Texas A&M University Second Degree BSN Spring 2025

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Howdy everyone 🙂

I don't think there has been a forum made yet for tamu second degree BSN applicants for Spring 2025! If you're applying for this program and term, I hope we can use this to connect and ask each other any questions we may have!

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Hi Amy! Thanks so much for starting this! I applied for Spring 2025 and am checking NursingCAS daily to see if there's an update since the next step (I believe) is a notification to complete another application via ApplyTexas. I'll keep you updated if I hear of anything!

Cheers,

Caylie

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Oh wow, please forgive my lack of "Howdy" back to you. I received my first bachelor's at UT Austin (over 15 years ago) so if I get into this program I think I'll have to decondition a lot of Longhorn things to make space for the new Aggie things, ha!

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Howdy y'all!

Updates over here that could maybe help people now or in the future when they're looking / researching TAMU for second degree BSN (since I found past threads super helpful). I'll break it down by timeline...

August 1st was the deadline for the first application via NursingCAS.

On August 16th, I received an email that after evaluation of my application, I was missing one prerequisite (that I also hadn't listed as "in progress" in my NursingCAS app) which was Intro to Biology WITH a lab component. I took an Intro to Biology at UT-Austin, but it didn't have a lab component so it didn't fully count. So yes, even if you've taken A&P and Micro...you still need an Intro to Bio with lab. They told me to update NursingCAS and reply to the email with my status of that class so I immediately rushed to find any open classes to get into (and I did). Once I did that, they immediately marked my application as satisfactory and I received the next phase of the application to submit a transfer app via ApplyTexas. This app is the one to transfer into TAMU as a whole and it's where you have the option to write three essays but none are required (two were relevant to me so I wrote them).

On August 20th I received the email to complete the written and verbal assessment via Kira Talent and was given until September 3rd to complete it. To prepare, I took a couple of days to meditate on my "whys" and the journey that led me here - why did I want to be a nurse, why TAMU, why am I driven to do this, what and who led me here, etc. I know that sounds a little deep and cheesy, but it's a sort of consciousness that helps me to remain in tune and therefore true to myself.

So August 22nd I finished the ApplyTexas app and the Kira Talent assessments and on August 24th I received acknowledgement of application to TAMU and was given an ID to get into their Applicant Information System which is basically a portal that keeps you updated on the status of your application with items received/missing (you don't have to resend your transcripts since they were sent with NursingCAS so those will all appear with a red X next to them). 

And that's where I'm at as of today! All finished with the application and just hoping for the best. I think I saw somewhere that the decisions will come mid-late October and I can't remember if that's from an official email or from all of the research I did. Either way, I'll update this thread.

To anyone applying now or in the future, I hope this helps and I wish you all the luck!

Thanks for coming to my TAMU Second Degree BSN Ted Talk and Gig'em,

Caylie

 

 

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Hi y'all, 

My name is Kaylee Coffee. I just found out about two weeks ago I got into A&Ms accelerated Nursing second degree program. I am looking for more people that got in and are going to be starting in the Spring 2025. So excited!

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Hi Kaylee!

First off, very cool name 😉

Secondly, I forgot to update the thread that I also found out via email on Oct 18th that I also got in! Whoop! I'll never forget the feeling of seeing that email...

Needless to say, I share the same excitement. Congrats on getting in and I'll see ya at the new student conference.

Cheers,

Caylie

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