TWU Spring 2009

OMG - i just got my letter of acceptance into the Nursing program - Dallas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am shaking, i can hardly believe it!

:balloons: Congratulations!!

If you don't mind my asking, what is your GPA and NET score?

Nursing Student31

GO GIRL! I am so proud for you....

ENJOY YOUR DAY YOU DESERVE IT :nuke:

I don't mind sharing - i did all of my pre-reqs at TWU so i got the .4 added to my GPA - originally it was a 3.609 so with the .4 it was 4.0. My net was 64% for the reading comprehension. (I am awful at standardized tests, in my opinion) My net score is what had me concerned about getting accepted- knowing many others scored much higher. BUT your GPA counts for 80% and net 20% from what i am told. I guessing you applied for the Houston program?

Nursing Student31

GO GIRL! I am so proud for you....

ENJOY YOUR DAY YOU DESERVE IT :nuke:

Thanks Nursetobe12 ~ please let me know as soon as you know something!

Mail comes around 1:30 so I will keep you informed.

Do you live in Dallas?

Wow, congrats about getting in!!! I'm relieved there is a place I can discuss this with others. The suspense is killing me. I was trying to squeeze out any information possible at the Houston orientation. They said the pool of applicants increases and decreases kind of with the state of the economy (not a scientific study, of course). I'm just hoping that I have a chance...

When I talked to the lady who e-mailed me about my transcripts, she said there were many people who are having transcript issues this application period. Apparently the Denton campus is running behind with updating student records.

I'm currently a student at Lonestar Community College, and I know one other student from there who is also applying. I'm curious to find out about more people who are trying to get into the Houston campus.

I don't mind sharing - i did all of my pre-reqs at TWU so i got the .4 added to my GPA - originally it was a 3.609 so with the .4 it was 4.0. My net was 64% for the reading comprehension. (I am awful at standardized tests, in my opinion) My net score is what had me concerned about getting accepted- knowing many others scored much higher. BUT your GPA counts for 80% and net 20% from what i am told. I guessing you applied for the Houston program?

My net score was not the greatest either. I don't like that they only look at the reading. My math score was fantastic.

i don't mind sharing - i did all of my pre-reqs at twu so i got the .4 added to my gpa - originally it was a 3.609 so with the .4 it was 4.0. my net was 64% for the reading comprehension. (i am awful at standardized tests, in my opinion) my net score is what had me concerned about getting accepted- knowing many others scored much higher. but your gpa counts for 80% and net 20% from what i am told. i guessing you applied for the houston program?

thanks a bunch for sharing. yes, i applied for the houston program. hopefully my 3.86 gpa will make it for houston. my net reading score wasn't that great either, got 69. feeling extremely anxious at this point.

If only I could have had .4 added to my GPA...

ugh, I wish nursing programs weren't so extremely competitive. Then again, at the orientation they were saying that every year they get students with 3.8 and 3.9 GPA's that can't make it through the first semester. My theory is that some people end up with personal issues (pregnancy, divorce, death of family member etc..) that probably interfere with their studies. Who knows.

I see a lot of nurses that don't seem to know a lot of the things that we are taught now. I guess it wasn't so competitive 20 years ago....??

**I'm going back to waiting for the mail...

At this point, I just want to know. If I dont get in, I have a program to fall back on, but I wish I could start making plans.

TWU is the only school I applied for Spring '09. If it doesn't work out, my plan is to work on my GPA and my NET score.

There are more programs in the Houston area that accept fall applicants, so I will apply for every program I can. If I'm still having trouble, then I'll find something less competitive to go into. I hate sounding defeated, but I need to start making money somehow. I don't get it....the students here are smart and competitive, but this is such a difficult career to get into.

Becoming a nurse seems almost as competitive as becoming a doctor.

Hello

I do not know if this means anything at all, but I went on the Portal to look at classes for Spring. Even though i am not registering I took a peek at the numbers slotted for the undergraduate first semester nursing courses. It looks as though if I am right Houston is taking 100 students at least that is what is slotted on the board for classes. Dallas looks like 100 to 130. I will say 100 for Dallas because three of those slots say "Staff" and do not have instructor names so they may not be for sure.

Take a look for yourself.

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Okay, so I looked at the portal and the wierd thing is that all the classes for the Dallas area have a status of "open" and all the houston area classes have a status of "closed."

Did your letter of acceptance say anything about registration? I wonder if this means that they have not sent Houston letters out yet.