UT Tyler nursing spring

zilamakus · Sep 17, 2014

I wonder why they will not make it clear to us. Because almost all the Accelerated programs I have checked are 15 or 16 months.

t&g0913 · Sep 17, 2014

Probably because they really can't say it's accelerated if it is 20 months lol

acboykin2306 · Sep 17, 2014

So the difference between the accelerated and regular is 4 months!?

t&g0913 · Sep 17, 2014

So the difference between the accelerated and regular is 4 months!?

Yeah :/

acboykin2306 · Sep 17, 2014

Well that kind of sucks.

zilamakus · Sep 17, 2014

Did y'all apply any other school apart from UT Tyler?

t&g0913 · Sep 17, 2014

Did y'all apply any other school apart from UT Tyler?

Yeah once I found out how long it was!lol

LoyalWeim · Sep 17, 2014

zilamakus,

I did read your post carefully and I am simply asking, why require us to even take the TEAS exam (of course, yes for the accelerated- that is what I too am referring to) if it is not even factored into overall scoring? Why did my advisor add up and tally my overall score? And if they do not score in some way then what do you think they evaluate according to? Did you ask the advisor that since they do not go by a scoring system, then what do they base their assessment and selection criteria?

I am asking this because I am geniunely confused! And this is pretty critical information if you are correct...

Regards,

LW

LoyalWeim · Sep 17, 2014

acboykin2306,

I suppose if you are comparing an ADN to the Accelerated BSN, then yes the difference is 4 months. But a better comparison would be to compare the Traditional 4-year BSN to the Accelerated BSN degree in which case the difference is 28 months, not 4 months.

Regards,

LW

acboykin2306 · Sep 17, 2014

I really don't want to apply anywhere else but I know I need to just to be on the safe side. I'm confused too because if they don't go based on points then what is it based on. From what the advisor emailed me it seemed like it was on a point system

t&g0913 · Sep 18, 2014

acboykin2306,
I suppose if you are comparing an ADN to the Accelerated BSN, then yes the difference is 4 months. But a better comparison would be to compare the Traditional 4-year BSN to the Accelerated BSN degree in which case the difference is 28 months, not 4 months.
Regards,
LW

A better comparison would be to compare Tyler's 20 month "accelerated" BSN to other Texas school's accelerated BSNs (TTU: 12 months, TAMU: 15 months, UTHSCSA: 15 months, UTMB: 12 months, UHV: 12 months, etc.)

LoyalWeim · Sep 18, 2014

t&g0913,

Great point. But, I really do not see how a Bachelor degree in nursing can be achieved in 12-15 months. I don't even see how it is possible in 20 months as it is at UT Tyler. I mean, hypothetically, content of material studied and learned should be about the same... hypothetically. So at most, I can see how a 4-year program can be compressed into a 2-year program. Students simply have to absorb twice the material in half the time. True, many of the extraneous classes are maybe removed from the curriculum. Still, how is it that one can say that a 12-month program is equivalent to a 48-month program? I don't know.... seems impossible to me.

It is probably important to consider the pre-requisite requirements prior to acceptance. Take a look at Texas Tech for example... they have more stringent requirements for acceptance. UT Tyler, does not even require a B.S. degree where as TTU does require one. TTU requires CNA, UTT does not. TTU requires Basic life support and AED training, UTT does not... and on-and-on. So they are NOT really all that comparable to start with!

Still, the comparison you are making in your reply is not even relevant. This entire thread is based on UT Tyler- period. So the comparison was made for UT Tyler 20 month vs. 24 month but they were comparing a 20-month Bachelor degree to a 24-month Associate degree. Clearly, this is not a valid comparison.

Regards,

LW