Azon

Yeah you should be fine. Now the TEAS score is a little bit on the lower end, but you should still be good. Is that GPA your overall GPA or your nursing core GPA?

I interviewed someone. Thanks

Okay thanks for the advice. However, I think this would also be interesting to see the kinds of people who respond and what all their job roles are. I'm sure I'll find out more about some careers I know little of.

So I'm taking an online course and they require me to interview a Health Care Professional, but I don't have any personal contacts. I'd appreciate if someone would be interested in answering some of these questions. No need to put your real name. I'll make one up to protect your identity. For this weeks Discussion, you are to "interview" a Health Care Professional. This can be a physician, a pharmacist, respiratory therapist, physical therapist, nurse, etc. You need to find out about: 1. What are their specific job duties 2. How long did they go to school 3. Where do they work 4. Are they happy with their choice of profession

Congratulations to everyone who made it into the TWU Spring 2017 nursing semester!! Once again I am currently a first semester student at TAMUC's nursing program and the best advice I can give to those of you entering in the program is to work together form study groups. Remember, the weeding out process is already over. You are no longer competing against each other. Now you all have one goal and that is to graduate together and become nurses! Also, I'm not going to lie to you. This will be the most painful and terrifying experience you've ever had. Nothing you've taken up to this point will compare to the amount of work you will need to devote, but if you hang together and stick with it, you are certain to succeed. I myself even have to still remind myself this. Good luck in nursing school and I'll leave y'all with a quote from a personal favorite nursing YouTube channel I watch (Nursing Bass), People's live are going to be in your hands, study like it!”

If you applied to Dallas then probably not this semester, but If you applied for Houston then maybe. I recommend retaking the TEAS if you don't get in. If you do end up having to apply for the fall of '17 then I'd also recommend taking the HESI and applying for Texas A&M Commerce as well, so as to not put all of your eggs into one basket. The good news is that you have a reeeeally pretty GPA, so if you can pull up that entrance exam you'll be a rock star Sophie!

Personal Update: After being rejected for Fall 2016 at TWU Dallas, I quickly took the HESI and online classes needed and applied to the Texas A&M Commerce (TAMUC) nursing program (requires HESI, college algebra, and an ethics course). I also reapplied for the TWU Dallas Spring 2017 semester. However, I was accepted for Fall 2016 at TAMUC and I begin tomorrow! I encourage all of you to keep fighting the good fight and best of luck in your application cycle with TWU. Feel free to message me with any other questions or concerns with regards to applying for TWU or TAMUC. I've also got a pluthera of information regarding that application cycle as well. Best of Luck, Azon

Houston? Pfft! Yeah dude, you've got it no problem. With your GPA and grades you should easily be able to soar in with flying colors. Now I'd even say your competitive for Dallas, but I wouldn't advise it since you don't have the student preference bonus. Also, I would like to make a prediction that the Spring 2016 semester should be much easier to get into since most of the Honor students would have likely applied for Fall 2016. I base this on the fact that they get guaranteed admittance and there would be no reason for most honor students to wait a semester longer retaking classes or taking a lighter course load. For reference, I had a 3.8 GPA and scored an 87 on the TEAS (which put me at 47.7 points). With your stats I'd say you're around the 46-47 region. For the Fall 2016 semester, the lowest accepted applicant had 35 points with the top students ranging in the mid 50s. Sche34 I recommend that you stick with applying to Houston and that you keep your chin up since you're grades probably put you easily in the top 5% of the people who are applying to Houston.

So it all starts tomorrow. Good luck everyone and I'll see you there!

Oh yeah that class is definitely manageable by itself. I took it last semester by itself. It is a very demanding class, but there's a ton of really information in it. I would advise taking it at Denton. The teacher was pretty lenient and I heard the Parkland lady was pretty hard. I had Mouna Ben-Hamida at Denton.

Ouch! Sorry about that!

So the application cycle for Spring 2017 is up, but is anyone else having a problem with NursignCAS not loading the ADD PROGRAM tab to apply?

1. That's per application cycle, but they will only be looking at your most recent score regardless which is higher. I'm not positive, but I believe you're now allowed to take the TEAS as many times as you want this semester. 2. I studied 2 weeks ahead of time. I hit the books every day (speaking of which I advise getting the ATI TEAS V study guide). Make sure to drill those practice exams like crazy. Hit up some free online ones as well. Plan out in the book how many pages you'll do per day and study the hardest on areas your not really confident on. I'm not the brightest rock in the box, but that's what I did and I ended up with an 87. Also, look up the app Pocket TEAS. It's free on android and iPhone and it lets you make custom exams (very helpful).

I disagree because if you score below an 88, then they'll only look at that score. You at the point in the game show when you need to decide whether to go with the million dollars or keep your $650,000. You could do the extra hours during the fall or summer, but I think your time will be best spent elsewhere. Texas A&M Commerce's admission for the fall is still open until May 17th. You technically can take your HESI and apply for that now. Also, you'll have to take college algebra and general ethics over the summer to fit their core, but that's just a minor inconvenience.

I disagree because if you score below an 88, then they'll only look at that score. You at the point in the game show when you need to decide whether to go with the million dollars or keep your $650,000. You could do the extra hours during the fall or summer, but I think your time will be best spent elsewhere. Texas A&M Commerce's admission for the fall is still open until May 17th. You technically can take your HESI and apply for that now. Also, you'll have to take college algebra and general ethics over the summer to fit their core, but that's just a minor inconvenience.