Texas Tech BSN wannabe

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Brand new to this board and hoping for some advice on the traditional BSN program at Texas Tech I'm applying to Texas Tech for Fall, 2011 traditional BSN and don't know anything about the program except the information on the school's website. It would be wonderful to hear an honest assessment from someone in (or who has graduated from) the program. I guess this is probably the biggest decision I've had to make in my life and, in some ways, I feel clueless about how to assess the pros and cons of the program. I would appreciate (beyond words!) anyone who has attended the traditional BSN program offering their opinions about the school, the community, the clinicals, the faculty, the lifestyle or anything you might think would help a 20 year old wannabe BSN/RN to make a better decision. Thank you and, when it's my turn, I promise I'll "Pass It Forward".

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I took Intro to Nurisng and Patho at Tech last fall. Intro was pretty easy mostly writing papers and patho was more challenging... the tests are open book but there is so much information! good luck!

I know this might be a stupid question. But I'm new to the idea of having online classes. How does it work?

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You will have a blackboard account through tech HSC and that's where you will correspond with teachers, submit papers, and take the exams. You will be given a syllabus for each class that explains everything. Everything is online but if your having trouble with an assignment or anything you can go to the professors office hours at the health science center which was helpful for me because I had never taken an online class before. I hope that answered your question? If not let me know!

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Hey, I go to Auburn and am interested in going to Nursing School at Texas Tech (I'm originally from Texas). What are some important factors for gaining acceptance and what all can I be doing to get in? My cumulative gpa is a 3.5 and my pre-nursing is around 3.85. Thanks!

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Do they require an entrance exam ? I didn't see it anywhere on their SON website ?

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i blair i had a few question for u and chimpmunk ...did yall have any work experience in medical field to put on ur application? what do you think got you accepted. do you think that if someone lives out of town and applies that the school will not accept them? what was ur gpa like? what was ur worries?

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Specializes in Trauma, Surgical, Burn.
Hey, I go to Auburn and am interested in going to Nursing School at Texas Tech (I'm originally from Texas). What are some important factors for gaining acceptance and what all can I be doing to get in? My cumulative gpa is a 3.5 and my pre-nursing is around 3.85. Thanks!

I believe you have the GPA to get into the program but don't forget extracurricular activities like community services, work experience, leadership position, any non-medical or medical certificates(CNA, pharm tech, computer tech, etc..).

Pretty much anything that would make you stand out from the crowd.

Do they require an entrance exam ? I didn't see it anywhere on their SON website ?

Nope they dont require any entrance exam (HESI, TEAS, NET, etc)

i blair i had a few question for u and chimpmunk ...did yall have any work experience in medical field to put on ur application? what do you think got you accepted. do you think that if someone lives out of town and applies that the school will not accept them? what was ur gpa like? what was ur worries?

Even though I not blair or chimpmunk, I gladly help you :D

To be honest, I never had any work experience in the medical field but i tremendous amount of volunteer hours ( I believe 200-300 during high school and college). I am CPR and EKG certificated

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It varies from people to people. Like I said, i had alot of volunteer hours and was certified in CPR and EKG. I was part of couple of organization in college. My pre-nursing gpa is a 3.5-3.6 and my science gpa is 3.5. I had two recommendation letters from 2 RN's. I don't know how much my gender (I'm a guy) and ethnicity (Filipino) play a factor for my selection but in my opinion i don't really put that as an advantage.

In regards out of town prospects, i have heard that there was a good amount of people who were out of town students during orientation. I originally went to University of Houston my freshman year but transferred to Tech my sophomore year due to the fact that Tech students have first priority for admission.

For me, I wasn't really worried during the whole process. The only thing i was worried is what i was gonna do if i was rejected..The last month was really nerve racking because i started to doubt myself if i was had the shot to get in. But everything worked out at the end

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I was wondering if someone could help me out on here? Im not sure about my chances of getting into the BSN program. I will be applying for the one in odessa. My GPA is 3.5 and i have all the pre req courses except intro to nursing and patho. i will be enrolled in them when applying though. What do you think my chances on getting accepted to this program is? im not trying to get my hopes up

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i believe you have the gpa to get into the program but don't forget extracurricular activities like community services, work experience, leadership position, any non-medical or medical certificates(cna, pharm tech, computer tech, etc..).

pretty much anything that would make you stand out from the crowd.

nope they dont require any entrance exam (hesi, teas, net, etc)

even though i not blair or chimpmunk, i gladly help you :D

to be honest, i never had any work experience in the medical field but i tremendous amount of volunteer hours ( i believe 200-300 during high school and college). i am cpr and ekg certificated

it varies from people to people. like i said, i had alot of volunteer hours and was certified in cpr and ekg. i was part of couple of organization in college. my pre-nursing gpa is a 3.5-3.6 and my science gpa is 3.5. i had two recommendation letters from 2 rn's. i don't know how much my gender (i'm a guy) and ethnicity (filipino) play a factor for my selection but in my opinion i don't really put that as an advantage.

in regards out of town prospects, i have heard that there was a good amount of people who were out of town students during orientation. i originally went to university of houston my freshman year but transferred to tech my sophomore year due to the fact that tech students have first priority for admission.

for me, i wasn't really worried during the whole process. the only thing i was worried is what i was gonna do if i was rejected..the last month was really nerve racking because i started to doubt myself if i was had the shot to get in. but everything worked out at the end

i work at the hospital right now as a 'hostess' but just got my cna trying to transfer as a pct now, also i had volunteer experience during my high school days for all my summers and have my cpr, do we add all these things exactly on the application or they have a space where we explain this ? also do we have to apply directly to the campus before we apply for the actual nursing school cause currently i'll be a transfer student ? the only classes i'm lacking is stats which i'm taking this fall and introduction to nursing and pathophysiology which i was going to apply without those 2 classes during december.

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Im not sure where to explain the things we have. I have CPR and ive also been throught LVN school. I will be missing those two classes when applying too. I just got discouraged when reading what the odds of getting accepted where

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Specializes in Trauma, Surgical, Burn.
i work at the hospital right now as a 'hostess' but just got my cna trying to transfer as a pct now, also i had volunteer experience during my high school days for all my summers and have my cpr, do we add all these things exactly on the application or they have a space where we explain this ? also do we have to apply directly to the campus before we apply for the actual nursing school cause currently i'll be a transfer student ? the only classes i'm lacking is stats which i'm taking this fall and introduction to nursing and pathophysiology which i was going to apply without those 2 classes during december.

yes, there will be a section where you are allowed to put your work experience/volunteer hours and certifications. don't worry about the two classes because you will be allowed to take it during the summer only if you are accepted. (https://portal.nursingcas.org) this website is what tech uses for applications.

http://www.ttuhsc.edu/son/bsn/application.aspx

here is the link for prospective students

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I was going to apply here in-case I didn't receive good news in December for spring programs I've applied too... thanks for the information... Will I have to be accepted to Texas Tech first before I apply for their nursing program cause the website doesn't state it... Also do you know how many people applied for the Fall 2011 program ?

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Specializes in Trauma, Surgical, Burn.
I was going to apply here in-case I didn't receive good news in December for spring programs I've applied too... thanks for the information... Will I have to be accepted to Texas Tech first before I apply for their nursing program cause the website doesn't state it... Also do you know how many people applied for the Fall 2011 program ?

Texas Tech and Texas Tech Health Science Center are two different schools. The nursing school is under the TTUHSC. So you need to only worry about TTUHSC. You need to apply through (https://portal.nursingcas.org/) and the TTUHSC Merlin website (this website allows you to see your admission status). For the Fall 2011 program, I can only say that about 140 people got in.

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