Hello out there! I was wondering if there are any other aspiring nursing students who have applied for the May 2025 ABSN at UT Health San Antonio this year. Wondering how many of us are out here and any info you guys may have on when we might hear back about decisions. This is the only school I applied for (nursing program requirements are so crazy!) So I'm hoping I get a spot here. Anyone know if there is also an ABSN program in the fall? When I called admissions last Summer they said they only had one ABSN cohort for 2025 starting in May, but the school's instagram page said something about Fall 25 ABSN applications being opened last November 🤷♀️
IDK if ya'll feel the same way, it seems like their website is kinda lacking when it comes to in depth information.
Good luck to everyone out there applying, and hopefully we'll meet each other in real life this Summer 😊
I haven't, but they have a calendar with all of the dates where you filled out the new student stuff. I think RSVP for new student orientation they have set for next week, so hopefully we hear something this week.
Has anyone received any information about next steps? Like orientation, getting our fingerprints done, or what vaccines we need?
Hey! So if you click the link in the acceptance offer email to the new student portal, there are all of these different options in the menu bar. If you click on the "more" option ( I think it says "more", I'm not looking at it right now) at the far right side of the menu bar, there will be a drop down menu with different links. You can go through each page and it will give you more detailed information about all of the steps and when they expect to send more emails or links for each of the next steps. The immunization requirements tab gives you detailed information as well about which records you should be collecting right now, and it has a pdf link with a document your GP has to fill out, sign, and stamp. It gives the full list of all the vaccination requirements in that pdf. Each page on the portal gives specific information about how and when they will provide us the next parts we need for each of the requirements and there is a due date at the bottom of each information page.
I would really start focusing on getting all of the immunizations records now because it can be quite a long process if your doctor doesn't have all of them on file right away. I think a lot of it depends on how old you are, but I'm in my 30s so getting a hold of some of my records from childhood is becoming quite a difficult task and I'm having to fill out a bunch of different release request forms and calling the state; so it's taking some time. Hopefully no one else will have similar issues but I would recommend reading those pages and getting on the parts that we can actually work on now, asap.
Hey! So if you click the link in the acceptance offer email to the new student portal, there are all of these different options in the menu bar. If you click on the "more" option ( I think it says "more", I'm not looking at it right now) at the far right side of the menu bar, there will be a drop down menu with different links. You can go through each page and it will give you more detailed information about all of the steps and when they expect to send more emails or links for each of the next steps. The immunization requirements tab gives you detailed information as well about which records you should be collecting right now, and it has a pdf link with a document your GP has to fill out, sign, and stamp. It gives the full list of all the vaccination requirements in that pdf. Each page on the portal gives specific information about how and when they will provide us the next parts we need for each of the requirements and there is a due date at the bottom of each information page.
I would really start focusing on getting all of the immunizations records now because it can be quite a long process if your doctor doesn't have all of them on file right away. I think a lot of it depends on how old you are, but I'm in my 30s so getting a hold of some of my records from childhood is becoming quite a difficult task and I'm having to fill out a bunch of different release request forms and calling the state; so it's taking some time. Hopefully no one else will have similar issues but I would recommend reading those pages and getting on the parts that we can actually work on now, asap.
Do you know of any ways to get ahold of your vaccination records aside from the ones you've gotten from your employer?
Do you know of any ways to get ahold of your vaccination records aside from the ones you've gotten from your employer?
Yes! My current employer didn't require vaccination records, so I have had to go through various other routes. You can contact your current doctor, they should have your immunization records. However, I've had a semi-unique situation where both my pediatrician and first GP are both now retired and hospital networks bought their private practices. Because of this, my current GP did not have my immunization records and my old doctors' offices have archived my records with third-party companies. I contacted the records department of my old doctors' offices and filled out Medical Records Release Request Forms and am now waiting for what they have (but again, I think most people won't have this problem and can just contact their doctor for their records).
I also contacted my previous University's Health Services Office and requested my immunization records I had to submit to them before going to school there. Additionally, I even contacted my old high school and asked for any immunization records they might still have on file for me.
You can also contact the Texas Department of State Health Services or your local county public health office, and request whichever immunization records they may have on file for you through their ImmTrac2 system (I think you can also request your GP to access that information), but it's not guaranteed that they have a complete record, especially if you're older than your mid-20s...I'm 34 and I guess when I was growing up this system didn't exist and doctors weren't required to submit this information to the state, so they weren't able to provide me much assistance when I contacted them.
You can also try any local pharmacies where you might've received vaccines, but they most likely won't have records for some of the required Vaccine Series you would've received as a baby or small child.
I've basically just thought of every possible person/institution I can get a hold of that might have any medical record of me and requested what they have on file still. Hopefully you won't have to contact as many people and can just get everything from your doctor!
I'm also having to get some updated vaccine rounds right now because a couple of mine were out of the date range required so I needed new doses/ immunization tests. You might also need to access pediatric clinical notes for certain illnesses. Like I never got the Varicella vaccine (I don't even think it was around when I was a kid…) but I had the chickenpox so theoretically, I'm meant to have natural immunity... but now I'm having to try to access the clinical notes from my pediatrician regarding the dates and treatment for when I had the chickenpox back in like 1994. So it can get pretty complicated and time-consuming if your current doctor doesn't have everything on file for you.
Sorry for such a long response, just wanted to give you all the info I've found out over the last two weeks because it's turned into a mini nightmare for me, and I'd like to help other people not have to go through this!
My name is Jamia, and I received my acceptance letter on Feb 14th! Congrats to everyone that got accepted! For those that didn't, keep going!!
I would love to connect w/ yall. Just so that we keep each other informed and make sure we don't miss any deadlines during this "next steps" process. lmkk 🙂
Hi everyone! My name's Giselle and I was also accepted into the program and look forward to meeting everyone!! I would love to connect! Congrats to everyone who got in!
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Hey everyone! Was just wondering if anyone has received an email containing our student email? I received an email stating they'd send it around March 14th but then just received an email earlier about important dates, which has RSVPing for orientation but it's needing our student email?
Hey guys! Does anyone know if and by when we have to do a drug test? Most of my other schools required it so I was wondering if it's needed for this cohort as well. I have not seen anything about it in our checklist so far so just curious, I want to make sure I have everything done on time.
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Has anyone received any information about next steps? Like orientation, getting our fingerprints done, or what vaccines we need?