastinate at all, it's probably not the program for you. We have tests every Tuesday at 7:45 or 8AM depending on the class, and they're one hour long with 50 questions. Mondays we have lab from 8-12. Wednesdays we had lab from 1-5pm until we started clinicals. As you can see, it's not all online. The lectures are available on a program called Tegrity, and for the most part are pretty good. The best part is being able to speed up the lectures, otherwise you just don't have time to do it all. If you get in, make sure to get the Pharmacology charts, lol!

Since I have this same question sitting on my desk for my final next week, I can only assume you are in my class. Honestly, this question seems right up the way he normally thinks. Good luck with the exam :)

Quite a few of us are, and quite a few of us are in the FB group.

I am finishing up A&P II next week. I am fairly certain I will finish with an A in part II, just like I did in the first one. I loved Anatomy. So fascinating to learn about the body and all the parts! The hardest section was on the bones for me, but I also had a great professor, although rmp.com does have some negative reviews for him from some bitter people. I love how he gave us critical thinking questions vs just memorizing stuff and spitting it out. Lots of studying, but truly fascinating stuff!

It's very humid along the coastline. I've lived here for 30 years and I can't say that anyone ever says they get used to it. If I could move I would. The Austin area is beautiful. Hills, rivers, scenic views, less humid, just a perfect area in my opinion. Anyway, pretty much anything about 2 hours west of Houston you will start to hit hills. As you approach West Texas you start to hit the Rocky Mountains, so of course there is areas of Texas that isn't flat. :)

1. Nursing prereq GPA: 3.653 2. Science prereq GPA: 3.750 3. Overall: 3.0770 4. University of Houston Downtown 5. NET composite: 86% 6. NET Math: 93% 7. NET Reading: 79% 8. 29 9. Degree in Microbiology, volunteered at local hospital as courier/lab help, worked in labs, biotech facilities, etc 10. UT and TWU are first choices, secondary choices would be Lonestar 11. A&P II, Intro to Sociology, Life Span Growth & Development 12. No repeats 13. Interview Date: 1/19/2010 14. Overall, nothing truly spectacular. Could've done better on the reading. I did much better on the HESI A2 for TWU.