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Congrats Hook'em, I still have not bought my parking pass either. Don't worry, I think we will get cruddy parking at this point anyway. I am moving from Houston and just leased a home yesterday in San Antonio and plan to take the bus to school but attach my bike to the front and ride half the way to school. I think your main priorities at this point should be: 1) Immunizations 2) Health Insurance 3) HIPAA training online module 4) CPR certification. Good luck!

Yuki: I am in TOTAL and COMPLETE agreement with you about the laptops!!! I would not know where to start with the petition or other effective strategies on how to change this requirement. I do not live in San Antonio yet, but I will help!

Friendlysmile: What do you think of UTHSCSA052011grad's Comments? Do you agree? What would you change about UTHSCSA Nursing program? What would you keep the same?

Thanks Friendlysmile for the externship info. Regarding Grad052011: Wow, that's interesting information, thanks for sharing the other side of the coin. When you say the teachers are nice but then you are accused of lying or cheating, what does that mean? Who is doing the accusing? Do you feel like the exams and labs have prepared you well for the NCLEX and the working world? Do you have a job lined up? Do you feel like the assignments and workload are relevant to what you need to know? Thanks.

I don't have any updates about the computers, sorry. On the other hand, and I know this is about a year away, but do any of you have information regarding summer paid externships? Do hospitals in San Antonio offer paid jobs to students after their first year of nursing school? I am already trying to organize summer 2012 and getting some sort of externship in S.A. is my #1 priority, I just don't know how any of it works!

I got accepted :) I think being waitlisted does not necessarily mean that you are rejected. A lot of people give up their spots throughout the summer, etc. and then the alternates are made offers. Texas State @ Round Rock still has open application and UTMB Galveston has open applications to matriculate January 2012. Keep up the hope!

STOP CALLING EVERYONE! haha. This is really starting to feel like a cruel April Fool's Day joke. My stomach is in knots!

I don't know about you all but I have analyzed pretty much every and any email I have received from the school and then have tried to calculate the time of the day they will send us our emails tomorrow. I estimate it will be in the afternoon at some point. I only estimate this because I received one email at 11 am, one email at 3 pm and one email at 6:24 pm (?!), therefore, I deduce that UTHSCSA is not a morning person/entity. haha.

Eeeeeek! I am right there with you folks! I preemptively planned a "Happy or Sad" hour tomorrow evening with my friends for tomorrow's D-DAY! I figure if I am accepted then it will be a celebration and if I am rejected then at least I will be surrounded by supportive loved ones.

Thanks Yek and Banana!

Hi online friends and HOPEFULLY future classmates :) I have 1 more prerequisite to take: Statistics. I am registering for this summer 1 session at Houston Community College but do you know if UTHSC-SA accepts ONLY Math Stats or Psych stats? The Psychology Stats works better with my schedule but will it be accepted? Thanks!

Hahhahaha. Hollar! I have the exact same conversations too! My family is always like, "How is nursing school going?" and I have to reply for the billionth time, "No, I am not quite in nursing school...I am almost finished with prerequisites and hopefully I can start this fall." It is okay though because a couple years ago after I received my bachelor's in Communications I took some MEDICAL school prerequisites (O-chem, physics, etc.) and I would constantly get asked, "How is medical school going?" And I would roll my eyes and think, "If I were really in medical school you would not be seeing me out and about like this!" I guess PATIENCE is a virtue we will have to master to be exemplary nurses though, riiiight?

nurse residency program accepting graduate nurse applications through april 1 texas children's hospital is accepting graduate nurse (gn) applications through friday, april 1, for the july 2011 nurse residency program. this innovative program helps new graduate nurses transition from student nurse to professional nurse through a variety of interactive resources and an ongoing support network. the posting for the july 2011 gn jobs is currently active in moli to allow interested, qualified employees of texas children's the opportunity to submit internal transfer requests. employees also can refer external applicants to the texas children's website to apply via job requisition number 121817. texas children's is a powerhouse of talent and our july 2011 graduate nurses will be no exception. please call recruitment at ext. 4-2020 with questions about our graduate nurse program. --------------------------------------------------------------- i work at texas children's in the medical center and received this email last week. is this what the original poster is referring to? i hope this helps!

I live in Houston. San Antonio is pretty much my top choice because I have heard really great things about the program and I am also ready to check out a new city. I have already lived in Austin and I am a sucker for an underdog and San Antonio seems like an underdog kind of city when looking at the major metropolitan areas of Texas :)

Hello Hello Vanmad, When your roommate called, did they say anything about emails whatsoever? Best of luck to everyone!