University of Houston Accelerated BSN Spring '22

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Hi everyone! I haven't seen a thread for U of H's Accelerated BSN program for Spring 2022 so I decided to start one. Here are my stat's: 

Overall GPA: ~3.7

Science GPA: 3.5

TEAS: 88.7

I haven't taken Chemistry or Nutrition yet, so I'm hoping that doesn't hurt me.

I've worked as a Patient Care Tech at BSWH since August 2020. 

On 6/22/2021 at 8:57 PM, BSN21UH said:

Oh you should say hi and talk to any us you see! We're a friendly bunch. The TEAS was more difficult than the HESI, in my opinion, but use ATI practice tests (if you aren't already). That will help tremendously. Since ATI writes the TEAS, their practice tests are very similar to the actual TEAS. We even use ATI in the program to prepare for the NCLEX, since they also write that. If you don't get a great score the first time, you probably have time to redo it anyway so don't worry too much!

The program is really hard, but honestly all nursing programs are hard so IDK if it's really THAT much worse. It's really fast paced and most of the work is on the students. They don't handfeed the info, they expect you to find it yourself. The profs are really supportive. We probably spent about 80-90 hours a week on it, between hw, studying, lectures, labs, and clinicals, for the first semester. It calms down a bit after that. 

Schedule:

Monday- labs 8-5 ish

Tuesday- lectures 8-4

Wednesday- clinicals or open 

Thursday- lectures 8-4

Friday- clinicals or open

Saturday- some had one or two clinicals days throughout the semester

Wednesday and Friday are clinical days, on average about one clinical a week, sometimes none and sometimes two though it changes every week. We get more clinical days each semester. Hope this helps! You can keep sending questions if you have any more ?

I am so sorry for the late response. Thank you so much for this detailed info. I will definitely say hi someday. Do you mind if I DM you(I don't know if that happens here) if I have more questions? Thank you once again.

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Sure! I think there's a way to send private messages LOL 

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On 7/1/2021 at 10:54 AM, BSN21UH said:

Sure! I think there's a way to send private messages LOL 

It won't let me send you a private message. I am done with my classes now studying to take TEAS. Can you remember what the total/individual minimum TEAS score is? I can't find the requirement on their website and I have forgotten what was said at the info session regarding it.

What are the colors of your srubs. I saw red sometimes and black too. Just wondering. 

Thank you.

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I believe it was a 75, for each section and overall. Most people I spoke to had scores in the upper 80's and 90's. 

We wear red scrubs to clinical and black to lab. They are really particular on the scrubs and will send you to a specific uniform store so I wouldn't purchase anything early. 

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Thank you for the quick response. What resources did you use to study for the Science session of TEAS? and overall resources?

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I found ATI really helpful, since they write the TEAS and NCLEX. They sell a study guide that's like $25 and has some practice tests in it. It helped me a lot. 

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Do you get more points towards admissions if you received your bachelor’s degree from U of H?

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They never said how they weighted our backgrounds so I can't say either way. From what they said, it was fairly holistic. They look at degree, work experience, grades, TEAS, related health-care experience. Everyone's background is very different. 

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Did you put in your unrelated work experience in your application. I don't know if I should include all that since I do not have any healthcare-related experience. Thank you.

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On 7/10/2021 at 10:53 PM, BSN21UH said:

They never said how they weighted our backgrounds so I can't say either way. From what they said, it was fairly holistic. They look at degree, work experience, grades, TEAS, related health-care experience. Everyone's background is very different. 

This is very encouraging to hear. I like that they see the candidate in a holistic manner, it helps a lot. The application deadline is 2 weeks away and I am getting nervous. Did you get your CPR certification prior to submitting the application?

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On 7/12/2021 at 12:39 PM, displaynobody said:

Did you put in your unrelated work experience in your application. I don't know if I should include all that since I do not have any healthcare-related experience. Thank you.

I believe you submit a resume as part of the application packet. Honestly I applied to several schools I can't remember exactly which schools asked for a resume, but it seemed like most did.

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7 hours ago, FutureCRNA21 said:

This is very encouraging to hear. I like that they see the candidate in a holistic manner, it helps a lot. The application deadline is 2 weeks away and I am getting nervous. Did you get your CPR certification prior to submitting the application?

Yes I did my CPR a couple of months before the application was due. However I don't think that was required and they gave you time to get it before the semester began. If accepted, they will give you a list to complete (vaccines, titers, CPR/BLS, etc) to complete. 

We received invitations to the interview in mid-September, had the interview like a week or so later, and then got our acceptance another week or so later. Then in October you are expected to get that list done. 

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