Sam Houston State - Spring 2020

Nicolette19 · Oct 18, 2019

17 minutes ago, glo2423 said:
perfect, gonna send a request! (name is Glory). and ok, i'm freaking out a lil cause it's been almost a week since i found out and sent my PDF's, but they haven't sent anything back ! just hoping they received it lol

haha ok! and hmm, Im sure they received them. But lets keep each other updated! ?

amayalm · Oct 18, 2019

I was waitlisted last Friday, but I received an email I was accepted this week! I'm so excited. I live an hour and a half away I'm wondering if anyone has plans for housing or knows of any near by apartments?

glo2423 · Oct 18, 2019

7 minutes ago, amayalashae said:
I was waitlisted last Friday, but I received an email I was accepted this week! I'm so excited. I live an hour and a half away I'm wondering if anyone has plans for housing or knows of any near by apartments?

congrats! i live about 50 minutes away and was maybe considering housing near the school, but i,m still not sure. they don't offer student housing, but they have a bunch of apartments near by! if you search up apartments in conroe/woodlands area, you should see a bunch.

Alliecatnurse · Oct 18, 2019

Hi guys sorry to interject on your post again as a cohort 18 ??‍♀️ When I said disorganized this is what I was referring to. They don’t send the next email out for a little while but if you emailed your acceptance back they got it the staff all takes on a billion jobs. I wish someone had told me. I’m going to attach my checklist so you know about what to expect but obviously the dates will be very different. You’ll have a blackboard orientation and modules to do once they send your stuff which takes a few hours to do but it’s a completeness grade doesn’t actually count for anything. Other than that all you’ll have before you start is orientation since you have no clinical rotations next/second semester you won’t have uniform fitting or a dosage calculation exam until then. You also won’t need your BLS until then if you haven’t already gotten it. Drug test girl I don’t do drug and don’t suggest it because if they got word about someone they have the right to test but you won’t be tested until uniform fitting. I just figured I’d let y’all know since I remember freaking out too

Nicolette19 · Oct 18, 2019

1 hour ago, Alliecatnurse said:
Hi guys sorry to interject on your post again as a cohort 18 ??‍♀️ When I said disorganized this is what I was referring to. They don’t send the next email out for a little while but if you emailed your acceptance back they got it the staff all takes on a billion jobs. I wish someone had told me. I’m going to attach my checklist so you know about what to expect but obviously the dates will be very different. You’ll have a blackboard orientation and modules to do once they send your stuff which takes a few hours to do but it’s a completeness grade doesn’t actually count for anything. Other than that all you’ll have before you start is orientation since you have no clinical rotations next/second semester you won’t have uniform fitting or a dosage calculation exam until then. You also won’t need your BLS until then if you haven’t already gotten it. Drug test girl I don’t do drug and don’t suggest it because if they got word about someone they have the right to test but you won’t be tested until uniform fitting. I just figured I’d let y’all know since I remember freaking out too

Thank you so much! that helps a lot!

1 hour ago, glo2423 said:
congrats! i live about 50 minutes away and was maybe considering housing near the school, but i,m still not sure. they don't offer student housing, but they have a bunch of apartments near by! if you search up apartments in conroe/woodlands area, you should see a bunch.

Thank you! I am from CA so I have no idea what is near the campus and will def need housing lol.

glo2423 · Oct 18, 2019

1 hour ago, Alliecatnurse said:
Hi guys sorry to interject on your post again as a cohort 18 ??‍♀️ When I said disorganized this is what I was referring to. They don’t send the next email out for a little while but if you emailed your acceptance back they got it the staff all takes on a billion jobs. I wish someone had told me. I’m going to attach my checklist so you know about what to expect but obviously the dates will be very different. You’ll have a blackboard orientation and modules to do once they send your stuff which takes a few hours to do but it’s a completeness grade doesn’t actually count for anything. Other than that all you’ll have before you start is orientation since you have no clinical rotations next/second semester you won’t have uniform fitting or a dosage calculation exam until then. You also won’t need your BLS until then if you haven’t already gotten it. Drug test girl I don’t do drug and don’t suggest it because if they got word about someone they have the right to test but you won’t be tested until uniform fitting. I just figured I’d let y’all know since I remember freaking out too

thank youuuuu! this is so helpful.

Nicolette19 · Oct 19, 2019

Hi everyone! Just wanted to let you know I made a facebook group for cohort 19. It is under "SHSU NURSING BSN, SPRING 2020 COHORT 19". let me know if you cannot find it and I can add you (I think). I just reactivated my facebook and haven't used it in a while so I am not too savvy when it comes to facebook.

-Nicolette Spriggs

Readydawn · Oct 20, 2019

Just letting y’all know i will be giving up my spot for another program! So hopefully one of you gets it!

Donotgiveuphope84 · Oct 21, 2019

Has anyone else been moved off the waitlist?

lexdria728 · Oct 29, 2019

I’m a little late to the party but congrats to those that got accepted and I hope that those if the waitlist are able to get a spot!

ras97 · Nov 11, 2019

Hey ya'll! My name is Rachel and I'm a current RN BSN nursing student at SHSU (Cohort 18). I wanted to give you guys some information that I wish I was given when I was first accepted.

1. The program is 5 semesters total. The first semester you take two nursing classes: Pathophysiology and Nursing Concepts (each are 3 credit hours). Our cohort is 80 something students.

2. Class is only ONE day a week the first semester. Ours is Tuesday's from 1-8. We get an hour long dinner break.

3. There's no clinicals the first semester. If you can make the commute once a week don't worry about moving closer to campus until your second semester.

4. AHA CPR certifications last for two years. Don't get your certification now unless you want to recertify while in the program. I paid around $130 to get mine but I've heard that it can be more expensive based on where you get it done. A professor at my old school taught the class, so we got a discount.

5. You will need insurance for your SECOND semester when you do clinicals. I was able to find free health insurance through healthcare.gov based on income. Your clinicals can be anywhere in Houston but they try to make them as close as possible to your home address (it doesn't ALWAYS work out like that though).

6. Most of the coursework is done in groups. We were able to choose groups in Patho and they were assigned to us in Nursing Concepts. Find a good group and find a study group! Start meeting with your groups and working on semester projects early!

7. We were told to buy new textbooks with codes when we entered the program. However, we never used the textbook codes for online homework or anything like that. I would still BUY your textbooks so you always have them as a reference tool but you can get them USED to save money.

8. Lots of people already talked about Express Family Clinic in Spring/Conroe but I wanted to mention them again. They are super cheap and you can get everything that you need for school done there.

9. SHSU has a great program! It's not easy but once you are adjusted you find your groove. It was a little disorganized at first but now everything is much smoother. The people in your program will become your friends and have your back.

If ya'll have more questions- I'm more than happy to answer them. Congratulations to everyone that was accepted! Ya'll can do this!

Nicolette19 · Nov 11, 2019

11 minutes ago, ras97 said:
Hey ya'll! My name is Rachel and I'm a current RN BSN nursing student at SHSU (Cohort 18). I wanted to give you guys some information that I wish I was given when I was first accepted.
1. The program is 5 semesters total. The first semester you take two nursing classes: Pathophysiology and Nursing Concepts (each are 3 credit hours).
2. Class is only ONE day a week the first semester. Ours is Tuesday's from 1-8. We get an hour long dinner break.
3. There's no clinicals the first semester. If you can make the commute once a week don't worry about moving closer to campus until your second semester.
4. AHA CPR certifications last for two years. Don't get your certification now unless you want to recertify while in the program. I paid around $130 to get mine but I've heard that it can be more expensive based on where you get it done. A professor at my old school taught the class, so we got a discount.
5. You will need insurance for your SECOND semester when you do clinicals. I was able to find free health insurance through healthcare.gov based on income. Your clinicals can be anywhere in Houston but they try to make them as close as possible to your home address (it doesn't ALWAYS work out like that though).
6. Most of the coursework is done in groups. We were able to choose groups in Patho and they were assigned to us in Nursing Concepts. Find a good group and find a study group! Start meeting with your groups and working on semester projects early!
7. We were told to buy new textbooks with codes when we entered the program. However, we never used the textbook codes for online homework or anything like that. I would still BUY your textbooks so you always have them as a reference tool but you can get them USED to save money.
8. Lots of people already talked about Express Family Clinic in Spring/Conroe but I wanted to mention them again. They are super cheap and you can get everything that you need for school done there.
9. SHSU has a great program! It's not easy but once you are adjusted you find your groove. It was a little disorganized at first but now everything is much smoother. The people in your program will become your friends and have your back.
If ya'll have more questions- I'm more than happy to answer them. Congratulations to everyone that was accepted! Ya'll can do this!

Thank you so so much!! We really appreciate all the help we can get. Not sure about everyone else but I am excited and super nervous, so again, thank you!