UTA Nursing Fall 2015 On-Campus or AP Student Discussion Board

Mavnurse17, BSN, RN · May 3, 2015

I saw "points" mentioned in an earlier post on this thread. What does that mean and what are the points used for when it comes to applying to nursing school?

My adviser could have mis-communicated with me, so don't take this as a set in stone answer as to how the college of nursing ranks the applicants. I'll reiterate. When I sat down with her to discuss my GPA as I was applying, she told me the total amount of points that you can earn when applying for the program is 8. So they take your science GPA and overall GPA and convert those into points (I'm not sure what formula they use), and then if you have extra considerations (3/4 sciences taken here, 30+ hours here, previous degree, 9+ hours of honors college credit, active in ROTC, partnered with a hospital if you're applying for AP-BSN), then you get a few extra points added. When I had that meeting with her, my science GPA was a 3.5 and my overall was somewhere around a 3.4, and I had 2 considerations. That being said, my adviser told me I had 6.9 points out of 8 possible. I'll explain further.

This is only my interpretation of how the points relate to how people get accepted, denied, or waitlisted. None of these calculations are from a CON flyer or words from an adviser. This is just my own estimation!

Say that your science GPA is a 3.75 and your overall is a 3.8. Let's say you get 5 points for that (using whatever formula the CON uses to compute that). Let's also say you don't have any of the considerations...maybe you transferred in from a community college and don't have the hours here or the sciences here, whatever the case may be. Based on your GPA, you'd have 5/8 points at application.

Say that another student has a science GPA of 3.5 and an overall of 3.4, but they have 2 extra considerations (again, not sure how many points per considerations...let's just say for this explanation it's a point per consideration). They took their sciences here and have 30+ hours here as well. Let's say they get 4 points for their GPA, and 2 points for their considerations. They now have 6/8 points.

As you can see, this puts the second student higher up on the list than the first student. It's unfortunate that sometimes people who are transferring in with much higher GPA's are put further down the list than people who have a little bit lower GPA's but have those considerations, but that's just how it is.

Again, I want to reiterate that none of those calculations are actual formulas...just my interpretations.

Asgardian · May 5, 2015

Has anyone gotten calls for those on the wait list yet?

-ashe-

Zituska · May 5, 2015

I know somebody who got called yesterday morning.

doggyloveslolo · May 6, 2015

I know somebody who got called yesterday morning.

do you know his/her stats?

cindylim · May 14, 2015

What is the fast pass?

iamnotafocker · May 16, 2015

I have started a facebook group if anyone wants to collaborate on there. uta nursing fall 2015

B.Ewing · May 21, 2015

I would like to join your FB group. I was unable to find it.

doggyloveslolo · May 21, 2015

I just got a call from my advisor and I am offered for AP BSN :)

waitlist for bpth programs now I am officially accepted :)

B.Ewing · May 21, 2015

I just got a call too! I'm official accepted... AP-BSN :nurse:

Keeke123 · May 22, 2015

Hi I have two questions. I was accepted into the ap bsn program with Baylor Dallas as my partner hospital. Does anybody know when there clinicals are? And also if the clinicals are on sat and Sunday are we able to change one day or switch with somebody at another hospital?

Jenan2015 · May 24, 2015

I got called off the waiting list yayyy

summershawky · May 27, 2015

Would you mind posting your stats, just curious to see where I stand on the wait list.

Thanks!