UTHealth Cizik Summer 2021 - BSN

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Hello everyone! 

I've been looking around for a UTH - Pacesetter BSN forum for Summer 2021; haven't found one so I'm going to start one here! This forum is for anyone applying for or just curious about the Summer 2021 application cycle (deadline Jan 15th, 2020). If anyone has any questions, concerns, worries, or anything they'd like to share during the process then you've found the right place! We're here to help each other out. Best of luck! 

2 minutes ago, Rmjcg5 said:

I don’t necessarily agree (although I don’t work there, so I can’t say with certainty :-)) and I’ll tell you why —- So, you’re absolutely right that there are people that get accepted with perfect scores and GPA’s across the board, and likewise, there are people with lower GPA/scores that get in as well (although, from those I talked to in the GroupMe last semester, the lower scores/GPAs were the exception, and by lower, I didn’t see any 3.0’s, but I did see a couple with a 3.3 -3.4ish for overall GPA). 

They’re not solely looking at the HESI score, prerequisite GPA, and science GPA... there are other “factors” (see link below, some don’t apply, such as the essay/interview as of course those aren’t applicable to this particular program.) They take prior degrees into consideration, difficulty of workload for prerequisites, previous employment history, ethnicity/race.. they list out several factors, so you could see someone with 4.0, but maybe they only took one or two classes a semester, etc., so they select someone with a slightly lower GPA that had a much tougher course load, for example. So, it’s difficult to say, but I don’t think it’s a “lottery”, in the true sense of the word. They definitely have a board that makes the selections. 

https://nursing.uth.edu/prospstudent/criteria-BSN.htm

Wow, thank you for this! I’ve been reading a lot of GroupMe chats so that’s where I got “lottery” from, but I appreciate you clearing this up for me and others. This makes a lot of sense. 

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And by the way, that is absolutely NOT to discourage those that may have lower than a 3.3-3.4. You don’t know the applicant pool for any given semester. With all of the “factors” taken into consideration, it very well could be that someone with lower does get in. So, most definitely don’t give up hope if anyone has a lower GPA or test score. Hang in there. 
 

By the way, we were supposed to hear back on 11/15 for Spring ... and they started updating the portals on 10/20 or 10/21. An email wasn’t sent until a day or two later. I don’t even know when the decision date is for Summer, but if it’s March 15th, for example, they may actually update on the portal sooner (02/20ish if it follows the prior semester). 

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5 minutes ago, Rmjcg5 said:

I don’t necessarily agree (although I don’t work there, so I can’t say with certainty :-)) and I’ll tell you why —- So, you’re absolutely right that there are people that get accepted with perfect scores and GPA’s across the board, and likewise, there are people with lower GPA/scores that get in as well (although, from those I talked to in the GroupMe last semester, the lower scores/GPAs were the exception, and by lower, I didn’t see any 3.0’s, but I did see a couple with a 3.3 -3.4ish for overall GPA). 

They’re not solely looking at the HESI score, prerequisite GPA, and science GPA... there are other “factors” (see link below, some don’t apply, such as the essay/interview as of course those aren’t applicable to this particular program.) They take prior degrees into consideration, difficulty of workload for prerequisites, previous employment history, ethnicity/race.. they list out several factors, so you could see someone with 4.0, but maybe they only took one or two classes a semester, etc., so they select someone with a slightly lower GPA that had a much tougher course load, for example. So, it’s difficult to say, but I don’t think it’s a “lottery”, in the true sense of the word. They definitely have a board that makes the selections. 

https://nursing.uth.edu/prospstudent/criteria-BSN.htm

My best friends sister was on the admissions board for a few years & everything said here sums it up pretty well. 

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5 minutes ago, Fn2020 said:

My best friends sister was on the admissions board for a few years & everything said here sums it up pretty well. 

The long winded version, anyway ?

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3 minutes ago, Rmjcg5 said:

The long winded version, anyway ?

What emails should we have received after submitting your application? ?

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Hi everyone! What emails should I have gotten since putting in my application? I’m kind of getting nervous again because I’ve only really gotten one and reading on here others have gotten evaluation emails, evaluations thru post-mail or emails saying they’re reviewing their transcripts?

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@Clementine31 I received the course evaluation letter through the mail, which is weird because I have no outstanding prerequisite courses. But other than that, I have received no email from them. Even after submitting the application. 

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Is anyone waiting to apply for fall until they hear back for Summer? not sure if I should go ahead and apply for fall... just wanted to save money. LOL 

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2 hours ago, fruitloops1200 said:

Is anyone waiting to apply for fall until they hear back for Summer? not sure if I should go ahead and apply for fall... just wanted to save money. LOL 

I'm going to give it until February 15th and then I am too LOL

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6 hours ago, fruitloops1200 said:

Is anyone waiting to apply for fall until they hear back for Summer? not sure if I should go ahead and apply for fall... just wanted to save money. LOL 

Didn’t mean the capitalized LOL ?

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If Summer is anything like Spring, they may start updating your portals (for approvals) March 20th-ish. For Spring, we were told we’d hear by 11/15; however, the portals started updating around 10/20-10/21. So, around that time you can start looking in to refresh the decision. 

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18 hours ago, DMarisol94 said:

@Clementine31 I received the course evaluation letter through the mail, which is weird because I have no outstanding prerequisite courses. But other than that, I have received no email from them. Even after submitting the application. 

Yeah, other than the initial email with my password/login information, I didn’t get any emails from UTH until a couple days AFTER my portal updated to “Conditionally Accepted”. 

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18 hours ago, Clementine31 said:

Hi everyone! What emails should I have gotten since putting in my application? I’m kind of getting nervous again because I’ve only really gotten one and reading on here others have gotten evaluation emails, evaluations thru post-mail or emails saying they’re reviewing their transcripts?

The course evaluations are sent via regular mail, and not everyone gets one. There were those that got in for Spring 2021 that didn’t get an eval, and there were those that got in that did. So, I wouldn’t worry if you don’t receive one. Not sure why some do and some don’t. Also, I didn’t get any emails or other communication other than when I initially applied with the login information. The next email I got wasn’t until a couple of days AFTER my portal updated to “Conditionally Accepted” (due to outstanding prereqs). 

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