The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) vs The University of Texas at Tyler (UT Tyler) PMHNP programs?

[Texern]

Just got my acceptance email from UT Tyler and have a interview with UTEP next week for the Spring 2023 semester. I would appreciate input from anyone that has experience with either of these programs. Thanks

[texasRN_yall]

6 hours ago, Texern said:

Just got my acceptance email from UT Tyler and have a interview with UTEP next week for the Spring 2023 semester. I would appreciate input from anyone that has experience with either of these programs. Thanks

congratulations! I also received my acceptance email from UT Tyler PMHNP program today for Spring 2023. I have to decide between Texas Tech and UT Tyler. Hopefully someone will reply to you. I started my PMHNP at UT Arlington this fall because I did not want to wait in case I did not get into any other school. 

[Texern]

I'll probably go with UT Tyler because the campus is much closer than El Paso. Do you not like the program at UT Arlington?

[texasRN_yall]

10 hours ago, Texern said:

I'll probably go with UT Tyler because the campus is much closer than El Paso. Do you not like the program at UT Arlington?

That makes perfect sense. I am disappointed in UTA program so far. It has been bad since orientation. The advisors are not helpful if you ask them to outline your entire program. They told me that they can not do that because not all classes are offered every semester and they can change the classes anytime in any semester. So basically if you miss/drop out of a class, you have to wait entire year to take the class again. For online FNP, they have 8 week classes. There is no way you are learning enough pathophysiology in 8 weeks. One of my instructor does not grade papers for 2 weeks. You can not ask her a question because she will make you feel stupid. So no one asks any questions in her class. It took financial aid office almost a month after the start date to disburse  aid so I had to pay out of pocket. I am looking forward to transferring out of UTA. And not to mention, they are more expensive than the other 2 universities. 

[Texern]

That does sound pretty terrible. I've known some people who went to UTA for FNP and the workload sounded tedious, so I didn't bother applying. 

I did my BSN through Texas Tech. Overall the program was pretty straightforward, mostly just wrote papers. I remembered the process of getting enrolled and set up on the computer was painful though, that was in 2016.

I'd be interested to know who you decide to go with, good luck!

[texasRN_yall]

5 hours ago, Texern said:

That does sound pretty terrible. I've known some people who went to UTA for FNP and the workload sounded tedious, so I didn't bother applying. 

I did my BSN through Texas Tech. Overall the program was pretty straightforward, mostly just wrote papers. I remembered the process of getting enrolled and set up on the computer was painful though, that was in 2016.

I'd be interested to know who you decide to go with, good luck!

Thank you. I will definitely come back and post here. Good luck to you as well! 

[mursegoals, BSN, RN]

Hello all, Any updates regarding TTUHSC and UT Tyler's PMHNP programs? Will be applying for 2024 start. Any feedback and/or suggestions/information would be appreciated! 

[Texern]

I'm wrapping up my first semester with UT Tyler. Overall the program seems good. Patho is a lot of studying, but that's to be expected. Translation science 1 is evidence based practice and doing rapid critical appraisal of a quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods study. Health policy and population has a group project with 4 parts making a power point of a priority health disparity. There's a policy brief paper you have to write and some discussion boards. I'm eager to get to the psych specific courses.

[mursegoals, BSN, RN]

Thanks so much for the response. I plan on applying to the part time program because I have a 1 year old and work M-F outpatient. Any feedback as for as the doabilty of this plan? 

[Texern]

The test in patho are all scheduled on Monday and you have a 4 hour window to take the test, but it shuts off at noon whether you're done or not. I think you have 90 minutes to take the test from the time you start. 50 questions per test. Test require having proctorU to monitor for cheating. I know they worked with some people for scheduling conflicts to take their test. Other courses just have assignment due dates. The zoom meetings are usually recorded, so if you can't make it you can at least watch it later. Test reviews are not recorded, but you can schedule an individual review. 

[Camilia12]

Hello,

I just got accepted for fall of 2023 at UT Tyler
Do you have any advice for the PMHNP program.
How was the Patho course? 
how many test total? 

[Texern]

4 test over the lectures, APEA quiz banks final, and doing the quiz banks assignments amounts to a test grade. Have to have test average of 80 to pass the course. Requires a lot of studying. The course is split between 2 teachers and they teach/write tests differently. They upload power points with voice overs, listen to those. Sometimes during the zoom office hours they will mention content to focus on. Just got to put in the work and stick with it. Someone started a discord that the class uses to share ideas about what's helping or if they have questions about anything. That has been very useful.