UTHSCSA Fall 2018

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I have applied to UTHSCSA and UIW Fall 2018... is there anyone else who is applying or has sent in their apps?? What are your stats?

Awesome, so it is manageable enough and to get good grades right?

Working and attending school? Yes - you just really need to stay on top of things and make sure you read ahead of class.

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How exciting is it that we don't have to buy another computer :)

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Did y'all print the 20 page packet and scan it? That seems a little excessive.

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Yes I printed it so many important dates that I needed to highlight and actually have in front of me :) but you don't have to scan the entire thing on the front it says which pages you need to turn in which isn't much :)

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Yes I printed it so many important dates that I needed to highlight and actually have in front of me :) but you don't have to scan the entire thing on the front it says which pages you need to turn in which isn't much :)

Okay that's cool, I just skimmed over it at work, so I missed that! I'm going to read it and print/scan it when I get home then!

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Jen- what about people in your cohort who have school aged children. How do they seem to do time management wise?

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I wonder the same thing! :,)

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Ugh she hasn't acknowledged mine yet and I turned them in the night we got our acceptances. If not by tomorrow I'll try again

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Jen- what about people in your cohort who have school aged children. How do they seem to do time management wise?

I've got two of my own :)

I'm doing just fine. You really just have to stay on top of your material. All of your classes expect you to review the powerpoints and the objective before class, so that when you come to class, it's a review rather than everyone seeing the information for the first time. I spend an hour or two a day on Monday reviewing for Thursday's classes, Tuesday is clinical and I usually don't study. Wednesday is my day off, but I volunteer at two of the UT Health clinics, so I don't study really unless I have an exam. Thursday I study for Friday classes and over the weekend I do the bulk of my reviewing. The thing is, most of your grades are exams. You might have a project or two, but there's not really any homework. So all you're really doing is reviewing the material. The first few weeks are sort of brutal, because you're adjusting. But hopefully you have an awesome peer mentor to help you navigate through everything.

There are also academic coaches that can help you set out a schedule and will keep you accountable if you need/want it. There is free tutoring and SI sessions for every class. And the labs are almost always open if you need practice with the tools and supplies and stuff.

Also, my life tip: get your clinical at the VA if you can. I had SUCH an amazing experience there and I got to do all sorts of skills. The nurses were so helpful and ready to teach.

There are quite a few of us with kiddos

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Hey Jen I was wondering if we still get golds gym memberships when we pay for tuition? If so, when can we start using it?

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Hey Jen I was wondering if we still get golds gym memberships when we pay for tuition? If so, when can we start using it?

Yes, it's included in your tuition! The people from Gold's will come in and talk to you guys at orientation and give you the details on getting your membership.

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If we already have BLS/immunizations etc can we go ahead and submit or is it too soon?

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