TX State RR Nursing or ETSU Nursing

Silverdragon102, BSN · Mar 16, 2011

moved to the TX Nursing Programs Discussion forum

marg855 · Mar 24, 2011

I also have been accepted into ETSU's Nursing program. Like you, I'll be coming from another state. Living in Johnson City will be new for me. However, so far, I have to say that my experience with the staff/administration has not been positive. My calls and emails go mostly unanswered. I had to keep calling numerous times until I reached someone or someone decided to respond to me. When I finally spoke to someone, I was advised that I had attitude--not that the people I was contacting lacked professionalism or courtesy. This makes me feel very leery since I have no family or friends in the Johnson City area. It makes me wonder if that's how students can be expected to be treated. I am moving to JC solely to attend ETSU. I have another school I am working on and hopefully I'll get a favorable response and switch over.

If there's anyone else who has been accepted or is planning on attending ETSU, I definitely would like to hear from you.

bananamtz · Mar 25, 2011

I found out I was accepted at the TX state School of nursing. I am also waiting to hear back from UTHSCSA. I will more than likely be attending TX State. It is the rising star of Texas. haha. Really though, it is a wonderful facility and the staff is great. I think they are working to make it as selective and competetive as possible. I heard that over 300 people applied and they did not have enough actually qualifying. So they have the rolling admissions right now. I would say TX state to keep your costs down, and search this website to see if you can find any scholarships.

ivannanurse · Mar 25, 2011

I also have been accepted into ETSU's Nursing program. Like you, I'll be coming from another state. Living in Johnson City will be new for me. However, so far, I have to say that my experience with the staff/administration has not been positive. My calls and emails go mostly unanswered. I had to keep calling numerous times until I reached someone or someone decided to respond to me. When I finally spoke to someone, I was advised that I had attitude--not that the people I was contacting lacked professionalism or courtesy. This makes me feel very leery since I have no family or friends in the Johnson City area. It makes me wonder if that's how students can be expected to be treated. I am moving to JC solely to attend ETSU. I have another school I am working on and hopefully I'll get a favorable response and switch over.
If there's anyone else who has been accepted or is planning on attending ETSU, I definitely would like to hear from you.

I have had the same experience!! I can't tell you how much trouble I've had with getting in touch with people, or just figuring out who the right people to be in touch with are. It started when they lost one of my transcripts, then went downhill from there. I met with the nursing advisor in person in December (I was visiting family for xmas) and she gave me all of the info to apply. I began emailing with her numerous times regarding my transfer classes and several other things. Then a couple of months later I sent her a quick email for a question, and she asked, "Will you be applying to the nursing program"? I couldn't believe she asked me that, after all of the questions I had asked (in writing) about the program and the application process, and the transferability of my classes (I had emailed syllabi and everything). Then I recently find out she's no longer an advisor by a short email, but then she called me saying she hopes to hear from me soon. THEN when I call her back says, "I told you, I am NOT an advisor there any longer". I have not enjoyed the experience with the personnel thus far, to say the least.

I have re-evaluated TX State because I see that the ETSU program is 5 long semesters, and with TX State I would have 4 longs and one summer. I am at a crossroads here. East TN is beautiful, but so far I don't like how my situation has been handled, and it seems a little disorganized. Let me know what you decided to do! I'm leaning towards staying in TX now...

ivannanurse · Mar 25, 2011

I found out I was accepted at the TX state School of nursing. I am also waiting to hear back from UTHSCSA. I will more than likely be attending TX State. It is the rising star of Texas. haha. Really though, it is a wonderful facility and the staff is great. I think they are working to make it as selective and competetive as possible. I heard that over 300 people applied and they did not have enough actually qualifying. So they have the rolling admissions right now. I would say TX state to keep your costs down, and search this website to see if you can find any scholarships.

Yes, they extended the deadline until June, so now my roommate is able to apply. I think it's a nice school with a beautiful new building, I just don't know if it will run smoothly since it's so new. I also don't like that they require you to purchase a PC (laptop), because I have a Mac laptop...they say it is unacceptable. They also want you to have a smart phone (iphone preferred) and of course I have an android. And I hear they also require business attire for all classes except clinical (more $$$). Anyway, I am leaning towards staying here now, but it's been a tough decision. I love Texas and would love to have that Rising Star on my degree!!!

nicole0429 · Mar 25, 2011

Hi I was thinking about applying to Texas State as well now that they extended the deadline, can you tell me what your stats were when you applied and what is considered competitive?

ivannanurse · Mar 25, 2011

Hi I was thinking about applying to Texas State as well now that they extended the deadline, can you tell me what your stats were when you applied and what is considered competitive?

I had an overall GPA of 3.89, with a science GPA about 3.6 I think. I scored in the 96th percentile nation-wide on the TEAS-V. I didn't have any volunteer or curricular activities or experience. I guess it was solely based on my stats. And since they extended the deadline, I'm not sure what they are looking for. I just read that last year the mean GPA was 3.3. I think it's a good program, I'm literally looking over all of the details in the handbook now.

bananamtz · Mar 26, 2011

My overall was a 3.68 and the science was a 3.75. My TEAS score was an 88.7 and since they do points, I think I got like 36 out of 40 points because I scored so well on English and Math, my score was low because I scored like 83% in science-hahaha. I think my essay was decent.

rkdb · Aug 6, 2012

Did any of you have to wait to get in or did you get in right away?