UT school of nursing in houston

bqross27 · Feb 25, 2006

I'm assuming this is for the traditional BSN program?

I had an interview for the Accelerated BSN program. The writing sample consisted of basic stuff - why you want to be a nurse, what preperations have you made to undertake this program (financial, academic, etc.), are there any qualities you have that you want to tell the admissions committee. There was another question that had to do with your qualities and how they relate to nursing, I think. They give you plenty of time to complete this part. You write your answers on forms. They ask a question and you fill your answer in a box below. They give you plenty of scratch paper as well.

As far as the interview was concerned, we were split between 3 interviewers. One group got interviewed by two people at the same time, and the other group was interviewed by the coordinator of the program. Everyone was very friendly and the atmosphere is very relaxed.

Just start thinking of the reasons you will provide for wanting to become a nurse before hand - even writing it down on paper. When you interview - they are (I think) trying to guage whether you can communicate well - a vital skill in nursing, as you will have to assess patients and question them.

Just to be interviewed is already an accomplishment. I think there were well over 1000 applicants competing for like 130 spots. I'm not sure about the exact numbers, but it was somewhere around there.

I can't sleep. Acceptance letters for my program were mailed yesterday for the accelerated program. The waiting is agony. Well, hope this information is useful, and best of luck!

TxPsychNx · Mar 13, 2006

Good luck to you all. I am a 1997 graduate of UTHSC-SA. It will be the most fun you guys have ever had!