UTA Fall 2015 NP acceptance

KSArlington · Jul 10, 2015

Hi, PMHNP student, did you figure out what courses to register for fall? Or do we wait until orientation for them to tell us.

lweatherby · Jul 10, 2015

I am having some classes evaluated for transfer and in some correspondence regarding the process for this the Director of my program said "[COLOR=#1f497d]You will be coming to campus for orientation and we will work on a degree plan for you that we will share with you on that day". I think we will receive our anticipated schedule on the 22nd. [/COLOR]

PMHNP student · Jul 16, 2015

Hi KSArlington, lweatherby is correct. I called and spoke with someone in the graduate nursing department and was told this would given to us in orientation. I too have some coursework which needs to be considered for transfer. Can't believe we'll finally start orientation next week. Looking forward to meeting everyone!

lweatherby · Jul 22, 2015

Did they tell you today at orientation that it would take 2-3 months to evaluate transfer courses for credit? The handout said 2-3 weeks, but the advisor that I spoke with said realistically, it is 2-3 months. I was just wondering what you were told.

PMHNP student · Jul 26, 2015

Lweatherby, you transferred in graduate courses too? I am honestly quite surprised because I was not expecting this. I submitted all of my transcripts and syllabi several months ago. I found out some of my courses were accepted for transfer on the day of orientation. However, I was told that an "official" letter needed to be issued indicating which courses were accepted for transfer. I understand that there were hundreds of students who applied. However, I expected this to be done months ago. I expected to have a degree plan in hand at orientation, not to wait months longer. At this point, I don't know what to do. How can I even register without knowing which courses they are actually going to accept?

RNangel907 · Jul 26, 2015

I had applied for last spring. I also applied to 4 other programs. I was anxious to hear from UTA as they were my first choice, however, by the time they sent an acceptance letter all other programs had required that I decide so I turned them down. I made numerous calls, emails and basically nagged them for their decision but it wasn't until lat November (for a Jan start) that they had their act together.

In hindsite, many student's in my current program left UTA to attend the new A&M FNP program and seem to be glad they did. All of the other programs had sent acceptance invitations prior to the end off September so I think UTA is just disorganized. Hang in there, I'm sure you will hear eventually.

lweatherby · Jul 26, 2015

Yes. I am in the same situation. Except I only submitted my classes for review 3 weeks ago because I was told you could not submit them until you were accepted into the program. The math they gave me indicates I won't know if my classes have been accepted until after the semester has already started! That makes no sense to me. I have emailed the advisor again and asked what my options are. She mentioned something at orientation about pushing back starting the program for another semester. But I am not willing to do that. AND... I am not willing to just sit here and wait until the day before school starts to see if they accepted my classes. I would like to get registered so I can plan my life....not sure what to do either.

moledi28 · Jul 26, 2015

I applied in for FNP in april but have'nt received any emails yet.

moledi28 · Jul 26, 2015

I applied for FNP in april but have'nt received any email yet. the wait is killing me.

Mommy_RN1211 · Jul 27, 2015

Congrats to those of you who have heard back from UTA! I am curious if anyone minds sharing what your GPA looked like? I am currently in school for my RN and will be attending UTA for BSN. This is the school I would also like to attend for MSN.

Blessed73 · Jul 27, 2015

Congrats to those of you who have heard back from UTA! I am curious if anyone minds sharing what your GPA looked like? I am currently in school for my RN and will be attending UTA for BSN. This is the school I would also like to attend for MSN.

Mine was 3.9. Wishing you the best!

RNangel907 · Jul 28, 2015

I totally relate to everyone's frustration. My bottom line was if the administration was this disorganized that decisions were not made until AFTER registration needed to occur how could they run a successful program? As for the GPA question, my undergrad GPA in Nursing courses, which is what they seem to look at, was 3.71 with an overall of 3.89. I also have almost 20 years of experience as a BSN so I'm sure that was helpful in getting me in to all of my choices. I would think carefully about whether you are willing to deal with their methods as you will be pretty much stuck with it once you begin. At the MSN level only 9 credits can be transferred, and that is across the board to any institution. I have 2 classmates that have lost credits just to get out of that program but they seem to think it was worth it. Good luck!